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Think of coal like wood. In a wood stove or furnace, wood is burned to produce heat. Coal contains more energy and is cheaper that wood, however wood is renewable. The large coal power plants that run use coal to produce heat by burning it, heating water. When water heats up to steam, it has more pressure. This pressure is used to turn generators. The electricity produced will be direct current. The power plant will have a converter to change the DC into AC, Alternating Current.
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Why use coal as a energy?
Coal is abundant and easy to harvest from the earth to produce electricity relative to nuclear energy. Solar energy is abundant but difficult to harvest compared to coal.
How does coal produce energy?
coal is burnt and that produces energy
How does coal work?
when coal is burned.Electricity from coal is the electric power made from the energy stored in coal. Carbon, made from ancient plant material, gives coal most of its energy. This energy is released when coal is burned.
How does the energy source coal work?
The energy in coal is chemical energy. The usual way to extract it is to burn the coal converting it to heat energy. This can then be turned into electrical energy Fuels like gasoline and coal are sources of energy which means they store energy
Uranium fuel pellets used in nuclear power station produce far more energy per kilogram than the energy produced by burning coal How much coal has to be burnt to produce the same amount of energy?
1 kg uranium 235 = 3 000 t coal
Is burning coal mechanical energy?
Burning coal is thermal energy. It can be used to produce mechanical energy.
What does coal and water have in common?
they both can produce energy.
What energy source would produce the most carbon dioxide?
Industrailisation.
What kind of energy does coal produce?
A coal plant can produce different amount of energy. It depends on the size of the plant.
Uranium fuel pellet used in nuclear power stations produce far more energy per kilogram than the energy produced by burning coal How much coal has to be burnt to produce the same amount of energy as?
1 kg of U-235 will produce as much energy as 1500 tons of coal
Why use coal as a energy?
Coal is abundant and easy to harvest from the earth to produce electricity relative to nuclear energy. Solar energy is abundant but difficult to harvest compared to coal.
What is renewable alternative to coal?
You can use many different things. some examples are: Bio-Fuel (still in development) Wind (not as reliable as coal) solar (doesn't produce as much energy as coal) hydro (doesn't produce as much energy as coal)
How does coal produce energy?
coal is burnt and that produces energy
When the energy conversions that occur when coal is formed and then burned to produce thermal energy?
It turns into energy
What is a substance that can burns in order to produce heat or energy?
coal
What is something that is burnt to produce heat energy?
fuel, coal
How does coal work?
when coal is burned.Electricity from coal is the electric power made from the energy stored in coal. Carbon, made from ancient plant material, gives coal most of its energy. This energy is released when coal is burned.
