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In simple terms: coal is used to heat boilers that transfers water into steam (heat Energy). The steam (the heat energy) is passed upon turbines and moving them (producing mechanical energy) which in turn moves the generators to produce electricity. The answer above is to get electricity as the domestic energy.
Another alternative of course is to use coal directly (or after gasification) to use it for domestic heat energy purposes (eg, cooking ).
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How is stored chemical energy converted into thermal energy when coal is burned to make steam?
It's converted by the coal being burned.
When coal is burned this energy is converted into what energy?
Coke is formed
How energy is coal converted to electricity?
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 is coal converted into usable energy?
it is formed by being burned which causes heat, which can also be converted into motion energy.
What form of energy is stored in coal?
The energy stored in coal that is converted to heat is chemical energy. Of course coal, like any other matter, also has stored nuclear energy.
What change in energy occurs when you burn coal or petroleum?
Chemical energy is converted to thermal energy
Why is coal used for electricity?
When coal burns, it produces heat. This can be converted to other forms of energy.
What form of energy does coal make?
Energy cannot be 'made' or 'destroyed'. It can simply be transformed to a different type of energy. Coal contains chemical energy, which will for example, be converted to heat energy in say a coal fired industrial boiler.
How is energy transformed in a coal burning power plant?
The energy in coal is stored as chemical potential energy.When the coal is burned, this chemical energy is converted to heat. The boiler converts this thermal energy into pressure of the steam.The pressure energy in the steam is then converted into rotating mechanical energy using the turbine. As the turbine spins the generator, the generator converts this into electrical energy.
Is all of the chemical energy stored in coal converted to electrical energy?
Yes, it is like a battery.
Where does the energy stored in coal originally come form?
From the sun's radiation which made the plants grow that converted into coal
Give an example of chemical energy converted into heat energy?
Burning of coal, oil or wood, discharging of a battery.
