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-- coal burns in oxygen
-- burning releases heat
-- heat is used to boil water
-- steam from boiling water is guided through the fan of a turbine
-- pressure of the steam through the fan turns the turbine
-- turbine turns an electric generator
-- if you're lucky, maybe 35% of the energy in the coal comes out as usable electrical energy.
The rest makes all the equipment hot, and eventually seeps off into the atmosphere.
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How do coal power stations and wind farms generate electricity?
Coal power stations burn coal to heat water to produce steam, which is then used to spin electricity turbines to generate electricity. The burning coal releases carbon dioxide.Wind farms have blades which turn in the wind to spin electricity turbines to generate electricity. There are no harmful carbon dioxide emissions.
What power was first used to generate electricity in 1890?
Simple answer, coal. We, as humans, have used coal since the bronze age for heat. In the 1800's when the industrial revolution started, coal was used to boil water. this water could drive a turbine, which is basically how we get our power today, things haven't changed too much in that respect.
State why you need coal to generate electricity?
Electricity is made by converting some form of energy into electricity. Coal is used to heat water in a boiler to make steam. The steam pressure rotates a turbine to power a generator.
Give two examples of where renewable energy resources could be used instead of fossil fuels?
Nuclear reactors should not be used to generate electricity?
False. Nuclear power is used to generate about 25% of the electricity in the United States, and about 75% of the electricity in France. Nuclear power is far safer than coal-fired power plants, and produces no harmful emissions, if you care about such things.
Is coal used to produce energy or electricity?
Electricty is a form of energy. Coal can be used as fuel for a power plant to generate electricity, among other things.
What are uses of coal?
Electricty,
How is nuclear energy used to generate electricity fuel or as a food source?
CARS , VEHICALS ,ELECTRICTY FUELS.
What fuel is used the most to generate electricity?
The coal is used mostly to generate electricity.
Hydroelectric is used?
Is used near biodies of water to generate electricty. It uses the flow of the water to turn turbines that are conected to generators.
Which type of coal is mainly used to generate electricity?
bituminous coal
What does heat from fossil fuels used to boil water turn into in order to generate electricity?
Heat from fossil fuels is used to boil water and turn it into steam in order to generate electricty.
How does solar power generate electricty?
it eats a lot of eggs
Where is coal used and what for today?
The vast majority of coal is used to generate electricity in power stations.
How do power plants pollute the environment?
from the process of the coal getting into electricty
What is the Use of coal?
To Eat................. or to put on a fire etc etc
What do you use to generate coal?
We don't generate coal, we steal it from the earth
