How is hydro electric power made?

Answer 1

By turning potential energy into kinetic energy. Water is a liquid. Water has weight. If there is a bunch of water on one side of an object...let's say......a dam, and none on the other, the weight of the water will try to equalize itself. If you have a bucket of water and poke a hole in the side, this is why it leaks out. The weight or "pressure" of the water inside pushes it out to where there is less weight or "pressure". If you have a dam with a bunch of water on one side, and less on the other you have potential energy. As long as there is no opening, hole, or other way for the water to move from where there is a lot of pressure to where there is little pressure, the energy remains potential. If there was a hole or opening, the weight or pressure would push water to where there is less pressure. This is called "hydrostatic head differential". When it moves, it transfers from potential into kinetic energy.

If you were to put a turbine or other method of turning a generator over this hole, you would use the energy transferred from potential to kinetic to perform work. Usually, there are holes or pipes that run through hydroelectric dams that have turbines (big propellers) built into them. By using the pressure of the water moving through the pipes, these turbines are turned that rotate generators that produce electricity.

A: How does hydro power work? It's really pretty easy to understand. A dam is built to block the flow of a river which results in a build up of water on one side of the dam. This build up is eventually released at a slow rate through the dam and spins turbines as it falls resulting in electricity being generated. If you want to know more check out the related link.

A: Hydro power works by flowing water pushing a water wheel that generates a power station to make power.

A: Water passes over a turbine connected to a generator spinning the turbine. The turbine spins a magnet inside a metal coil that creates electricity. This is hydro-electric power.

A:There are several different kinds of hydro power. There are dams, tidal, and wave. They all use turbines that the water must pass through and turn which turns a generator creating electricity.

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