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Electricity produced from hydroelectric installations is no different to that from other generating plants, such as coal / gas / nuclear.
The main difference is that no fuel is burned at hydroelectric plants, the (potential) energy supply is the head of water (the lake) which is allowed to fill with water from its rivers, then this weight of water is released at low level creating forced water movement, this momentum is translated to the shaft of a water turbine (a fan basically), which in turn is connected to a standard electricity generator.
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What exactly does the term hydro electric mean?
Hydroelectric means electric power that is derived from water, typically moving water used to power machinery that generates electricity. A famed example of this would be the Niagara Hydroelectric plant, which harnesses the energy of the Niagara River to power generators that supply millions with electricity in their homes and businesses.
Can hydroelectric be converted into heat?
Every energy conversion process produces heat because of frictional forces. This is why no source of energy can be 100% converted into usable energy. But for your purpose I assume a simple yes would work. Many power plants rely on hydroelectric processes to produce energy. This energy travels to a community where it can be harvested for heat.
How do you measure the energy that Hydroelectric energy source produces?
The "produced energy" would most likely be transmitted in the form of an electrical current; you can use standard equipment to measure that. If you manage to measure the voltage, the current, and the power factor, you can multiply everything together to get the power; multiply power by time, and you get energy.
What would happen if there was no hydro power?
Hydroelectric power supplies about 20% of the world's electricity. Without that source of energy, more fossil fuels would be consumed to meet the demand for electricity, which would increase air pollution.
What are some sources of hydroelectric energy?
That would be water. Water from rivers being very popular with the hydroelectric dams. Storing its potential energy behind the dam.
What is hydroelectric force?
Though this term is never really used, it would probably refer to the momentum/potential energy of water. So the thing driving a generator in a hydroelectric dam would be the water's hydroelectric force.
Where would hydroelectric energy not be used?
in states that's knid of poor an can not afford it
How fast can a generator convert water into hydroelectric energy?
Hydroelectric generators do not convert water into anything. And even assuming that the question means to ask: how fast does a hydroelectric generator produce energy? the short answer to that question would be instantaneously.A hydroelectric generator produces electricity by converting the kinetic energy of moving water into electrical energy via alternating magnets which are spun by the turbine getting hit by the moving water.If the question is: How much energy is produced by a hydroelectric generator, then that answer depends on the size and efficiency of the system.
What would not be considered renewable forms of energy?
Burning coal, and nuclear reactors using Pu-239
Is wind the strongest renewable source of energy?
Wind energy is a very efficient, renewable method of generating electricity, however the "strongest" (in terms of raw power output/time) would have to be hydroelectric power (eg. the Hoover Dam, Snowy Hydro Project etc.)
How does the general public feel about hydroelectric power?
he general public would not feel comfortable using hydroelectic power because, why should they waste all this money to make the machines for it? I would want that cause shouldn't the public reserve the earths energy? he Earths energy wont be lasting forever you know.
Where might you see a hydroeletric power plant?
You would find a hydroelectric power plat in a dam on a river. The dam would create a reservoir.
