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What are the differences between a coal power plant and a hydroelectric power plant?
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∙ 11y ago
Coal is used in furnaces to heat water in a boiler to superheated (above 100 degrees Celsius) temperatures, and this steam is used to drive a turbine which, in turn, drives an alternator.
A hydroelectric plant uses the vertical fall of water to drive a water turbine which drives an alternator.
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∙ 16y agoA power plant can be classified as a fossil fuel plant if it uses fossil fuels such as natural gas or coal to produce electricity.
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