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What are the ways of transferring a huge amount of heat energy in a condenser of a power plant into electrical energy?
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∙ 8y ago
Good question because a huge amount of energy comes out of the condenser. Unfortunately the heat is at a relatively low temperature so it can't really be used for very much except space heating.
There is not much demand for space heating round a power plant. Obviously the energy is used to keep the workers warm in the buildings of the power plant but that uses only a tiny fraction of the available energy.
Some factories use a system where they have their own power plant to generate the electrical power they need, and the waste heat is piped round the factory to keep the workers warm. This is a very efficient use of the fuel and is called CHP - combined heat and power.
When the present glut of fossil fuels expires there will be more incentive to develop ways of using energy more efficiently.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y agoOne way that is often used in such cases is to have the heat convert water to vapor; the resulting pressure is then used to move the generator. - Please note that, according to the Carnot formula, it is NOT possible, not even in theory, to convert ALL the heat energy into electrical energy.
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