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Describe how fossil fuel is used to generate electricity?
Fossil fuel is ignited, the heat boils water, the expansion of the water as steam drives a turbine, the turbine drives an electric generator.
What is the role of the turbine in generating electricity?
it turns the fossil fuel to electicrty
How are a fossil fuel burning power plant and a nuclear plant similar?
They both use steam turbine/generators
How does fossil fuel work in a power plant?
Fossil fuel like coal or natural gas is brought to the power plant by trains. Then it is burned to heat water to make steam. The steam is under pressure and it wants to escape, so it is run through a turbine and the power of steam spins the turbine. The spinning turbine runs and electric generator that makes electricity.
What fuels are used in wind energy?
Typical fossil fuels are used to build the turbine and construct it. Once built wind is the main energy component for the wind turbine itself. Fossil fuel plants run on standby (not producing power yet consuming fuel) to backup these systems. This fuel is ignored to maintain the "green" status of Wind systems.
How are wind turbines better than fossil fuel power plants?
The wind is free. And no pollution is created by a wind turbine.
What is the beginning cost to get fossil fuel?
fossil fuels contain coal, if you burn coal it produce's steam,then the steam turn's the turbine in a generator to produce electricity.That's the cost of fossil fuels ,that they can produce electricity.
Does fossil fuel generate electricity?
The heat from coal turns water into steam. It is the steam that turns generator turbine blades to create electricity.
Is fossil fuel used to produce hydroelectric power?
No, hydroelectric power is produced from the movement of water spinning a turbine. Fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) produce energy by burning.
Is rocket fuel a fossil fuel?
Yes it is a fossil fuel.
Is solar a fossil fuel?
No its not a fossil fuel
What fuel starts with a?
AnthraciteAviation turbine fuel
