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What is a steam generator used for in a fossil fuel power plant?
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∙ 11y ago
To convert the heat of combustion to steam which can be used in an engine.
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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 is the steam of a power plant use for?
To drive a steam turbine which is coupled to an electrical generator
What is STG power plant?
STG stands for steam turbine generator which is one component of a power plant
How is nuclear reactor similar to a conventional fossil fuel power plant?
The useful product of both nuclear fission and of the combustion of fossil fuels is heat. That makes both types of power plants the same. We'll see both a nuclear plant and a fossil fuel plant using heat to turn water to steam. Then we'll see the steam used to drive a generator to make electricity.
Does combined cycle power plant has a boiler?
No It has heat recovery steam generator
Parts of a nuclear power plant?
Reactor,Control Rods,Steam Generator,Turbines and Generator,Cooling Tower.
What is a set of steam-powered fan blades that spins a generator at a power plant?
A turbine.
What is the difference between the way a fossil fuel power plant generates electricity and the way a nuclear power plant generates electricity?
As far as the generation side goes, it is identical, a steam turbine driving a generator locked in synchronism to the electrical grid system
How are a fossil fuel burning power plant and a nuclear plant similar?
They both use steam turbine/generators
What does the generator in a nuclear power plant do?
converts the rotation of the steam turbine shaft to electricity. same as in a coal fired plant.
How does a nuclear power plant work quick answer?
Heat from a controlled nuclear reaction heats water into steam. The steam turns a turbine, which is attached to a generator. The generator then makes electricity.
How does a steam generator produce energy?
You say a steam generator. The equipment is actually a steam driven turbine coupled to a generator. Steam from the thermal source, either fossil fired or nuclear, drives the turbine which is mechanically coupled to the generator which produces the electrical output
