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The efficiency of a coal burning power plant is between 35% and 40%.
This means that 40% of the energy is used to make electricity and the other 60% is wasted on heat and pollution through cooling towers and smoke stacks. This is the same efficiency that we had in the 1950s.
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Which fossil fuel is a solid at room temperature?
coal is a type of solid fossil fuel and is formed from the remains of plant life.
How long does it take uranium to become a fossil fuel?
Uranium is not a fossil fuel and cannot be a fossil fuel.
What if nuclear fuel was used instead of fossil fuel?
There would be no carbon emissions. Nuclear power does not contribute to global warming.
Why is petrol not a fossil fuel?
It is (distilled from petroleum), except that some petrol (gasoline) contains the additive ethanol (grain alcohol) which is not a fossil fuel and is made from potatoes, corn, sugar cane, or other plant material.
How is nuclear power plant's fuel made?
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What is the defeniton of a fossil fuel power plant?
A fossil fuel power plant is a system of devices for the conversion of fossil fuel energy to mechanical work or electric energy
How does energy efficiency affect global warming?
The higher the fossil power plant efficiency the less input fossil fuel burning and hence the less green house gas emissions and accordingly the less global warming.
If 35 percent of the fuel is converted into electricity this is called the what of the power plant?
It is the efficiency of the power plant.
What is the thermal efficiency of a plant?
The ratio of the power sent out by the plant to the energy produced from the fuel, in percent usually
Do power plants burn fossil fuels?
Some power plants do. Any plant that burns oil, coal, or gas from underground resources could be considered a "fossil fuel" plant. There are however nuclear, solar, hydro-electric and wind powered power plants.
Is nuclear power a fossil fuel?
Nuclear power is NOT a fossil fuel.
How are a fossil fuel burning power plant and a nuclear plant similar?
They both use steam turbine/generators
How does a nuclear power plant affect the people living around it?
It provides them with power, without polluting the environment like a fossil fuel power plant would.
What is less energy efficient than fossil fuels?
The Fossil fuel itself (just like any other fuel) does not have an efficiency connected to it, it is the process of obtaining that energy which has a low efficiency.
Compare a power plant that burns fossil fuels with a nuclear power plant?
Power plants that burn fossil fuels and nuclear power plants are very similar in their manner of creating steam. The main difference between the two types of power plants are that fossil fuel plants emit more pollution.
What is a steam generator used for in a fossil fuel power plant?
To convert the heat of combustion to steam which can be used in an engine.
Is solar power an fossil fuel?
no it is not
