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Why is steam heated before it goes into a turbine?
Steam direct from a boiler contains microscopic droplets of liquid water. This steam must be superheated to vaporize these droplets. If this is not done the droplets will pit the turbine blades and can cause premature turbine failure. Before the development of zirconium alloy fuel pellet cladding for nuclear reactors the reactor itself could not be operated hot enough to directly superheat its steam. So early designs proposed "hybrid" reactors, using a nuclear reactor to boil the water and make steam and a fossil fuel plant to superheat the steam. But zirconium alloys were developed before any "hybrid" reactors were actually built.
How could fuel cells give space crews electricity and water?
fuel cells converts chemical energy to eletrical power and the only waste product for fuel cells is water
What is a fuel use for international space station?
The international space station makes use of solar power.
What are the three barriers in a nuclear power plant?
Reactivity control, Emergency core cooling, Fuel Cladding, Primary containment, Secondary containment. OK - so that's five... Control and cooling might not be barriers, per se, but they are up there in the grand scheme of things.
Why does an engine have valves?
To let the fuel and air into the cylinder and to let the exhaust out. Inside a motor there is a space (cylinder) where fuel and air is compressed by a piston then ignighted by a sparkplug. A valve is a little round disk with a stem coming out of its middle. The valve moves into that space creating an outlet around it past the stem. Every cylinder will have at least two valves.. 1 for fuel & air and 1 for exhaust. Hope that was helpful I tried to keep it simple as possible. To let the fuel and air into the cylinder and to let the exhaust out. Inside a motor there is a space (cylinder) where fuel and air is compressed by a piston then ignighted by a sparkplug. A valve is a little round disk with a stem coming out of its middle. The valve moves into that space creating an outlet around it past the stem. Every cylinder will have at least two valves.. 1 for fuel & air and 1 for exhaust. Hope that was helpful I tried to keep it simple as possible.
What does irradiated fuel cladding mean?
cladding fuel is something that fuels the air plane s and thing that fly in the sky without cladding fuel people in the planes wouldn't be able to flt their planes
What is the ash content of wood pellets?
The amount of ash produced during combustion relative to the amount of fuel fed into the wood pellet stove. Ash content is one indicator of quality for wood pellet fuel. Ash content for wood pellets should be between one and three percent. 

What do nuclear scientist call a stick of uranium?
A rod of uranium
What do you use zirconium for?
Zirconium is primarily used in natural reactors, especially in the cladding of fuel rods. It is a corrosion resistant metal.
What kind of element is zirconium?
metal, very similar to aluminum. used for cladding reactor fuel pellets in water reactors.
What has the author D C Langstaff written?
D. C. Langstaff has written: 'Results from the run-beyond-cladding-breach irradiation of a predefected fuel pin (RBCB-6)' -- subject(s): Nuclear fuel claddings, Effect of radiation on, Defects 'Results from the run-beyond-cladding-breach irradiation of a predefected fuel pin (RBCB-7)' -- subject(s): Nuclear fuel claddings, Effect of radiation on, Defects
How much does fuel for pellet stoves cost?
Pellet stoves are wood burning stoves. They are very efficient and wood-burning is much more wallet friendly. You can choose to buy wood, which is still cheaper than fuel, or you can chop it yourself for no cost.
Which material is used as a cladding material in nuclear reactor?
Fuel pellets are typically clad in Zircalloy, if that was your question. Especially in water cooled reactors.
What temperature do nuclear reactors melt?
Zirconium melting point is 1855 deg C (fuel cladding). Uranium dioxide melts at 2800 deg C. Thus the fuel cladding could only melt in dry conditions, normally it is submerged in water at much lower temperature. Consideration of fuel pin center temperature during power operation has to be a design factor, as UO2 is not a good conductor of heat.
What is the difference in energy production between fossil fuels and nuclear reactors?
One uranium fuel pellet about the size of a thimble can generate the same amount of energy as roughly one ton of coal.
What products does the company Energex manufacture?
The company Energex is one of the world's largest manufacturer of wood pellet fuel. Pellet fuels are basically fuels made from compressed biomass and in this case wood.
What is in the core of a nuclear reactor?
The core of the nuclear reactor includes:nuclear fuel elements (composed of the fuel meat covered with cladding)reactor coolantreactor moderator (for thermal reactors)control elementsmeasuring instrumentsstructural and support structures
