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What type of energy does the steam in a steam turbine have?
It is heat energy. The turbine turns heat energy into mechanical energy.
What type of energy can be converted into mechanical energy?
electrical energy
Why vacuum is created in condenser on steam turbine?
Firstly, vacuum is being created in turbine exhaust and condenser rather than being required. It is created to reduce the back-pressures and to improve the turbine efficiency. Also, with vacuum the designers can design large size last stage blades of LP turbine for maximizing the turbine output.
How wind turbines convert mechanical energy into electrical energy?
With a generator mounted on the "turbine". The propeller spins the generator shaft.
What is a reaction steam turbine?
Steam turbine is when a device that has the extract thermal energy from pressurized steam. It is used to do mechanical work on a rotating output shaft. The steam turbine was invented by Sir Charles Parsons in 1884.
What is device that transforms thermal energy to mechanical energy?
Steam engine is a device that transforms thermal energy into mechanical energy. An internal combustion engine (I.C Engine) can transform thermal energy into mechanical energy. In nuclear power plant also the heat energy released is used to turn the turbine and thus thermal energy is converted into mechanical energy of rotation of turbine. This mechanical energy of turbine is further converted into electrical energy in generator.
What is an example of energy conversion using mechanical energy?
The mechanical energy of a power plant turbine, driven by steam or by water (hydro), is converted to electrical energy
What type of energy is converted by hydro power plant of falling water into electricity?
Firstly kinetic energy into mechanical energy by turbine,then mechanical energy to electrical energy by generator.
How energy is being transformed when turbine is spinning?
pressure/flow of the median(water/exhaust) is converted into mechanical torque on the shaft by the turbine.
What energy changes takes place at the hydro electric power station?
Gravitational potential energy in the water is converted into mechanical energy by turning turbine "blades", the mechanical energy (kinetic energy) is converted to electrical energy by the electric generator.
What energy is created from the wind?
In the turbine, mechanical energy is created. After being converted through a special generator, electrical energy is created.
How does a wind turbine make energy from wind?
Wind contains kinetic energy. When the wind enters the turbine, the kinetic energy is converted to mechanical energy. Then the energy goes through a generator that makes it into electrical energy (electricity).In simpler terms:The wind passing the blades of the turbine spin the shaft that is connected to the generator (kinetic to mechanical energy conversion). The spinning generator produces electricity (mechanical to electric energy conversion).
Give an example of one type of energy conversion?
Mechanical energy is supplied to a generator from an engine, a steam turbine for example, and converted to electrical energy
Which energy is converted when you are cycling?
In your muscles, chemical energy is converted into mechanical energy.In your muscles, chemical energy is converted into mechanical energy.In your muscles, chemical energy is converted into mechanical energy.In your muscles, chemical energy is converted into mechanical energy.
How does mechanical energy convert to light energy?
One method which this could happen is you have mechanical energy, lets say you riding a bike, and attach a turbine to it which converts your mechanical energy into electrical energy. You then plug a light bulb into that, and the electric energy is converted into light.
What powers a wind turbine?
The wind turbine converts kinetic energy into wind, which then turns into wind and then mechanical energy. The energy is converted to an electrical generator through a shaft which turns it into electrical energy, or in other words, electricity.
When high velocity water strikes turbine blades kinetic energy is converted to what energy?
The answer was potential energy, which surely is wrong. The energy generated is, self evidently, mechanical energy. This can then be used directly or indirectly to generate other forms of energy, typically water flow is converted directly into mechanical then pure electrical energy in a generator turbine, as at a Hydroelectric power station. Brian Catt CPhys.
