A railway system can do this.
steam power
Electrical, steam, and hydrocarbon. All three changed transport possibilities in the 1800s.
Electricity and steam. In some locations the steam is used to heat homes and businesses.
Steam turbines are external combustion engines.
STG stands for Steam turbine generator. It is a type of power plant that generates electricity by using steam to drive a turbine connected to a generator. The turbine converts the thermal energy in the steam into mechanical energy, which is then converted into electrical energy by the generator.
Dry Steam Power Plant : generates power directly from the steam from inside the earth.Flash Steam Power Plant : Flash steam plants use waters at temperatures greater than 360F. As this hot water flows up, it is collected in a flash tank where drop in pressure causes the liquid to boil into steam. The steam is then used to run turbines which in turn generate power. The condensed steam is returned to the reservoir.Binary Steam Power Plant : This type of plant uses high temperature geothermal water to heat another liquid which has a lower boiling point than water.
Technically a steam turbine is a particular type of steam engine. A classic steam engine usually refers to a reciprocating steam engine, which uses a piston and crank arrangement, where pressurised steam (from the boiler) forces the piston through its stroke, producing output power. A steam turbine produces power with pressurized steam expanding to high velocity, and impinging on turbine blades which produce rotational output power. A steam turbine can be considered similar to a windmill, although steam turbines typicaly rotate much faster, and often have many stages of steam expansion within a single machine.
The type of energy used in an electric power plant that uses steam to turn turbines is thermal energy. This is because the steam is produced by heating water using a heat source, such as burning coal or natural gas. The steam then drives the turbines, which in turn generate electricity through electromagnetic induction.
There is actually several answers, depending on what you are looking for in your answer. Heat energy, the energy that is imparted to the steam from an external heat source. motive energy, the energy in the steam that moves it through the piping. internal energy, the energy that causes the steam to expand. external energy, the energy that the steam holds that can be used to heat or drive machinery. and entropy, the unuseable energy that is lost in any energy system, (loss to the universe).
No, steam is water as a gas.
The steam exiting the low pressure end of the turbine has to be condensed back to water in order to be pumped back at high pressure to the inlet of the steam raising units. The cycle is called the Rankine cycle and is common to all steam type power plants whether fossil fired or nuclear.
The turbines in an electric power plant are turned by the kinetic energy of steam produced by boiling water. The high pressure steam flows through the turbine blades, causing them to spin and drive the generator to produce electricity.