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When a dam is in operation, it is conserving both heat and energy. This is because it is holding back water. When the dam is opened, both energy and heat are lost.
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Was the damage done to the dams severe in the dam busters operation?
Yes
What energy resource is used to obtain electricity without producing heat to boil water?
Hydro-electric generator in a dam
How a dam is used to make electricy?
How a dam is used to make electicity The dam holds back water from a river or similar.
What would a surgeon earn on an appendicitis operation?
Apendicsus it is removed but some time a lot of dam it must removed because the infection its spreaded easy to the neighbor dam.
What is the name of the dam of the Zambia - Zimbabwe border?
Kariba Dam, a man made dam, the wall built between Zimbabwe and Zambia by the Italians and completed in 1957. Operation Noah was carried out by Rupert Fothergill to save the animals from drowning during the damming of the Zambezi River to create Kariba Dam.
Has the Itaipu dam ever had to be patched?
The Itaipu dam has never needed to be patched up for faults in its 27 years of operation. It has suffered a major power outage in 2009, but otherwise no.
What is a dam How is it useful to us?
A dam is used to make an artificial lake in a river which can be used to generate hydroelectric power or as a reservoir.
How do countries used the Aswan dam for their benefit?
The dam stops the yearly "inundation" or flood.
What types of energy are used at home?
Hydroelectric power (from a dam), nuclear energy, solar power and wind power generate electricity. Natural gas is used for heating. Solar (the sun) can produce heat and electricity.
How is the Three Gorges Dam different from the Glen Canyon Dam or Hoover Dam?
First the Three Gorges Dam is way bigger and second the Three Gorges Dam is located on the Yangtze River. The Yangtze river is used for commercial shipping and the Colorado river is not used for shipping so the Three Gorges Dam has locks on the side for the passing of ships
Why was the Hoover Dam an engineering marvel?
a dam is used to store a water for hydropower and errigation purposes.
How did man build the dam?
a dam is used to hold back water from going any farther
