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What kind of steam engines are used in power stations?
Coal fired steam driven power stations are still in use
What are some examples of the current use of coal?
steam engines...and bar-b-q-ing
How do trains run on coal?
Only (some) steam engines used coal. It was burnt in a boiler to heat water to steam.
Who uses coal?
Companies use coal to generate electricity. People use coal to heat their houses. Steam trains use coal to power their engines. Companies use coal and burn them to make hot air to spin their turbine to make energy.
What vast England resource powered steam engines?
Coal
What was coal used for before electricity?
Before electricity, Coal was used for heat. Coal heat was used to create steam for steam engines on railroads and ships in transportation.
What were steam engines first used for?
pumping water out of coal mines
What did the use steam engines for?
They used them either for traveling or for supplies. E.g. Taking coal to the town for the villagers. Hope I helped :)
Heat engines use heat to do work?
Yes. Heat engines come in various forms. For example, internal combustion using gasoline or diesel, external combustion (not much used), steam engines reciprocating or turbine, gas turbines, rocket engines.
What is powered by coal?
steam boats and steam trains use coal power
What was coal used widely for during the industrial age?
One major use was for making steam to power steam engines. Coal was also baked in furnaces to make coke which was in turn used in blast furnaces to mak iron.
What was the first railway system made out of?
Steam engines running on wooden rails, carried coal etc from a mine. Before steam engines, ponies pulled the wagons.
