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The useful energy we get from fossil fuels and nuclear plants is heat. and heating water to make steam is about the most direct way to capture that thermal energy. Steam is used to spin turbines to turn electric power generators, and that allows us to harness the energy.
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∙ 6y ago
Wiki User
∙ 6y agoThe energy has to be converted to something useful somehow; usually to electrical energy. There is no practical way to do that more directly.
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How does nuclear energy differ from fossil fuels?
With fossil fuels we burn them to produce heat. With nuclear fuel we produce a nuclear chain reaction in a reactor which produces heat. Using the heat to produce electricity is the same for both types of fuel.
What fossil fuel plants and nuclear plants both heat water in order to turn on?
Turbines
How is solar energy trapped into fuels?
Plants use the energy from sunlight to convert Carbon dioxide and Water into sugars which they then store as starch. When plants die some of them are preserved over a long period of time as fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas. These fossil fuels still contain the stored sunlight energy which was originally trapped by the plants millions of years ago.
List three forms of nonrenewable and renewable energy?
Fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) and nuclear power are all non-renewable energy.
What are 3 alternative energy sources to fossil fuels?
There is a source of energy that is more friendly to the environment that has not been looked into yet such as using the force from the waves to power everything that fossil fuels are being used currently to power and you could use wind power as well to make a better alternative to fossil fuels
Compare a power plant that burns fossil fuels with a nuclear power plant?
Both power plants generate electricity, but a fossil fuel power plant burns coal, oil, or gas to produce heat that boils water into steam to drive a turbine, while a nuclear power plant uses nuclear reactions to heat water into steam. Nuclear plants produce no greenhouse gas emissions, while fossil fuel plants do. However, nuclear plants produce radioactive waste that needs to be safely managed for a long time.
What do power plants use to turn a generator?
Steam, created by heating water through the burning of fossil fuels or through nuclear reactions.
What do most plants use to turn a generator?
Steam, created by heating water through the burning of fossil fuels or through nuclear reactions.
What fuels are used to heat the water to steam?
The fuel can be fossil fuel, ie coal oil,or natural gas, or it can be uranium in nuclear plants.
What do most power plants use to turn a generator?
Steam, created by heating water through the burning of fossil fuels or through nuclear reactions.
What is the second largest source of energy after fossil fuels?
Hydraulic (water) and Nuclear.
Why do power plants burn fossil fuels?
Power plants like Thermal Power Plant burn fossil fuels to heat water and then water turn into steam that creates enough pressure to run the turbines.Turbines rotate and electricity is formed.
How does nuclear energy differ from fossil fuels?
With fossil fuels we burn them to produce heat. With nuclear fuel we produce a nuclear chain reaction in a reactor which produces heat. Using the heat to produce electricity is the same for both types of fuel.
How does fossil fuels get converted into electricity?
Actually the energy of fossil fuels is converted into electricity.In thermal power plants fossil fuels are used to heat the water and steam is formed.Then that pressurized steam helps in rotating turbines and energy is formed.
What fossil fuel plants and nuclear plants both heat water in order to turn on?
Turbines
What Fossil fuel nuclear plants both heat water in order to turn?
turbines
Does burning fossil fuels affect the water cycle?
No, the burning of fossil fuels affects the carbon cycle, but not the water cycle.
