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1. SCRs control how much of the AC sine wave is allowed to flow through the load. This is done by controlling the phase angle of conduction of either then SCR. This method controls how much of an AC sin wave is allowed to power the load. The effective amount of average power that a partial sine wave has is less than an average of a full sine wave. The result is that the load dissipates less heat because the effective average voltage is lower.

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Why does SCR not waste power as heat?

1. SCRs control how much of the AC sine wave is allowed to flow through the load. This is done by controlling the phase angle of conduction of either then SCR. This method controls how much of an AC sin wave is allowed to power the load. The effective amount of average power that a partial sine wave has is less than an average of a full sine wave. The result is that the load dissipates less heat because the effective average voltage is lower.


What is the waste of nuclear power?

Nuclear reactors produce heat, the heat then is used to make steam, turning turbines. Therefore, the waste of a nuclear power plant is excess steam.


What energy waste is pruduced by nuclear power plants?

Heat.


What is conduction angle in SCR?

The conduction angle in an SCR is the phase angle relative to the power line at which point the gate is fired to commit the anode to conduct to the cathode. By varying the conduction angle, you can change the average power transferred by the SCR.


What is waste heate?

waste heat is heat that is wasted, like cars waste 75% of heat


How does reusing waste heat from a power plant reduce the use of fossil fuels?

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Where does a SCR differ from a power transistor in operation?

thyristor can be scr or triac scr is strictly dc a triac is back to back scr's with a common gate two scr's back to back can be gated independently scrs cost less than triacs an scr can be combined with a full wave bridge to make an equivalent to a triac but this gives an additional 1.5V forward voltage drop


Is SCR better or Power BJT?

neither is better, it depends on purpose


Is heat a waste product?

yes heat is a waste product


Waste heat recovery boiler advantages and disadvantages?

waste heat recovery boiler is the boiler which takes the waste heat produced by the industries and produce power for example if you take sulfuric plant where the output gas is taken and connected to boiler and power is generated , one of the best manufactures in India is Thermal Systems who is poineer in the Market.for more information you can visit http://www.thermalindia.com/


What is an example of waste heat?

when you waste heat like when youre at the beach and you waste some heat there or when youre wearing black you waste heat you're very welcomed c; good luck<3


In a power plant energy is lost as what?

Energy is lost as heat. A typical nuclear power plant produces about twice as much energy as waste heat as it does in electricity. Other power plants are not much better, except for such things as more modern gas plants, which can used combined cycle to recover some of the lost heat (nuclear could too) and even do cogeneration use more waste heat to heat buildings (which nuclear plants probably cannot).