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Because they convert heat to mechanical energy. In both cases they harnes the heat produced as fuel combusts and convert it to pressureized fluid. That fluid then either pushes a piston or pushes on turbine blades and spins a shaft creating usable mechanical energy. The only difference is where the combustion takes place, inside the engine (gasoline and diesel powere piston and turbines) or externally (wood, coal or other fuel powered steam turbines). Most fuels could be used for both internal and external combustion engines, the difference is if the fuel ever enters the engine itself or if only the steam or other working fluid enters the engine.
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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 the source of energy in a steam engine?
The energy source in a steam engine is the heat source that converts water into steam thus creating pressure. The heat source itself can be a coal, wood, gas or petroleum burner but can also be something different like a solar panel or a nuclear reactor (most nuclear reactors are themselves steam engines-generators).
What happen if you heat steam?
If you heat steam under pressure you get "superheated steam" under higher than original pressure
What is heat rate of steam turbine How to calculate heat rate of steam turbine?
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What are the uses of boiler?
To generate steam to drive turbines to generate electricity, Steam used for air conditioning systems, heating ,hot water ,process applications, driving steam engines , boilers to run ships using super heated steam, auto clave's, portable heat /hot water for buildings. smaller boilers to generate power to run cars
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 a device that converts thermal energy into work?
A device that converts thermal energy into work is called a heat engine. Heat engines take thermal energy from a heat source, such as combustion or nuclear reactions, and convert it into mechanical work through processes like expansion of gases or steam. Examples include steam engines and internal combustion engines.
How are steam engines diesel engines and electric engines similar and different?
Steam engines and diesel engines are heat engines. An electric motor isn't an engine - it converts and transfers power, but doesn't actually create it.
What device transforms heat energy into movement energy?
A heat engine, such as a steam engine or an internal combustion engine, transforms heat energy into movement energy. Heat is used to create pressure, which drives a piston or turbine, producing mechanical work.
Can heat be converted other types of energy?
The most common method is to convert the heat into steam and use the steam to drive mechanical devices such as engines and turbines.
How do trains run on coal?
Only (some) steam engines used coal. It was burnt in a boiler to heat water to steam.
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.
Machine that transforms heat into mechanical energy?
A ficticious heat engine that works at the maximum theoretical efficiency is called a Carnot engine. Real engines, that obviously work at a lesser efficiency, include the combustion engines found in cars.A ficticious heat engine that works at the maximum theoretical efficiency is called a Carnot engine. Real engines, that obviously work at a lesser efficiency, include the combustion engines found in cars.A ficticious heat engine that works at the maximum theoretical efficiency is called a Carnot engine. Real engines, that obviously work at a lesser efficiency, include the combustion engines found in cars.A ficticious heat engine that works at the maximum theoretical efficiency is called a Carnot engine. Real engines, that obviously work at a lesser efficiency, include the combustion engines found in cars.
In what country did the word chauffeur originate?
It originated in France. The verb chauffer means to heat, and on early steam engines they needed someone to heat up the water to make the steam, so that person was called the chauffeur, or if it was a woman, a chauffeuse.
What is it called when water vapor is produced by heat?
steam
What has the author Clarence Floyd Hirshfeld written?
Clarence Floyd Hirshfeld has written: 'Steam power' -- subject(s): Steam engineering 'Elements of heat-power engineering' -- subject(s): Thermodynamics, Heat-engines
What type of energy does steam give?
Thermal energy (heat) and Kinetic energy (movement).
