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Power plants burn fuel by literally burning it with the oxygen in air. The flames heat water, the water turns to steam, and the steam generates electricity in turbines coupled to generators.
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How does a nuclear power plant power homes?
By generating electricity.
If 35 percent of the fuel is converted into electricity this is called the what of the power plant?
It is the efficiency of the power plant.
How does electricity get from a power plant to your home?
Through wires...
What is one situation where gravitational potential energy might be useful?
For example, in a hydroelectric power plant, where it is converted into electricity.For example, in a hydroelectric power plant, where it is converted into electricity.For example, in a hydroelectric power plant, where it is converted into electricity.For example, in a hydroelectric power plant, where it is converted into electricity.
What does wind power plant mean?
A power station that produces electricity by wind power
What are the factories called that process electricity?
electricity is made in a power plant.
How does electricity get to place to place?
Electricity travels in electrons through conductive material. The way that electricity can get from point to point is by traveling through wire-enclosed metallic material that is most accepting to the electrons. The result is electricity from a far distance from a main power plant which generates the electricity.
Does electricity flow back to power plant?
Electricity does flow back to the power plant. This electricity is what forms the circuit needed to actually deliver the electricity to you when you need it.
What is the uses of power plant?
A power plant is designed to produce electricity.
Where is the thetford power station located?
The Thetford Power Station is located in Norfolk, England. It is a plant that burns poultry litter in order to convert it into electricity. It is the thrid one of its kind in England.
How could you be using fossil fuels while watching a television show?
The TV is powered by electricity, which probably comes from a power plant that burns fossil fuels to generate power. You may be sitting in a room heated by a heater that burns natural gas.
What is power plant?
a power plant is a factory that produces lots of electricity. It might even produce electricity to your whole state
Why the nuclear power plant build?
Because the power plant is the source of electricity
The power plant is a what of electricity?
The unit of power is the watt? Other than that, the question makes no sense. I mean, The power plant is ?? of electricity? Still not obvious...................... generator?????
Plant that burns waste to produce electricity?
Biomass power stations. (Regular power stations that burn coal can easily be converted to burning biomass (vegetation), reducing pollution, just by changing the fuel.)
What is a nuclearur power plant?
a nuclear power plant produces electricity from uranium 235
Where is the method of producing electricity from a nuclear power plant used?
In a nuclear power plant
