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Power stations

11May 2012. Power stations. Power stations Thermal power stations Sankey diagrams World power generation Tsokos p.430 qns3-7. 11 Physics 8.1, 8.2, 8.3 Power generation Tsokos 7.1. Three Gorges Dam, Hydroelectric Power Station, China (22GW- largest power plant in the world).

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Power stations

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  1. 11May 2012 Power stations Power stations Thermal power stations Sankey diagrams World power generation Tsokos p.430 qns3-7 11 Physics 8.1, 8.2, 8.3 Power generation Tsokos 7.1

  2. Three Gorges Dam, Hydroelectric Power Station, China (22GW- largest power plant in the world)

  3. Wind turbine, Denmark (40kW)

  4. Nellis Solar plant, USA (200kW)

  5. Wave generator, Denmark140kW (with 33kW wind turbines)

  6. Thermal Power Station A In the boiler, the fuel burns in air, making heat. G The heat boils the water and turns it to steam. E The steam travels along pipes and steam pressure turns the turbine. I The turbine drives the alternator. H The alternator generates electricity. C A step up transformer increases the voltage of the electricity. B The electricity travels to homes and factories along power cables. D In the condenser, cooling water cools the steam. F The recycled water is fed back to the boiler to be used again.

  7. Power station efficiency Generating electricity in a typical thermal power station has an efficiency around 35%. Cyclical processes cannot convert all thermal energy to work. Excess heat can be used in combined heat and power plants.

  8. Degraded energy energy lost due to cyclical process of converting heat into work (2nd law of thermodynamics)

  9. heat engine Tsokos p.416

  10. Construct a Sankey diagram for a bouncing ball of mass 1kg dropping from 1m which bounces to 70% of its height each bounce.

  11. Generator (alternator) Coil rotates in a magnetic field, kinetic energy is converted to electrical energy

  12. Coal-fired thermal power station, Sofia, Bulgaria (0.5GW)

  13. Susquehanna , Nuclear Power plant, Pennsylvania, USA (1.2GW)

  14. Nesjavellir, Geothermal Power Station, Iceland (0.6GW)

  15. Power generation Source of Electricity (World total year 2008) Sources of electricity in France in 2006

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