Explain the step by step energy conservation in the power plant
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This heat energy, already being steam, will be converted into mechanical energy by a turbine, and in the end this mechanicalenergy will be converted into electricalenergy by a generator. The nuclear reactor is responsible for rising and handling thisatomic fission that generates a lot of heat.
The animation above shows the many energy conversions taking place during the production of electrical energy. It is strange to think that the electrical energy that comes from the power company originated from solar energy.
Plants are the only organisms on Earth that can harness solar energy and convert it into a more usable form called chemical energy. Chemical energy is trapped in the form of wood and other plant matter. Coal is a source of chemical energy because it is composed of plant matter that has been subjected to high temperatures and pressures.
We recover the coal and burn it in huge furnaces. Inside the furnace chemical energy is converted into heat energy. This heat energy is used to heat water into super hot steam inside boilers. Inside the boiler another energy conversion takes place, heat energy is converted into kinetic energy.
As the super fast steam travels through the turbines it causes the generator to spin and produce electrical energy. The generator is the place for the last energy conversion where kinetic energy is converted into electrical energy.