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Fossil Fuel Power Plant |
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This type of power plant uses fuel oil or coal as their fuels in power generating. The heat generates from the combustion of the fuels will be used to transform water into high pressure and high temperature steam, which will force its way through a steam turbine. The turbine is connected with an electrical generator, which produce electricity. Then, the steam will be reverted back into water using a condenser. Finally, the water will flow back into the boiler in order to be transformed into steam all over again. |
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Gas Turbine Power Plant |
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In this type of power plant, air is compressed by the compressor and is released into a combustion chamber, where it will be heated by the incineration of diesel fuel. The air, which will become much more pressured, will then be released to swing a gas turbine, which is attached with an electrical generator. |
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Combined
Cycle Power Plant
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Combined cycle
power plants use
gas as their main
fuel to produce
electricity. These
power plants are
designed to have
more than one thermodynamic
cycle so that efficiency
can be improved.
This process is
profited from a
combinative use
of both gas and
steam turbines.
First, the fuel
will be ignited
to produce heat
energy for the gas
turbine to generate
electricity. Waste
heat from the ignition
will then be used
to heat up water
and transform it
into steam, which
will be used with
the steam turbine
to produce even
more electricity. |
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Nuclear
Power Plant |
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Using nuclear
chain reaction,
nuclear power plants
generate heat to
boil water into
steam, which drive
a steam turbine
in order to produce
electricity. |
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Biomass
Power Plant |
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Biomass power
plant works with
the same ideology
as many of the previous
mentioned types
of power plant,
using the heat from
the combustion of
fuels to boil water
into steam and let
the stream drive
a steam turbine
to generate power.
The fuels used in
this type of power
plant are biofuel,
which is generally
taken from agricultural
products, by-products,
and wastes. |
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Incinery
Power Plant |
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Heat used to boil
water in this type
of power plant comes
from the combustion
of organic waste
such as papers,
woods, leftover
foods, etc. The
steam created from
boiling water is
treated in same
way as other power
plants that use
a steam turbine
to generate electricity. |
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Hydro Power Plant
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Hydro power plants
generate electricity
by the use of potential
energy derived from
dammed water. The
water that is kept
by a dam will be
permitted to flow
through a large
pipe to driving
a water turbine
and a generator. |
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Solar Power Plant
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These power plants
use the heat from
the sun to boil
water or heat up
gas. The steam or
gas will then be
used to drive a
steam turbine or
a gas turbine respectively.
They can also use
large quantity of
solar cell to produce
electricity as well.
However, the process
of using solar cell
is very complex.
It also needs a
high level of technology
and requires significantly
high initial investment. |
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Wind
Power Plant |
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Wind power plants
use a wind turbine
to convert kinetic
energy of the wind
into mechanical
energy and electrical
energy respectively.
Though the use of
this kind of power
plant is very environmental
friendly, the efficiency
is largely dependent
on several uncontrollable
factors. Wind power
plants can only
be positioned on
specific places
where continuous
flow of strong wind
can be expected. |