ENERGY FOR ELECTRICITY ANIL SENA BAYINDIR MUSA ÇELİK MERVE BIYIKLI 9/A ENERGY FOR ELECTRICITY Industrial societies spend huge amounts of energy, muchof it is suplied by electricity which comes from generators in power stations.

THERMAL POWER STATIONS A power station is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. In most power stations, the generators are turned by turbines.

Why do we need a nuclear reactor? To produce the steam, water is heated in a boiler. The thermal energy comes from burning fuel or from a nuclear reactor. Why do we need a nuclear reactor? Because nuclear fuel does not burn, it releases energy by reacting with a nuclear reactant.

This process is called NUCLEAR FISSION.

FUEL FUEL BURNERS OR NUCLEAR REACTORS THERMAL ENERGY TURBINES STEAM BOILER ROTATION GENERATOR ELECTRICITY

Energy spreading

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DISTRICT HEATING The unused thermal energy from a power station does not have to be wasted. How can we use it?