1. White’s Tower Elementary Energy Wise Team
Welcome to our Energy PowerPoint
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2. HAVE YOU SEEN BARGES GOING DOWN THE OHIO RIVER?
Have you ever seen barges going down the Ohio River? What's being transported in these barges? Yes that's right, coal. Coal is used to make electricity. Click through this powerpoint to see what happens to this coal!

3. Those coal filled barges come to plants like this
Those coal filled barges come to plants like this. This plant is seen from the interstate 275 bridge going from Kentucky to Indiana near Lawrenceburg.

4. The White’s Tower E-Wise team went to that power station to learn about what that coal is being used for. It is the Miami Fort Power Station owned by Dynegy.

5. Once the barges park at the docks, the coal is removed by conveyor belts and brough into the plant.

6. Coal Usage Mined and cleaned before arrival 12,500 tons per day
1 barge= 1,800 tons
7 barges per day
4 million tons per year
Pulverized before burning (finer than sand)
The coal is mined and cleaned before arriving at the power plant. They use 12,500 tons of coal per day. 1 barge equals 18 hundred tons. They use 7 barges per day. 4 million tons per year. The coal comes off the barge about the size of a golf ball. It is then pulverized down to dust to speed up the burning process.

7. Here is the process! The coal comes off the barge and gets pulverized into dust. It burns in the boiler heating up water in pipes to make steam. The high pressure steam turns the turbines of a generator. The copper coils and magnets spin really fast creating an electric charge. The electricity is then sent out on the power lines to local homes and businesses.

8. Steam turns the turbines
The Boiler
3,000 degrees Fahrenheit
Creates steam
2,400 psi
Steam turns the turbines
That was alot of information really fast. Lets break it down. When the coal goes into the boiler, it burns at 3000 degrees. The water in the pipes becomes steam. The steam is pressurized at 2400 psi. This steam then races into the generator.

9. The Generator
This is a picture of the generator at Dynegy. The steam is racing through the black insulated pipes on the left side. It is really loud in there.

10. Steam turns the turbines 3,600 rpms Copper coils and magnets react
The Generator
Steam turns the turbines
3,600 rpms
Copper coils and magnets react
Creates electricity
The steam comes in and turns the turbines. The turbines are connected to copper coils that spin at 3600 rpms around magnets. This reaction creates electricity.

11. Sent on high voltage transmission lines
Electricity
Goes to power lines
22,000 volts
Sent on high voltage transmission lines
Sent to tristate, businesses, and homes
The electricity is sent to the powerlines. These high voltage transmission lines carry elecricity that has volts!.. It goes to tristate businesses, homes, and schools like White’s Tower!

12. Water from steam is recycled
The Cooling Tower
Water from steam is recycled
Dumped through this cooling tower
Water is cooled by the wind
You might notice the huge wide tower at the power plants. That is not nuclear power. It’s not even a chimney from the boilers. That tower is known as a cooling tower. Left over water from the boiler gets pumped into the base of this tower. Wind blows through the base of the tower and cools the water down. So the only thing coming out of the top of this tower is steam.

13. Air Pollution? Dynegy focuses on clean air
Removes 92% of nitrogen oxide
Removes 97% of sulfuric oxide
Do we need to worry about air pollution? Dynegy works really hard and ensuring the saftey of our air. They remove 92% of nitrogen oxide and 97% of sulfuric oxide out of the smoke from the boilers.

14. How can we conserve energy at home?
Now that we know how much work goes into making our energy, let's work on conserving energy at home. How can we do this?

15. Embrace natural light
First! Lets embrace our natural light. Open up your curtains and let the sun shine in! Using natural light whenever possible instead of relying on artificial light can greatly reduce the amount of electricity you use during the day.

16. 2. Change your bulbs
The 2nd thing we can do is Change your bulbs! Replacing regular incandescent light bulbs with compact flourescent or LED bulbs is a big energy saver.

17. 3. Turn off the lights
Next, Turn off the lights! This is the simplest, most common way to save electricity, and it really works! Start paying attention to how many lights are on in your house at a given time. Be mindful of how many lights you really need to be using at once. When you leave a room, make a habit of turning off the lights, every single time.

18. 4. Unplug your appliances
Unplug any appliances that aren’t in use. Did you know that appliances that are plugged in keep using electricity, even when they are switched off? Using a power strip can help make this task easier. Also,Make sure your computer is powered down and unplugged at night time. Computers use alot of energy even when they are not being used.

19. White’s Tower Elementary
Thanks for watching our power point! From your, E-WISE friends at White’s Tower!
White’s Tower Elementary
E-WISE TEAM