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D&T- Energy -Topic 1
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12th Grade
03/31/2010

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how fossil fuels generate electricity process:

Definition

1).  burn fuel

2).  heat water to make steam

3).  steam turns turbines

4).  turbines turn generators

5).  electrical power

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GASIFiCATION

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reacts with oxygen and steam, burnt in gas turbine to generate electricity.  

Term

 

two types of energy

Definition

1).  kinetic

2).  potential

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