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ENERGY AND TRANSFORMATION (Sources (Classification of energy sources (By…
ENERGY AND TRANSFORMATION
Sources
Household uses
The operating of electrical appliances, heating systems, hot water systems, heat for cooling and for means of transport, for example.
Industrial uses
The operating of factones and companies, construction, agnculture and so on.
Definition
Are natural resources from which we obtain different formsof energy that can be transformed for a specific use.
Classification of energy sources
By availability in nature and capacity for regeneration
Non-renewable
Renewable
By origin
By use in each country
By environmental impact
Electricity
Electricity
It
can be easily transformed
It c an be transported long distances
Electric power plants
Are facilities where pnmary or secondary energyis transformed into electnmty, Once electricity is generated, it must betransported to towns, cities or industrial park
How an electric power plant works
Turbine, alternator
Transport and distribution of electrical energy
Cannot be stored, only transported
Conventional electric power plants
Nuclear power plants
Fossil fuel power plants
Combined cycle power plant
Hydroelectric power plant
Gravity-driven hydraulic power plants
Pump-driiven hydraulic power plant
Non-conventional electric power plants
