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Energy and its transformation - Coggle Diagram
Energy and its transformation
Energy source
Hou sehold uses
Industnal uses
Ocean power plants
By availability in nature and capacity for regeneration
By use in each country
By environmental impact
Electricity
I t can be easily transformed
It can be transported long distance
Electric power plants
The turbine
An alternator
Transport and distribution of electrical energy
Electncity cannot be stored; therefore, it must be transported toconsumption centres This transport involves several processes:
Conventional electric power plant
Nuclear power plants
Their main advantage ts the high return on their energy producuon
Fossil fuel thermal power plants
Conmbined cycle power plan
Hydroelectric power plants
Gravity-driven hydraulic power plants
Pump-dniven hydraulic power plants
Non-conventional electric power plants
Wind power plants and wind farms
they can only be instafled in plat.es with appropnate wind conditions.
Solar power plants
There arewo main types of instaflations: photo-thermal and photovoltaic power plants.
Geothermal power plants
This heat
may reach the surface in the form of steam, gases or hot water.
Biomass thermal power plants
They may come from the following sources.
Fo restry and agricultural waste.
pecific crops, such as sunflowers and cougar beet.
kyraste from agri-food industries
Ocean power plants
The
concept is to use three types of energy from the sea.
The mechanical energy from the tides.
T he mechanical energy from the waves
T he energy from the ocean's thermal gradient.
Non-conventional electric power plant
disadvantage
much less energy, since they use diffuse energy sources
advantages
contaminate much less