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ENERGY AND ITS
TRANSFORMATION
Energy sources
The energy we consume has many different uses.
Household uses: the operating of electncal appliances, heating
transport, for example.
In d ustnal uses: the operating of factones and companies,
construction, agnculture and so on.
Energy sources are natural resources from which we obtain different forms
of energy that can be transformed for a specific use.
Electricity
Electricity is the most widely used form of energy m mdustnalised socieues for two reasons:
It can be easily transformed into other forms of energy, such as
light and heat.
It can be transported long distances inexpensively and with very
httle energy being lost.
Electric power plants
Electric power plants are facilities where pnmary or secondary energy
is transformed into electnmty, Once electricity is generated, it must be
transported to towns, cities or industrial parks.
Transport and distribution of electrical energy
Elec.tnc power plants are usually located far away from the points where
the energy is used — fur safety reasons, space requirements or physical and
geographical considerations.
Conventional electric power plants
Nuclear power plants
This type of plant tm.ludes a nuclear fission reactor that produrces the
pressunsed steam needed to move the turbine rotor.
Uranium ts the main fuel used.
Hydroelectric power plants
Fossil fuel thermal power plants
At this type of power plant, water is heated in a boiler by the heat
generated from the combustion of a fossil fuel, usually natural gas or coal
The steam that's generated moves the turbine connected to the generator
Combined cycle power plant
A combined cycle power plant is a power plant that generates electricity by using both a gas turbine and a steam turbine, where the waste heat from the gas turbine is used to produce steam for additional power, increasing overall efficiency.
