what is the best way to generate electricity from a parabolic mirror?
Hi everyone, For a summer project, I want to build an efficient solar powered generator. I want to use a parabolic mirror to collect the sun’s energy. Should I use the collected sunlight as heat differential to power a stirling engine? Or use the sunlight to boil water creating steam to power a steam engine. […]
Move of 1,000-foot-long equipment drawing crowds
Move of 1,000-foot-long equipment drawing crowds KNOXVILLE, TENN. — The unusual sight of what officials called four “tractor trailer rigs on steroids” creeping down the highway with a giant generator brought out curious onlookers in East Tennessee. Read more on The Washington DC Examiner
Efficient way to boil water with low voltage?
i am looking for a way to boil water at low voltages (around 10 volt DC) steam would be used to power a steam generator connected to a dynamo. i need around 125 psi what method should i use to heat up the water? i was thinking of using. nicrome or induction we currently have […]
how much mvar can a 55mw generator can produce ? what will be its limit?
a steam turbine driven generator ..with maximum capacity of 55mw with terminal voltage 11kv rated. what is the maximum amount of mvar (reactive power) can it produce.
Which of the following statements about electrical power plants is NOT true?
Which of the following statements about electrical power plants is NOT true? a. With the exception of hydroelectric power plants, energy is merely converted, not created. c. Most power plants use generators to produce electricity. b. Nuclear, coal, natural gas, and oil power plants all convert thermal energy to electricity. d. Most power plants use […]
Will living next to a 40 MW combined heat and power plant have any health effects on me?
The plant features a combustion turbine, heat recovery steam generator (HRSG), a steam turbine generator, and two auxiliary boilers. Is it possible for radiation or anything to emit from the facility?
Can we power the world using magnets?
Coal is burned to create steam which is used to push a generator which causes energy and electricity. Coal destroys the world and is going run out soon. Is there a way to push generators using high powered magnets? It seems to work for magnet trains, would it work for generators? If not, what’s the […]
WIDE LOAD coming through
WIDE LOAD coming through HARROGATE, Tenn. — The shipment of a monstrous generator from Knoxville to southwest Virginia has steadily become the talk of the Tri-State area. The generator arrived at its final Claiborne County resting spot, directly in front of the entrance to Cumberland Gap, late Wednesday night. Read more on The Middlesboro Daily
How do electric generators at power plants work?
Generators using steam turbines and fossil fuel, coal, oil, nuclear fuel, wind, hydro fuel, solar fuel, and tidal movement.
Thermodynamics & Heat Transfer question… Steam efficiency etc..?
A power plant taps steam superheated by geothermal energy to 505 K (the temperature of the hot reservoir) and uses the steam to do work in truning the turbine of an eletric generator. The steam is then converted back into water in a condenser at 323 K (the temperature of the cold reservoir), after which […]
How Can I Get Hot Water for Steam Vac in my Mobile Auto Wash & Detail Business?
I just began my own Mobile Auto Wash and Detailing buisness … got the work van with the power washer, big water tank, generator, shop vac, all that, to clean up and detail vehicles on the spot at peoples houses or at their work, and some car lots. Now the question is, I got this […]
Why can’t we use Steam-Power Engines in vehicles?
I had reviewed information which showed how technology made it easier to use electricity to quickly heat water-even if frozen solid. Frozen water was an issue for the North in Winter. Steam out sold electric and gas cars for a while, but with gas being so cheap in the day, and the wait time for […]
I have an old petrol generator, just the generator part though.?
Would it be possible to connect it to a wood or coal boiler and have the steam drive a small turbine, which is connected to the generator and make power. Our house uses about 15 kilowatts of power per day, So it woulden’t have to be very power full. I’m guessing the water in the […]
Would it be possible to have water powered cars?
I know very little about cars but would it be possible to have a car run off of water somehow? Imagine just filling up your car at home using a garden hose. I assume if it was feasible it would have been out years ago. For it to be possible I think the water molecules […]
Reportlinker Adds Global Fuel Cells Industry
Reportlinker Adds Global Fuel Cells Industry – Read more on PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
are nuclear power plants a waste of energy?
if they have to take heat from fissionable material to turn water into steam to power a turbine to run a generator, then there using it in place of coal with an even worse by product. seems like a pointless waste to me. what say you? is there perhaps a better way to harness the […]
Drugs and Counterfeiting, But No Jason Bourne
Drugs and Counterfeiting, But No Jason Bourne DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – The District Attorney’s office last week filed a series of drug charges and one count of forgery against Brian Alexik, the man who set off a high-profile investigation when he fled his Downtown penthouse April 19. Read more on Los Angeles Downtown News
I came up with an idea to make a self suficcient power plant. What do you think of my idea?
Anyways power plants use steam to drive a turbine, so why not make the steam by heating the pipes with electricity. Just like an electric stove does when you boil water. Then the turbine will spin an axle which spins other axles (ones that don’t conduct electricity) that power many other generators, a couple of […]
how can i find the elevation of turbine and generator?
turbine and generator put the below height of the boiler or above in steam and power generation . the boiler support stand height is 140 inch
New ideas on generating electricity.?
I would like to find a way to make use of a pond with a capacity of over a million gallons but only having an average flow rate of 1 up to 150 gallons per minuet under a complete flood state. The water is storable and up to 20% disposable with no incoming water. I’ve […]