Is it feasible to use solar energy to heat up water to power a steam engine, then to produce electricity?
What are the problems that will be encountered.
Categories: Vintage Steam Engines Tags: electricity, energy, Engine, feasible, Heat, Power, produce, Solar, steam, water
Power Ranking the 25 Toughest NFL Players of All Time
Power Ranking the 25 Toughest NFL Players of All Time
When you play in the NFL, you’re not really playing that much at all, are you? Football at that level isn’t so much a game or a sport as it is a battle. A hard fought battle for every yard out there. And only the tough men need apply. As we approach the end of another season, we at Bleacher Report felt it was a good time to look back and recall some of the men that have made this league what …
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SOLAR POWER STEAM ENGINE 2 FRESNEL LENS GREENPOWERSCIENCE
www.greenpowerscience.com GREENPOWERSCIENCE WILL HAVE A TV SHOW SOON!
Categories: Vintage Steam Engines Tags: Engine, FRESNEL, GREENPOWERSCIENCE, LENS, Power, Solar, steam
Phoenix Power Group Purchases License Expansion for Waste Oil Engines from Cyclone Power Technologies
Phoenix Power Group Purchases License Expansion for Waste Oil Engines from Cyclone Power Technologies
POMPANO BEACH, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cyclone Power Technologies (Pink Sheets: CYPW) has agreed to expand the territorial rights of Phoenix Power Group (PPG) under its license agreement for Cyclone’s external combustion engines that drive PPG’s waste oil power generators. Subject to the establishment of additional sales quotas and license fees, PPG shall now have worldwide rights to manufacture …
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Categories: Vintage Steam Engines Tags: Cyclone, engines, Expansion, From, Group, license, Phoenix, Power, Purchases, Technologies, Waste
SOLAR POWER STEAM ENGINE 3 FRESNEL LENS GREENPOWERSCIENCE
Two different steam engine powered by the sun. www.greenpowerscience.com
Categories: Vintage Steam Engines Tags: Engine, FRESNEL, GREENPOWERSCIENCE, LENS, Power, Solar, steam
Shaw Group to build boilers for UK power plant
Shaw Group to build boilers for UK power plant
The Shaw Group Inc. says it has been awarded a contract to build five heat recovery steam generator boilers for a natural gas-fired power station in England.
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Electricity – Power to the People
We are all aware of the importance of electricity and the elementary role it plays in our day to day lives. It is only when there is a power failure that we truly appreciate the effect it has on our lives.
It all starts with a source of energy, and within the UK 74% of this energy comes from fossil fuels, primarily coal, natural gas and oil. Other sources include nuclear power, which supplies 19% of the UK’s energy demand and the following 7% is supplied by other sources such as hydro-dams, wind farms, solar panels etc.
It’s important to note that electricity is a secondary source of energy, meaning it relies on a primary source of energy to be created. These primary sources are the ones listed above, and can further be broken down into renewable and non-renewable sources.
As highlighted a primary source of energy is required to generate electricity, this source of energy is used to superheat water in a boiler to create steam. The steam outputted from this boiler is of such a high pressure that it can be used to turn the blades of a turbine. The turbine works to turn the linear motion of the steam into circular motion. Connected to this is a generator which houses a large magnet surrounded by coiled copper wire, the motion of the blades in turn, rapidly spin the magnet which creates an electrical current in the copper coil.
From the generator the electricity heads to a transformer, where its voltage is stepped up considerably (typically 345,000 volts), which allows it to be transferred a very long distance without any loss.
The electricity is then placed on the national grid, where to begin with it is carried by huge transmission lines, capable of handling the high voltages. Throughout the grid there are numerous step-down transformers which serve to reduce the voltage to a more manageable 12,000 volts suitable for the distribution lines.
Before the electricity reaches your home it is stepped down once more to 240 volts. This takes place in the small transformers that you commonly see at the top of your neighbourhood power line pole.
Once in your home the electricity passes through a fuse box and meter which allows your utilities supplier to calculate your electricity bills. Considering the journey the electricity has to make from the power station to your home, electricity prices are pretty justifiable in that the whole process takes no more than a fraction of a second.
Categories: UK Steam Tags: electricity, people, Power