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FROM COAL MINE TO ELECTRICITY |
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1. MINING UNDERGROUND |
2. COAL STORED AT MINE SURFACE - REMOVED FOR DISTRIBUTION |
3. COAL DELIVERED TO POWER STATION, READY FOR USE AS FUEL |
4. ELECTRICITY PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED VIA THE NATIONAL GRID |
ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION FROM COAL |
Coal is dropped into a hopper. The hopper feeds the furnace. |
As the coal burns, it heats a water tank creating high pressure steam. The steam is used to turn turbines, producing electricity. |
The steam produced during the process condenses back to water and is recycled for heating once again. Some pollutants are removed from the fumes, by a process called ‘scrubbing’, before being allowed into the atmosphere. |
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