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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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