To produce electricity, a turbine generator set converts mechanical energy to electrical energy. In the cases of natural gas, coal, nuclear fission, biomass, petroleum, geothermal and solar thermal, the heat that is produced is used to create steam, which moves the blades of the turbine.
How is electricity produced in India?
In India, power is generated from conventional (Thermal, Nuclear & Hydro) and renewable sources (Wind, Solar, Biomass etc.). However, Major production of Electricity is achieved through coal a thermal power plant which is around 75% of the total power generation.
What is electricity and how is it made?
Electricity is a secondary energy source that we get from the conversion of other sources of energy such as coal, natural gas, oil, nuclear power, and so on. These sources are known as “primary sources.” Primary sources can be renewable or non-renewable, but the electricity itself is neither.
Like everything else, electricity is made up of atoms. So to understand electricity, it helps to understand basic information about atoms.
How does electricity work?
Electricity travels in closed circuits. It has to have a complete path before electrons can move through it. When you turn on a light by flipping a switch, you close a circuit. Of course, this means that by flipping a switch off, you open a circuit. Electricity flows from the electric wire, through the light, and back into the wire. The same concept applies to your television or your appliances– when you turn them on, you close a circuit for electricity to flow through the wires and power them.
Main Point
Electricity generation is the process of generating electric power from sources of primary energy. For utilities in the electric power industry, it is the stage prior to its delivery (transmission, distribution, etc.) to end users or its storage (using, for example, the pumped-storage method).
Electricity is not freely available in nature, so it must be "produced" (that is, transforming other forms of energy to electricity). Production is carried out in power stations (also called "power plants"). Electricity is most often generated at a power plant by electromechanical generators, primarily driven by heat engines fueled by combustion or nuclear fission but also by other means such as the kinetic energy of flowing water and wind. Other energy sources include solar photovoltaics and geothermal power. There are also exotic and speculative methods to recover energy, such as proposed fusion reactor designs which aim to directly extract energy from intense magnetic fields generated by fast-moving charged particles generated by the fusion reaction (see magnetohydrodynamics).
Phasing out coal-fired power stations and eventually gas-fired power stations, or, if practical, capturing their greenhouse gas emissions, is an important part of the energy transformation required to limit climate change. Vastly more solar power and wind power is forecast to be required, with electricity demand increasing strongly with further electrification of transport, homes and industry.
How Is It Produced In Deep
In order for you to flip a switch or press an “on” button, electricity is working hard behind the scenes. Let’s explore the journey electricity takes from the power plant to you.
Electricity begins with one of the three main types of fuel: fossil fuel (like coal, oil and natural gas), nuclear power and renewable alternatives (like wind, solar and hydropower). This fuel creates steam or fluid that moves a turbine, which turns a magnet in a generator. This movement causes those electrons to move, which produces electricity!
It doesn’t stop there, though – this electric current still has a long way to travel to get to you. Once the generator produces electric current, it’s transported through thick wires to transformers, which amplify the voltage. This high-voltage electricity is carried to the power grid. One at the power grid, electricity is moved to different substations, which reduce the voltage for use in large settings like factories.
For electricity to actually make it to you, it’s distributed to local transformers through power lines, which are either buried or mounted. These local transformers further reduce voltage so you’re receiving electricity safely. When it finally arrives in your home and you flip that switch or press that “on” button, you’ve completed the circuit and electricity will flow.
There you have it! Now that you’re well equipped with the basics on electricity and how it gets to you, you’re ready to tackle any electrical question that comes your way – which might come in handy for your kids’ high school chemistry project!
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