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Energy Sources

This document discusses different sources of energy including fossil fuels, biogas, geothermal, hydrothermal, batteries, solar cells, and biomass. It provides details on coal power plants, which burn coal to create steam that spins turbines and generates electricity, and the environmental impacts of burning fossil fuels. Biogas is described as a renewable and naturally occurring energy source created from the breakdown of organic waste. Geothermal energy harnesses heat from within the Earth through methods like pumping hot water or steam from underground to power turbines. Batteries store chemical energy and convert it to electricity, while solar cells directly convert sunlight to electricity via the photovoltaic effect. Biomass uses energy from living or once-living organisms

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Energy Sources

This document discusses different sources of energy including fossil fuels, biogas, geothermal, hydrothermal, batteries, solar cells, and biomass. It provides details on coal power plants, which burn coal to create steam that spins turbines and generates electricity, and the environmental impacts of burning fossil fuels. Biogas is described as a renewable and naturally occurring energy source created from the breakdown of organic waste. Geothermal energy harnesses heat from within the Earth through methods like pumping hot water or steam from underground to power turbines. Batteries store chemical energy and convert it to electricity, while solar cells directly convert sunlight to electricity via the photovoltaic effect. Biomass uses energy from living or once-living organisms

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ENERGY – Is the capacity to do work it

exists in different forms such as electrical


and chemical energy.
Energy is a very common word frequently used in our day-to-day life.
Energy is defined as the ability to do work. We require energy for all
types of activities including the activities within our body, with our
body or with other bodies. When we say a body has energy, it means
that it is capable of doing work. Look around you will find countless
examples where energy is used to do work. An engine uses energy of
its fuel to move a car along. A battery stores the energy needed to
switch on the radio or tape recorder. The heavy flow of water can break
the banks of rivers as it also has energy in it. Similarly the wind also
carries enough energy to shake trees.
DIFFERENT SOURCES
OF
ENERGY
FOSSIL FUELS
Formed from the decomposition of of buried carbon-based
organisms that died million years ago
COAL POWER PLANT
COAL POWER PLANT
In this process the fuels are burned to transform
the chemical in the fuel into heat energy. The
heat energy is used to heat water and convert it
to steam. The steam generated spin turbines
which then turn a generator. As the generator
turns it converts the kinetic energy into electrical
energy.
The electricity produced by a power station is
sent along power lines that connects homes,
buildings and cities through an electrical grid.
When fossil fuels are burned harmful gases
are released into the earth’s atmosphere. This
can cause air pollution along with other
impacts on the environment.
BIOGAS
Decentralized energy system which can lead
to sufficiency in heat and power needs and
at the same time reduces environmental
pollution. It is a naturally occurring and
renewable sources of energy, resulting from
the breakdown of organic matter.
BIOGAS
A type of fuel that is produced from anaerobic
decomposition of organic waste such as food
scraps and animal waste.

Is produced after organic materials (plant and


animal products) are broken down by bacteria
in an oxygen-free environment, a process called
anaerobic digestion.
BIOGAS
GEOTHERMAL

Is heat that is generated within the Earth.


It is a renewable resource that can be
harvested for human use.

Examples: Lava flows, hot springs


GEOTHERMAL
GEOTHERMAL
1.Hot water is pumped from deep underground through a well under high
pressure.

2.When the water reaches the surface, the pressure is dropped, which causes
the water to turn into steam.

3.The steam spins a turbine, which is connected to a generator that produces


electricity.

4.The steam cools off in a cooling tower and condenses back to water.

5.The cooled water is pumped back into the Earth to begin the process again.
HYDROTHERMAL
Subset of geothermal, and means that the
transfer of heat involves water, either in
liquid or vapor state.

The use of water to produce electricity.


A hydrothermal environment is a setting
dominated by the circulation of hot, mainly
aqueous fluids. In a mid-ocean ridge
setting, seawater penetrates the crust,
becomes heated, interacts with the crust so
that its composition changes, then exits the
crust at a hydrothermal vent on the ocean
floor.
BATTERIES
A battery is a device that stores energy and then discharges it by
converting chemical energy into electricity. Typical batteries most
often produce electricity by chemical means through the use of
one or more electrochemical cells. Many different materials can
and have been used in batteries, but the common battery types
are alkaline, lithium-ion, lithium-polymer, and nickel-metal hydride.
Batteries can be connected to each other in a series circuit or
a parallel circuit.
SOLAR CELLS

Is an electronic device that converts the


energy of light directly into electricity by
the photovoltaic effect, which is
a physical and chemical phenomenon.
BIOMASS
Is energy generated or produced by living or
once-living organisms. The most common
biomass materials used for energy are plants,
such as corn and soy, above. The energy from
these organisms can be burned to create
heat or converted into electricity.
BIOMASS

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