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A coal power station

turbine / steam / boiler / generator / cooling tower / furnace

Energy transfers in a coal power station


Part of power station What happens here? What energy transfer happens here?
furnace
__________
Coal is ____________ energy in the
 _________

coal energy

boiler
_________


Water is heated and turned into _________
energy of the
__________ energy
moving steam

turbine
Steam ____________ on the _________ __________
blades of the turbine and turns it
around.
energy of the
moving steam
 energy of the
turbine

generator
A coil is ____________ inside a __________ ___________
magnetic field and an electric
____________ is produced
energy of the
moving coil
 energy in
wires

Use these words – they may be used more than once


pushes / kinetic / heat (or thermal) / turned / electrical / burned / steam / current / chemical
A coal power station

turbine / steam / boiler / generator / cooling tower / furnace

Energy transfers in a coal power station


Part of power station What happens here? What energy transfer happens here?
furnace
__________
Coal is ____________ energy in the
 _________

coal energy

boiler
_________


Water is heated and turned into _________
energy of the
__________ energy
moving steam

turbine
Steam ____________ on the _________ __________
blades of the turbine and turns it
around.
energy of the
moving steam
 energy of the
turbine

generator
A coil is ____________ inside a __________ ___________
magnetic field and an electric
____________ is produced
energy of the
moving coil
 energy in
wires

Use these words – they may be used more than once


pushes / kinetic / heat (or thermal) / turned / electrical / burned / steam / current / chemical

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