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• Steam electric power plant — (conventional)   A plant in which the prime mover is a steam turbine. The steam used to drive the turbine is produced in a boiler where fossil fuels are burned.   U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary …   Energy terms

• Fossil fuel steam-electric power plant —   An electricity generation plant in which the prime mover is a turbine rotated by high pressure steam produced in a boiler by heat from burning fossil fuels.   U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary …   Energy terms

• Steam engine — A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. [ [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/564472/steam engine steam engine Britannica Online Encyclopedia ] ] Steam engines have a long history,… …   Wikipedia

• electric power — ▪ physics       energy generated through the conversion of other forms of energy, such as mechanical, thermal, or chemical energy. Electric energy is unrivaled for many uses, as for lighting, computer operation, motive power, and entertainment… …   Universalium

• Turbine Hall — The turbine hall or turbine building is a building that is a part of any steam cycle power plant which houses a number of components vital to the generation of electricity from the steam that comes from the boiler. The components in the turbine… …   Wikipedia

• Electric locomotive — Electric Trains redirects here. For the 1995 Squeeze single, see Electric Trains (song). An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from an external source. Sources include overhead lines, third rail or an on board electricity… …   Wikipedia

• List of steam energy topics — *portable engine *steam aircraft *(steam ball) aeolipile *(steam bath) sauna *steam brig *steam bus *steam car *steam crane *steam donkey *steam dummy (dummy engine) *(steam electric power plant) fossil fuel power plant (FFPP) *(steam… …   Wikipedia

• steam engine — steam engine, adj. an engine worked by steam, typically one in which a sliding piston in a cylinder is moved by the expansive action of the steam generated in a boiler. [1745 55] * * * Machine that uses steam power to perform mechanical work… …   Universalium

• Plant Bowen — is a coal fired, steam turbine electric generating facility located in Euharlee, GA approximately 9 miles WSW from Cartersville, GA. Bowen ranked 3rd in the nation for net generation in 2006 producing over 22,630,000 MWh. Plant Bowen is connected …   Wikipedia

• turbine — /terr bin, buyn/, n. any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as …   Universalium

• Steam turbine — A rotor of a modern steam turbine, used in a power plant A steam turbine is a mechanical device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam, and converts it into rotary motion. Its modern manifestation was invented by Sir Charles Parsons… …   Wikipedia