EGRID 1 WEEK 2 Review

Electrical Power is generated at facilities know as __________ ________

(a)  

Generating Stations use some method to rotate a magnetic field that produces electrical energy in the form of direct current.

• True

• False

There are how many methods that use wind, steam, water or some type of mechanical energy to turn a generator to produce electricity

• 7

• 5

• 3

• 8

High pressure steam is produced by any of these methods except.

• Fossil Fired generation

• nuclear fired generation

• Solar generation

• Wind Turbine generation

High heat is used to boil water and create the steam

• true

• false

High pressure steam can reach levels ranging from ____-____ psi

(a)  

Heat from steam is captured for another useful purpose such as heat. This is known as

• Congregation

• Cogeneration

• Multiple generation

• Lateral generation

This process is called ________ _____ and is very common among natural gas power plants.

(a)  

High pressure steam is produced from the _____ process to spin a turbine.

• Solar troughs

• Wind Turbine blade

• Nuclear Fission

• Natural gas

__% of todays electrical energy is produced with nuclear generation.

• 28%

• 22%

• 25%

• 20%