The Conversion of Coal: Joshua Betthauser
In the Beginning:
The conversion of coal is a lengthy process which begins hundreds of millions of years ago, as a natural resource under the dirt, known as “peat”, than, over time and under pressure, it’s converted into “lignite”.
Then, very many millennia later, it is transformed into “bituminous”, then into “anthracite”, the coal we know and love.
www.minersmuseum.com/history-of-mining/coal-formation/
The Description:
Coal begins as a natural resource, and diminishes as a form of electricity. How? And in what ways? There are many complex, or rather simple ways to perform that task. It’s widespread too, it’s used to provide approximately 40% of the world’s electricity. However, that’s not all coal is used for, it’s used in the process of the creation of steel, because some coal is considered metallurgical, and rather useless for power in comparison to the more flammable coal we know, which is actually formally called “thermal coal”. Coal is also used to give bad children presents on christmas! …show more content…
However, we know this fuel as electricity, and many of us, me not included, couldn’t live without it. I’m going to keep this segment as simple as our need to know is.
Black or brown “thermal coal” is grated into a fine dust, which is then burned.
Apply water, and then you have vapor, or steam.
That same steam, which is condensed in a highly pressurized environment, is controlled to spin a turbine, which is connected to an electric
In the Beginning:
The conversion of coal is a lengthy process which begins hundreds of millions of years ago, as a natural resource under the dirt, known as “peat”, than, over time and under pressure, it’s converted into “lignite”.
Then, very many millennia later, it is transformed into “bituminous”, then into “anthracite”, the coal we know and love.
www.minersmuseum.com/history-of-mining/coal-formation/
The Description:
Coal begins as a natural resource, and diminishes as a form of electricity. How? And in what ways? There are many complex, or rather simple ways to perform that task. It’s widespread too, it’s used to provide approximately 40% of the world’s electricity. However, that’s not all coal is used for, it’s used in the process of the creation of steel, because some coal is considered metallurgical, and rather useless for power in comparison to the more flammable coal we know, which is actually formally called “thermal coal”. Coal is also used to give bad children presents on christmas! …show more content…
However, we know this fuel as electricity, and many of us, me not included, couldn’t live without it. I’m going to keep this segment as simple as our need to know is.
Black or brown “thermal coal” is grated into a fine dust, which is then burned.
Apply water, and then you have vapor, or steam.
That same steam, which is condensed in a highly pressurized environment, is controlled to spin a turbine, which is connected to an electric