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    The document discusses different types of power producing machines, including nuclear power plants, steam turbines, combustion turbines, wind turbines, and concentrated solar power. A nuclear power plant uses heat from a nuclear reactor to generate steam and power a turbine to produce electricity. Steam turbines extract thermal energy from pressurized steam to do mechanical work. Combustion turbines have compressors, combustors, and turbines to produce power from combustion. Wind turbines convert the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Concentrated solar power uses mirrors or lenses to focus sunlight and generate heat to power generators or chemical reactions.

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    The document discusses different types of power producing machines, including nuclear power plants, steam turbines, combustion turbines, wind turbines, and concentrated solar power. A nuclear power plant uses heat from a nuclear reactor to generate steam and power a turbine to produce electricity. Steam turbines extract thermal energy from pressurized steam to do mechanical work. Combustion turbines have compressors, combustors, and turbines to produce power from combustion. Wind turbines convert the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Concentrated solar power uses mirrors or lenses to focus sunlight and generate heat to power generators or chemical reactions.

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    Types of Power Producing Machines

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    Niño Jay Badang
    The document discusses different types of power producing machines, including nuclear power plants, steam turbines, combustion turbines, wind turbines, and concentrated solar power. A nuclear power plant uses heat from a nuclear reactor to generate steam and power a turbine to produce electricity. Steam turbines extract thermal energy from pressurized steam to do mechanical work. Combustion turbines have compressors, combustors, and turbines to produce power from combustion. Wind turbines convert the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Concentrated solar power uses mirrors or lenses to focus sunlight and generate heat to power generators or chemical reactions.

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    TYPES OF

    POWER NUCLEAR POWER PLANT


    PRODUCING a thermal power station in which
    the heat source is nuclearreactor.
    Heatis used to generate steam that

    MACHINES
    drives a steam turbine connected to
    a generatorthat produces
    electricity

    STEAM TURBINE
    A machine that extracts thermal energy
    from pressurized steam and uses it to do
    mechanical work on a rotating output shaft.
    And its modern manifestation was invented by
    Charles Parsons in 1884
    COMBUSTION TURBINE
    A type of continues flow internal
    combustion engine. The main parts are
    common to all gas turbine engines from
    the power-producing part and in the
    direction of flow. A rotating gas
    compressor a combustor a
    compressor- driving turbine

    WIND TURBINE
    CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER a device that converts the kenetic
    energy of wind into electrical energy.
    Hundreds ofthousands of large
    Generate solar power by using mirrors or turbines in installations known as wind
    lenses to concentrate a large area of sunlight farms now generate over 650
    onto a receiver. Electricity is generated when gigawatts of power with 60 GW added
    each year
    the concentrated light is connected to heat
    GROUP 1 MEMBERS
    which drives a heat engine connected to an

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    thermochemical reaction Arganda, Richard Ville P.
    Arganda, Richville Ivan P.
    Armada, Princess Messelle M.
    Ave, Amelia P.
    Ay-ay, Nelvin E.
    Buhia, Joven A.
    Bedolido, Harren R.
    Badang, Niño Jay L.
    Cajara, Rj Christopher A

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