What power station has the shortest start-up time?
Gas power station
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How are biofuels produced?
From plant and waste
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Describe how tidal power is formed
Moon's gravity raises tides,caught in reservoir behind dam, runs out,turns turbine, turns generator and electricity is produced.
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A double glazed window costs £200. It saves £10 per year on the fuel. Calculate the payback time
payback time=20 years
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Jan works out the efficiency of one of the windmills. The energy of the air hitting the blades of the windmills is 20 000 J each second. The energy transferred to the power lines is 5000 J each second. Calculate the efficiency of the windmill.
25%. 5000/20,000
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Complete the sentence to show the energy transfer taking place in the wind powered generator ........... Energy is transferred to ............energy.
kinetic-movement;electrical
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What are the two units of energy?
Joules and killowatt hours
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
What is the job of a step-down transformer?
Back
It decreases the voltage from 400,000 V to 230 V
Card 3
Front
What power station has the shortest start-up time?
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