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ELECTRICITY 101
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ELECTRICITY 101
http://bit.ly/TPPAMCS
Basics of electricityGenerating electricity
– Using steam, turbines, generator– Similarities of power plants
Distributing Electricity– Generation– Transmission– Distribution– Power grid– Smart grid
Utilities– Cost of electricity– Regulation– Deregulation
Planning for the future3
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What is electricity?
Electricity is the flow of electrons.• Sometimes you see it in the sky in a lightning streak. • Sometimes you hear it crackle when you take off a sweater.
We make electricity flow through a wire to send it to where we need it.
• One reason we use so much electricity is that it can be used in so many ways. We send it by wire into homes, schools, and workplaces to provide light, heat, cooling, and to run machines.
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1. Fossil fuels are burned to heat water to produce steam.2. Steam turns the blades of a turbine.3. The turbine spins a coil of wire on the shaft of a generator
that turns inside a magnetic field.4. Electrons flow in the coil…..That is electricity!Video clip: Fossil fuel power station - how it works
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeXG8K5_UvU(courtesy of Nanticoke Generating Station)
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1. Mechanical energy of moving water turns the blades of a turbine.
2. The turbine spins a coil of wire on the shaft of a generator that turns inside a magnetic field.
3. Electrons flow in the coil…..That is electricity!
Animated diagram: Hydroelectric power station - how it workshttp://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/hyhowworks.html
(courtesy of the Tennessee Valley Authority)
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1. Atoms are split to heat water to produce steam.2. Steam turns the blades of a turbine.3. The turbine spins a coil of wire on the shaft of a generator
that turns inside a magnetic field.4. Electrons flow in the coil…..That is electricity!Animated diagram: Nuclear power station - how it workshttp://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/students/animated-pwr.html
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Steps in getting electricity to customers: 1. Generation – converting a source of energy to produce electricity 2. Transmission – using high voltage lines from the power plant to send
electricity across long distances3. Distribution– using lower voltage wires to deliver electricity to local
customers.
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Substation
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PEARL STREET STATION255 – 257 Pearl StreetManhattan, New YorkSeptember 4, 1882
coal fired steam turbines6 100 kW jumbo dynamos27 tons each139,000 btu/kWh110 Volts DC100,000 ft of wiring
82 electric customers400 light bulbs ($1 ea)50¢ / kWhSteam customersdistrict heating
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The electric grid
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Electricity can travel hundreds of kilometers before you get it.
Electric power transmission lines (wires) move large amounts of electric power over long distances.
• At the power plant, the electricity voltage is increased for transmission. • The high-voltage electricity goes through the wires of a power grid to a
substation. • At a substation, electricity is reduced to lower voltages for distribution to
homes, schools, and businesses.
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Higher voltage goes to substations
Lower voltage goes to customers
Electricity can travel hundreds of kilometers before you get it.
Electric power transmission lines (wires) move large amounts of electric power over long distances.
• At the power plant, the electricity voltage is increased for transmission. • The high-voltage electricity goes through the wires of a power grid to a
substation. • At a substation, electricity is reduced to lower voltages for distribution to
homes, schools, and businesses.
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Higher voltage goes to substations
Lower voltage goes to customers
Electricity can travel hundreds of kilometers before you get it.
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~20,000 generators >1MW in ~7,000 power plants~55,000 transmission substations
~360,000 miles transmission lines (180,000 high voltage)~5.5 million miles distribution lines
What is a power grid?
The high-voltage electric current is carried through the power grid to a substation. A power grid is a network of wires for transmitting electricity. Transmission lines have evolved into three major power grids in the 48 connected states.
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Alaska and Hawaii have their own power grids.
Video clip: Smart Grid http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/power-grid.html