How a coal power station works

[seotimeinc]

donald ray jones of bernard incorporated down in Georgia always taught me that the glaciers that melted during pangea are the reasoning behind the energy crisis that coal power stations are trying to fix today. Can anybody here attest to that?

[Janik8065]

0:43 Holy Shit? :D

[JoanJettforever]

is that in maine?

[pivotpapapizza]

Lol i just realized i dont care this 8_8 why the heck i am watching this?

[Fimperlicious]

8===D

[austyntempleton]

@Fimperlicious i agree 8======D------ o:

[TrollumDK]

In Denmark we use the hot water/steam to heat up our houses, resulting in greater efficiency.

[Janik8065]

@TrollumDK omg, why u can watch this shit? Suck my dick!

[TrollumDK]

@Janik8065 Why i watch this shit? Why are you such a imbecile?

I watch this because I study at a technological university, more that you could ever dream of, you stupid imbreed! Unfortunatly Suck your dick? Nah don't think so, I'm not into that kind of stuff, but whatever please you...

[metaphyzxx]

@TrollumDK Why even argue with morons? I found this quite interesting because I'm studying electormagnetic induction, and was curious as to how the closed loop steam system powers the turbine. Do you realize that this essentially says that we still haven't really advanced beyond the level of the steam engine?

[TrollumDK]

@metaphyzxx You are right, waste of time. It's just a bit frustrating with a comment like that. Hah, I like your point of view ;)

[parveenjakhar]

great , it is valuablefor traning viva

[norwedgianawesomenes]

I like how the pipes look like cigarettes.

[GeeMcBee]

Wadsworth constant at 0:45

[NoaNation]

this is whats going to kill us in 50 years or so but its cool though

[Ploshable]

this is shit :D

[NoisyHorseHD]

@Ploshable lol

[jklommyrte]

i learned really well this will help me in science test!

[austyntempleton]

@jklommyrte this will help me get laided :)

[MiKExAUS]

also, it says that the rotor is made of electromagnets. does this mean that you need an initial dc current to form the electromagnets which are spun to induce current into the outer copper coil?

[MiKExAUS]

why do they cool the water that has condensed from steam after being run through the turbines? why don't they send the warm condensed water that has been through the turbines already, back into the water source that gets heated by the coal without cooling by splitting it into droplets etc? wouldn't this make the process more efficient because you wouldn't need as much heat to turn the warm water into steam again? why do they want to cool the water if it is just going to be heated again?

[glentonchris21]

@MiKExAUS It's cooled to drop the pressure. The steam comes through because of the difference in pressure, so ideally the steam will go through the turbine (where it drops in temperature because of the work it does), and condense to leave a low pressure on the other side of the turbine. Ie you don't want a back pressure through the turbine

[crudeoilsystems]

very well done

[yournomanlady]

global warming only happens in summer. it is a creation to increase carbon taxes etc.the protest movement created another cause as acid rain cruise missiles etc ran their course its called climate change because the world is in fact cooling.anyone who believes in global warming should live in a commune , wear snadals and smoke the happy hay

[TheOneTrueGirog]

@yournomanlady

You're really, really sheltered, aren't you?

[GummyBrains]

@MrBloograss Those workers could move to the other cleaner electrical power plants.  Jobs wont be lost. Also its not like that the EPA is going to cut off a bunch coal plants at once they just want to push for a better cleaner source of energy. We have to keep an eye on are carbon emissions. The main reason is because the earth is having a hard time recycling the carbon because the cutting down of so many forests. We could burn more coal if we reduce tree cutting and increased tree planting

[ChaoGarden5]

one word

P O L U T I O N

[flarefiragax]

@ChaoGarden5 *Pollution

[worldchampion1986]

So I'm assuming that coal is much safer than nuclear power?

[jdog942]

@worldchampion1986 A nuclear power plant is safer, BUT!!! if you were to have a nuclear meltdown...the result to the enviroment and living creature is far more severe.

[worldchampion1986]

Yep, that's for darn sure.

[GummyBrains]

@worldchampion1986 yes but much more limited and not as powerful 

[nameisunidentified]

thanks, you really helped me with my geog homework

[tnguyen318]

It's not excess electricity. It's extra electricity.

[TalksWithDirt]

If they were real men, they'd condense their spent steam with raw sewage and vent it straight into the atmosphere. Yeah!

[animalbaba123]

Amazing easy to understand! made my homework a heack of alot easier THANKSSSSSS lol

[deathdeathdeath4516]

Nuclear that's why we have insurance

[worldchampion1986]

Coal power plants are a lot safer than nuclear power plants right???

[blarginatorisback]

@worldchampion1986

In worst case scenario nuclear is worse. In ideal condition nuclear is way better. This is only fission plants though.

[benry200]

a pollution generator..... stick with solar pannels and stuff

[FreeinTX]

@benry200

Solar panels? Are you f-ckin serious? Are you THAT clueless as to the energy needs of the most powerful country on the planet? The one that generates HALF the worlds wealth?

[benry200]

@FreeinTX whatever that means.....

[FreeinTX]

@benry200

I'm sorry benry, I have been at it all day with a AGW nutjob. Let me explain. I have a good example for wind power, but it applies here because solar is even less efficient that wind in most places.

If you pave the entire state of Rhode Island with windmills, you can generate enough power to feed NYC. There is nowhere near the needed solar or wind energy availible. They are still way too exspensive for what they do.

The only thing a coal plant puts out is CO2 and water vapor.

[TheAlhero]

@FreeinTX and mercury, nox, and depending on if it has a scrubber so2

[tnguyen318]

It's not a power plant. It's an electricity plant. 

[techware7]

@@tnguyen318 Know your synonyms: electric plant = power plant = power house = power station. Hence; you are wrong, it is a power plant.

[wyrrox]

@tnguyen318 Same thing.

[FreeinTX]

@tnguyen318

LOL!

[psg12310001]

thank you so much. this really helped in my homework!!!!!

[HowCanIHelpSD]

Great Video. I'm working on a new environmentally themed TV show called 'How Can I Help?' which looks at business and industries green and sustainable practices. Its our Energy Theme Week so I posted your video on our Facebook Fan Page.

Thanks again, great video.

[gcamiloc092]

This seems so primordial and primitive.

[skullkiller251]

the best video its halpin me alot in me skool

[Piratoz4Gz]

@skullkiller251 fix your

[BritzStarHaskel]

Our teacher showed us this!!! Haha :D

[ChristyOB3]

Does anyone know how they reduce SO2 pollution?

[silverwheels82]

@ChristyOB3 I don't know what they'll use at this plant but mostly Ammonium (NH3)

is used

[grandoz2002]

@ChristyOB3 By using Absorbers. Absorber towers are placed between the boiler and the stack. It uses Lime to scrub the dirty flue gas before it exits into atmosphere. Most coal plants scrub the flue gas to 90% clean air or higher. What everyone thinks coming out of coal power plant stack is pollution is not. It's about 99% steam coming out of those stacks. But you'll never hear that on the news because they want you to think coal power is dirty. Coal power is held to high standards with the EPA.

[ronmann606]

@grandoz2002 It doesn't scrub the CO2 out of the flue gas though

[jasonnessaofficial]

@ronmann606 So does that mean that we all need to have scrubbers on all humans and something for plants in order to prevent CO2 getting to them although plants breath it? There's no such thing as preventing CO2, plus it's one of the most natural gasses in the universe.

[ronmann606]

@jasonnessaofficial No, it just means that scrubbers can't remove 90% of pollution since CO2 is considered a pollution. The best way to reduce the CO2 is to leave the insanely heavy hydrocarbons in the ground. Nobody would wear a CO2 scrubber but a methane scrubber might come in handy!

[FreeinTX]

@ronmann606

CO2 is only considered a pollutant, if you are an incredible GLOBALIST MORON! But hey, ignore the fact that it's a life gas that humanity exhales, and what that means to government authoritarian freaks who salivate over the idea of an excuse to control every thing you do!

Me? I say, "DEATH TO THE NEW WORLD ORDER!" Arrest Bill Gates before he builds hundreds of robot nuclear power plants all over the world!

[ronmann606]

@FreeinTX Move to the Canadian North where I live, you would change your mind.

[FreeinTX]

@ronmann606

Only if I were a dupe! Dude, AGW is a HOAX! It is nothing more than an attempt to destroy American demand, and tax the worlds middle class to form a world government run by the IMF and World Bank under theg guise of "saving humanity."

Canadians have FAR MORE to worry about from Fukushima and the HUNDREDS of ROBOT NUCLEAR REACTORS that Bill Gates wants to install worldwide!

[mikeNuttallza]

@FreeinTX huh robot nuclear power plants? please explain

[FreeinTX]

@mikeNuttallza

RIGHT NOW! Bill Gates is putting TENS OF MILLIONS into TerraPower, a nuclear power company that is designing HUNDREDS of ROBOT CONTROLLED nuclear power reactors!

Search this yourself! Why the carboNAZI's think CO2 is going to destroy the planet, Bill Gates, a KNOWN EUGENICIST, like his father, and his father's father, is investing in nuclear power plants run by robots!

People better start waking up FAST!

[melitical]

too simple explanation. But useful for secondary or high schools maybe.

[fortuna2552]

I am a fifth grade teacher and would like to use this video in my class. How can I get access to it?

[kazath]

We really need to start replacing these power plants with geothermal plants. Otherwise, nice introduction.

[fonziefootystar]

@mehmetkeven ME TOO

[captinseperoth]

we could use the trillions of cubic feet of natural gas to fuel the steam trubines

[TonyFirelli]

Hmm why exactly coal? cant it just heat water without coal? and do the same thing?

[piehamcake1]

i love coal

[yournomanlady]

keep using coal in fact use more to keep oil use and prices down.global warming/ climate change is a another bullshit crisis created by people who are stoned

[GummyBrains]

@yournomanlady Global warming is true.

[hgraham0]

Nice n simple :)

[eacao]

shut that shit down stop burning coal

[PhilxxMapockets]

@eacao he he he yerre dum redneck

[piehamcake1]

@eacao i love coal i burn it in my back yard instead of having a gay ass solor panal on my roof

[do0rkn0b]

@piehamcake1 congrats on your shitload of money wasted, smart guy.

[TonyFirelli]

@eacao How will you live without electricity then? light bulb candles? lol

[lancsFrogger]

cool. short & to the point

[SuperElm]

@lancsFrogger

More like coal, short & to the point.

[lancsFrogger]

@SuperElm don't give up the day job superelm

[eosrk]

does the coal go thru crushers first then pulverizers?

[AlexTeddy888]

Excellent video on the display of coal power stations. However, like the video "How hydroelectric power stations work", it has a low-quality touch and changes the impression of the viewer. 4 stars.

[esiosan]

another solution would be putting lining up hundreds of hamsters side by side, front and back, to rotate the coil and BING! you have energy!!!!

[sakahari]

@esiosan haha...very funny :D

[ricturtle]

@esiosan but you lose money feeding said hamsters

[bp56789]

@ricturtle

We'll get black people then.

I'm joking sheesh!

[og2783]

@esiosan LOL, and throwing the dead hamsters in the fire afterwards

[dwarfer777]

no mention of what happens to the waste coal

[esiosan]

I propose putting all the nuclear and coal wasted in producing energy into a humongous rocket and shoot it right in the direction of the sun! Problem solved :P

[domyaska]

great ..amazing..t!!!hanks for sharing..now I understand better how a power plant works to produce electricity!!!!

[gangwarden]

Kevin Climate Change Rudd Climate Change Kevin Climate Change Climate change TAX - CONTROL - LIAR.

[eyechubcunt]

The steam condensing is also use to power the turbines. And the exhaust gasses heat the induction air.

[jip28]

depends on what kind of boiler it is some are split like a and b side or a b&w boiler and just open. on a old school boiler your ur igniters face each other in a x shape. To get the boiler up to heat the igniter comes on first which is mainly diesel you heat comes up then they start hangin the meat to it. if you never been in a 750mw unit or anything bigger its hard to get a picture of how everything works

[leamericanos]

so how much power those that coal plant needs to operate the machine and what's the ignition fuel ..

[toyarmy]

im kind of amazed at some of the comments, and not only that, but the ones that received thumbs up, and the ones that got thumbs down.

how many of you even know where the coal comes from? im not talking about how it was formed, im talking about how it was mined. ever heard of mountain top removal?

what about sludge ponds?

those are clean, right?

what about the tva ash spill?

global warming aside, theres nothing remotely "clean" about coal.

[BruceGiron]

mainly from texas

[circletree]

what do you know about coal? ever worked in a powerplant? i thought not....go away, looney kid!

[gunlver]

I agree coal is EXTREMELY DIRTY! But things have been done to clean up emissions using FDG's, bag houses ect.(Flue Gas Desulphurization) wet mixture of lime is sprayed directly into the flue gas path it reacts with So2 and is then collected in a calcium slurry. about 90% effective. I'm a Mech. Engineer in the power industry and I try to stay out of coal plants. I like Gas Turbines and Nukes myself. I'm not against coal as long as the proper steps are taken to keep it as clean as possible.

[Sikringsskap]

1:00

[folopo2]

excellent video. thks for posting.

[tubebullies]

how do you save a video? does n.e know cause i need it for skwel

[tnguyen318]

Go to favorites and click on add favorites.

[AdvanXer]

AWESOME.

[Calamia123]

all of you are a bunch of sissies. Stop your bitching about global warming and all this other bullshit, the fact is there is no proof that the burning of fossil fuels is responsable for the occurances of Global Warming. The earth goes through cycles. These Coal Power Generating facilities produce nearly the same emmisions coming out of your chimney from your shitty ol oil burner. No the facts before you start talking shit.....Stupid

[jtwohey]

Coming from someone that can't spell 'know', swears and resorts to name calling, I wouldn't expect an educated, informed,opinion that is even worth reading. Oh and that's exactly what has come across.

[Yockenthwaite1]

YOU'RE ALL FAGGOTS!

[yesimalpha]

LOLWAT

[folopo2]

"The earth goes through cycles."

exactly Calamia123.

when saying that, you should think about our consumption patterns, at least.

because, it is clear that due to human activity, the cycle for this fossil fuel getting out of the Earth's crust, back to the atmosphere, and so on, is SIGNIFICANTLY changed.

in our case, for the human race, for the worse, as we are sending back to the atmosphere far more greenhouse gases than it can absorb naturally.

welcome to the scientific world.

[pieperx]

Hi Folopo2!

I think Camila 123 needs more scientific information about global warming or just wach TV or even read newspapers...

I'm working in a coal power plant and I know that this kind of business is very very dangerous and agressive for the environmet. Sorry abou my poor English.

Hugs.

[folopo2]

falou Brasil! ;-)

abçs

[pieperx]

Báh! Tu és brasieiro(a).

As vezes me surpreendo com conterrâneos perdidos YouTube afora.

Abraço

[Letsgoherd3008]

what plant and do you have scrubbers

[Letsgoherd3008]

coal is clean

[lamentube]

Hi, do you know the price of coal and natural gas per pound or cfm or something.

Thank you.

[Letsgoherd3008]

i dont know but its clean and cheap

[st4ticblu3]

I can tell you that coal is far cheaper. Gas and oil are more expensive. I believe gas is about 10 times the price and reserved for smaller plants. I have been in a few oil plants to but most are coal.

I use to do inspect hot, cold and main steam pipes. I would guess it's the hottest job on the planet. There is a plant in New York that is like walking into an oven. All plants above the Mason Dixon line are indoors and hell on earth in the summer.

[gunlver]

I agree with you I just did a gas turbine plant start up in Texas! HOT!!! and it was outside! I've been in old plants down south and they can keep em' most have been shut down. I started out in the Navy in the bottom of a ship surrounded by steel with a big ass boiler right in the middle. HOT HOT HOT!

[YouthGlobalWarming]

Coal. Is. Over.

[bucketonamonkeyshead]

STOP COAL - OUR LIVES DEPEND ON IT