Difference between revisions of "Crude Oil"
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===About Crude Oil=== | ===About Crude Oil=== | ||
| + | : [[Crude Oil]] is a [[Non-renewable Energy Resources|non-renewable energy resource]]. | ||
| + | : [[Crude Oil]] has [[energy]] in its [[Chemical Potential Energy Store|chemical potential energy store]] which can be transferred into a [[Thermal Energy Store|thermal energy store]] by [[combustion]]. | ||
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| + | ===Power=== | ||
| + | : [[Crude Oil]] can be used to provide [[power]] directly buy burning it in homes, cars, trains. planes and in furnaces or it can provide power by generating electricity. | ||
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| + | |[[File:CrudeOilPowerStationDiagram2.png|center|600px]] | ||
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| + | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A [[diagram]] of a [[coal]] [[power station]]. | ||
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| + | : 1. Crude Oil is burned in a furnace. | ||
| + | : 2. Water is heated in a boiler by the burning oil. | ||
| + | : 3. Water turns to steam and passes down pipes to turn a turbine. | ||
| + | : 4. The turbine causes a generator to spin. | ||
| + | : 5. The generator makes an electrical current. | ||
Revision as of 08:50, 8 October 2018
Key Stage 3
Meaning
Crude Oil is a Fossil Fuel formed from the remains of dead sea creatures trapped in the sediment at the bottom of the sea.
About Crude Oil
- Crude Oil is a non-renewable energy resource.
- Crude Oil has energy in its chemical potential energy store which can be transferred into a thermal energy store by combustion.
Power
- Crude Oil can be used to provide power directly buy burning it in homes, cars, trains. planes and in furnaces or it can provide power by generating electricity.
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| A diagram of a coal power station. |
- 1. Crude Oil is burned in a furnace.
- 2. Water is heated in a boiler by the burning oil.
- 3. Water turns to steam and passes down pipes to turn a turbine.
- 4. The turbine causes a generator to spin.
- 5. The generator makes an electrical current.