Sustainability Question

How is the coal transported to the power plant?
What is the purpose of the hopper?
What does the pulverizer/ mill do?
What is added to the coal dust before it is added to the boiler?
What happens inside the boiler?
Superheated steam is added to the turbines. What happens inside? Where does the steam go when it is cooled?
What exactly does the turbine spin to generate the electricity?
Why are there so many transformers placed outside the power plant?
Where does the ash go from burning the coal?

Follow the instructions on this interactive activity and take a screenshot when you finish.
Paste your screenshot below the answers you gave to Part 1.
Then, label each of the structures in your screenshot
- Word bank: Turbine, Boiler, Reclaimer, Electricity, Generator, Conveyor belt.

Go to the interactive
Click on your state to see any existing coal-fired power plants
Zoom in to your county and surrounding counties and take a screenshot of the map.
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Visit the live
Using your screenshot from Step 1, draw a few arrows showing the general movement of the air across your immediate area. Click on the map to zoom to a specific area or region.
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Add your map below the diagram you created in Part 2.
Answer the following question:
- Based on current wind conditions, where would you expect to find air pollution resulting from coal plant emissions from what you marked on the map?

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