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Inside
RP&L's
Generating Station
1.
We start with coal.
2.
A pulverizer grinds the coal to powder.
3.
The powder is burnt in a furnace where there are pipes
full of water.
4.
The water turns into steam and gets carried out of the
furnace and to a turbine.
5.
The steams causes the turbine to spin.
6.
As the turbine spins, it also turns a generator rotor
which produces the electricity.
7.
From the generator, the electricity is pushed out through
a transformer.
8.
The transformer reduces the voltage to a level that
is correct for your house, and the power lines deliver
the electricity to your home.
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Electricity
happens when the balancing force between protons and electrons
(basic elements of every atom) is upset by an outside force;
electrons in the atoms transmit an electrical charge through
solid matter (such as metal) to produce an Electrical
Current.