There is no runaway, uncontrolled chain reaction in a nuclear power plant.How does a nuclear power plant work? Okay, we've figured how to get energy from an atom, but the energy we've got isn't that helpful: it's just a huge amount of heat! How do we turn that into something ...
run the wire from the substation down inside the wall and into the basement or crawl space or up through the attic. Then, pass the wire through holes in the joists and alongside joists to a hole that leads into the in-wall space to the master station. Since the cables ...
How Does Solar Energy Work? Our sun is a natural nuclear reactor. It releases tiny packets of energy called photons, which travel 93 million miles from the sun to Earth in about 8.5 minutes. Every hour, enough photons impact our planet to generate enough solar energy to theoretically satisfy...
As the steam expands and does its work, it loses pressure and energy. The boiler pressure directly affects the performance and efficiency of the steam locomotive. After the steam has performed its worked in the cylinders, it is exhausted or released from the cylinders into the smokestack or ...
As the steam expands and does its work, it loses pressure and energy. The boiler pressure directly affects the performance and efficiency of the steam locomotive. After the steam has performed its worked in the cylinders, it is exhausted or released from the cylinders into the smokestack or ...
So why does the M-1 tank use a 1,500 horsepower gas turbine engine instead of a diesel engine? It turns out that there are two big advantages of the turbine over the diesel: Gas turbine engines have a great power-to-weight ratio compared to reciprocating engines. That is, the amou...
If you have a novel architecture for a nuclear reactor, you are probably going to be limited to compelling graphics. There are three questions that you can answer in a demo: what, how, and why. Don‟t waste time on “why.” You should have answered this already with your Overview ...
That's the job that a Geiger counter does for us: it detects ionizing radiation by detecting the charged particles that the radiation creates as it passes through gases in the world around us.Photo: A sailor with the US Navy uses a Geiger counter to check for radiation onboard a nuclear-...
Just 50 years ago, no one knew why the Earth has mountains. Now we do. This is the story of how we figured it out - and how we keep learning.
You can magnetize them again by rubbing a magnet on it. Putting the 'Electro' in 'Electromagnet' Since you need an electrical current to operate an electromagnet, where does it come from? The quick answer is that anything that produces a current can power an electromagnet. From the small ...