The diagram provides insights into the essential stages involved in generating electricity from a particular type of coal. The whole process involves five main steps, starting from coal mining all the way through electricity generation.
Overall, the sets of stages for electricity production are as follows: mining and processing. Besides, electricity production requires relatively specialized equipment, with all the main stages taking place in factories.
The initial stages of production are all directed at mining the coal. The process commences when coal is mined from the ground through large machinery in a mine.
Following this, the extracted coal is then transported to the power plant, where it has been crushed by a special machine to increase its surface area and efficiency during burning. During the next stage, the processed coal is then fed into a large furnace, where it is burned at high temperatures in a gasifier factory.
The stages that involve directly producing energy now begin. Once the burning process has been completed, the next stage happens in a cooling factory, where waste heat is released and the remaining gas goes through a cleaning process. Subsequently, cleaned gas is processed in a gas power plant, with waste heat released. The process ends when the electricity is transmitted through power lines for distribution to homes and businesses.