The picture given illustrates the process of electric current generation in a hydroelectric power station.
The basic principle of movement from water from higher concentration to a lower concentration is used here to create electric power. The flowing water from the river is stored in a dam creating the upper reservoir. During daytime, the intake of the dam is open thus, allowing the water to rush to the lower reservoir through the reverversible turbines allowing them to rotate. A generator is connected to the axial of the turbines which is responsible for the electricity generation. The current-voltage combination is hence transmitted via power lines to the National grid.
At the end of the day, this flow of water is reversed. The liquid stored in the low-level reservoir is pumped back to the high-level reservoir by anticlock rotation of the turbines. The inlet of the dam is closed during this process.
The picture
given
illustrates the process of electric
current
generation in a hydroelectric power station.
The basic principle of movement from
water
from higher concentration to a lower concentration is
used
here to create electric power.
The
flowing
water
from the river
is stored
in a dam creating the upper
reservoir
. During daytime, the intake of the dam is open
thus
, allowing the
water
to rush to the lower
reservoir
through the
reverversible
turbines allowing them to rotate. A generator
is connected
to
the axial of
the turbines which is responsible for the electricity generation. The
current
-voltage combination is
hence
transmitted via power lines to the National grid.
At the
end
of the day, this flow of
water
is reversed
. The liquid stored in the low-level
reservoir
is pumped
back to the high-level
reservoir
by
anticlock
rotation of the turbines. The inlet of the dam
is closed
during this process.