Hello guys, I need a small help about English engineer's terminology used in power plants. I thought that term "Thermal power plant" means that fuel (coal) is burned to produce steam that will rotate turbine and so on. Now on one place I found term "Combustion plant" and in that article there are following terms:
Thermal plant, Combustion plant and Hydroelectric plant.
I know what is Hydroelectric plant (water rotates turbine) but what is the difference between Combustion and Thermal plant. Maybe Combustion plant use different kind of fuel (for example natural gas or oil, but I'm not sure about this. Can Combustion plant use coal and when term Combustion is used comparing with term Thermal?
I hope you'll help me.
I ask this question because in my dictionary terms "combustion" and "burn" have sam meaning...
Thermal plant, Combustion plant and Hydroelectric plant.
I know what is Hydroelectric plant (water rotates turbine) but what is the difference between Combustion and Thermal plant. Maybe Combustion plant use different kind of fuel (for example natural gas or oil, but I'm not sure about this. Can Combustion plant use coal and when term Combustion is used comparing with term Thermal?
I hope you'll help me.
I ask this question because in my dictionary terms "combustion" and "burn" have sam meaning...
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