Hydroelectric-Know+How

= = How Does Hydro-Electricity Work?

By: Amy Keum
=== There are many different ways that Hydro-Electricity can be harnessed. The basis of the whole process is the movement of water which flows into a pipe and forces the blades of a turbine to turn. The turbine then spins a generator and that produces electricity. ===

Turbine - A machine that has a wheel or rotor made to revolve by a fast-moving flow of water, producing continuous power
diagram of a turbine

Tidal Barrages
=== A system where a dam is built across an inlet. Sluice gates on the dam are used to manipulate water levels, flow rates, and allows the tidal basin to fill with incoming high tides. Electricity is generated from the elevated level of water. It then empties through the turbine system on an outgoing tide ([|ebb tide]). ===

photograph of tidal barrage --->

picture above shows how ocean thermal energy is produced

then precipitates as rain, snow, etc. Eventually the water flows back through the machines.
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diagram that shows how the water cycle functions ->

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