Didcot power station coal pulverisers

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Didcot coal fired power station Pulverising gallery Large ball bearings crush the coal into a fine powder which is then combusted in firing ovens These heat the water into steam which consequently drives the turbines provding electricity for most of the Thames Valley Steam is cooled in the large cooling towers Water runs down the inside walls of the towers and is carried away in a stream

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Size: 4992px × 3328px
Location: Didcot Oxfordshire
Photo credit: © wildimage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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