Conventional coal-fired power plant/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Conventional coal-fired power plant.

An industrial plant which produces electricity by burning of coal and air in a steam generator that heats water to produce high pressure steam which then flows through a series of steam turbines that spin an electrical generator to generate electricity.