What is thermal electricity and what makes flames point upward?

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What is thermal electricity?

What conditions (e.g. type of fuel) can make a flame pointed 'more upward'?
 
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What "thermal electricity" are u referring to?I can only think of Seebeck & Peltier effects (thermoelectrical effects) which are widely discussed in a solid-state physics book.Or in an irreversible thermodynamics book.

Daniel.
 
oh. i get this term from my chem textbook only. Lignite is used to produce thermal electricity. so what's thermal electricity?
 
I suppose the OP is referring to currents that are generated due to thermal excitation of the semi-conductor.
marlon
 
Aaaaaaaaaaaa,okay.Electricity which is obtained through burning coal and using the steam to rotate turbines to generate alternative current through the famous electromagnetic induction...

Daniel.
 
marlon said:
I suppose the OP is referring to currents that are generated due to thermal excitation of the semi-conductor.
marlon

Chemistry books and semiconductors ... Nope,it was something much simpler.

Daniel.
 
how abt..What conditions (e.g. type of fuel) can make a flame pointed 'more upward'?
 
Lignite is a type of coal!...so burning it to make steam to run a turbine & generator would produce what might be called "thermal electricity"...;)