What Are The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Steam Power

Cheap to build, simple , robust
easy to maintain, reliable
high power capacity for their size
readily available coal supplies
many improvement which can enhance the performance of the engine

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Very bad pollution to the atmosphere and often boiler explosions which have causes great losses in lives

Steam power used in steam engines has a number of advantages. One of which is that it can change change any type of heat into mechanical energy. Without the use of steam energy, nuclear energy is not effective. There are a lot of other advantages as well. Please check the following link to view it in detail.
Steam Power

Most of the heat generated is lost
moreover it cannot start instantaneously.

Disavatage
it has really low efficiency only 30% OF THE STEAM PRODUCED IS USED