Apes 5 Flashcards
Kinetic energy
Energy in motion
Radiant energy
Energy which can travel through empty space
Net energy yield
Comparison between the cost of extraction, processing, and transportation, and the amount of useful energy derived from the fuel
Energy units
Joule, calorie, British thermal unit, and kilowatt hour, which is a measure of watt/time
Power units
Watt and horsepower
First law of thermodynamics
Energy can neither be created more destroyed; it can only be transferred and transformed
Second law of thermodynamics
The entropy of the universe is increasing
Anthracite
Purest coal, almost pure carbon
Bituminous
Second purest coal
Subbituminous
3rd purest coal
Overburden
Earth that was removed
Scrubbers
Alkaline substances ghat precipitate out much of the sulfur dioxide
Fly ash and boiler reside
Waste products produced by the burning of coal
LNG
Liquefied Natural Gas
Hubbert peak
The end of oil as a cheap and easily available form of energy is in the near future and we must begin to develop alternative fuel sources
Fission
The key reaction in the production of nuclear energy
Breeder reactors
Generate new fissionable material faster then they consume such material
Half-lives
The time it takes for half of the radioactive sample to degrade
Boiling water reactors
Use the heat of the reactor core to boil water into steam
Pressurized water reactors
Produce electricity by generation steam but contain three water circulation systems
Passive solar energy collection
Use of building materials, building placement. And design to passively collect solar energy that can be used to keep a building warm or cool
Active collection
That use of devices that collect, focus, transport, or store energy
