Chapter 14 Vocabulary Flashcards
Electric Generator
A coil of wire that rotates in a magnetic field or that remains stationary while a magnetic field rotates around it.
Electrical Power
The amount of work done by an electric current during a given time.
Turbogenerator
The combination of a turbine and a generator
Baseload
The constant supply of power provided by large coal burning and nuclear power plants
Brownouts
Result of a deficiency in power and a decrease in voltage.
Blackouts
A total loss of power
Conversion Losses
Unavoidable energy losses do to heat
Thermal Pollution
Waste heat energy discharged into the environment
Production
The withdraw of oil or gas from a field
Primary Recovery
Conventional pumping that removes 25% of oil in an oil field
Secondary Recover
Uses injected steam to remove up to 50% of oil reserves in a resovoir
Enhanced Recovery
Injects carbon dioxide to break up oil and extract even more
Oil Sands
Sedimentary Material that contains bitumen a vicious hydrocarbon
Oil Shale
A fine sedimentary rock containing a mixture solid wax like hydrocarbons called kerogen
Fracking
A Natural Gas Extraction technique
Synfuels
Coal derived fuels
Supply Side Policies
“Business as Usual” where policies do not reduce price vulnerability
Demand Side Policies
Reduce energy needs making it possible for future with renewable energy
Cogeneration
Combines heat energy and electrical to generate power
