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energy and fuel Flashcards

1
Q

Industry accounts for about __________ of all energy consumption in the US

A

one-third

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2
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the principal driver for industry

A

economics

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3
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are the essential building blocks for other products

A

basic chemicals

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4
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include raw material gases, pigments, fertilizers, plastics, and rubber

A

basic chemicals

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5
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sometimes called bulk or commodity chemicals because they are produced in large amounts and have relatively low prices

A

basic chemicals

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6
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including petroleum refining

A

bulk chemical manufacturing

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7
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single largest industrial consumer of energy which consumes more than half of all fuel used by this sector

A

bulk chemical manufacturing

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8
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fine or specialty chemicals

A

other chemicals

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9
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consumes more than half of all fuel used by this sector.

A

bulk chemical manufacturing

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10
Q

require less energy to produce and sell for much higher prices

A

other chemicals

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11
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includes medicines, soaps, and paints

A

other chemicals

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12
Q

fastest growing energy sources

A

renewable and nuclear energy

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13
Q

fastest-growing
fossil fuel

A

natural gas

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14
Q

remain the largest energy
source but projected to fall slightly

A

liquid fuel

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15
Q

remains flat and use in
industrial processes is expected to slow

A

coal

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16
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highly energy-intensive

A

extraction and processing of mined materials

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17
Q

any of a class of
hydrocarbon containing materials
of biological origin
occurring within
Earth’s crust that can
be used as a source of
energy

A

fossil fuel

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18
Q

include coal,
petroleum, natural
gas, oil shales,
bitumens, tar sands,
and heavy oils

A

fossil fuel

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19
Q

can be burned in air or with oxygen derived from air to
provide heat

A

fossil fuel

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20
Q

solid fossil fuel

A

coal

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21
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liquid fossil fuel

A

petroleum

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22
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hard, black, rock like

A

coal

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23
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most abundant produced on earth

A

coal

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24
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non-renewable, takes million years to create

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coal

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25
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formed by carbon, hydrocarbon, oxygen, nitrogen and varying amount of sulfur

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coal

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26
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without water the carbon increases and form a hard black substance

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coalification

27
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types of coal

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lignite, bituminous, anthracite

28
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hardest, more carbon, high energy content

A

anthracite

29
Q

in between

A

bituminous

30
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soft, low carbon, high in oxygen and hydrogen content

A

lignite

31
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substance from which other substance is form

A

precursor

32
Q

precursor to coal

A

peat

33
Q

Electricity from coal is the electric power made from energy store in coal

A

true

34
Q

Energy is released when coal is burning

A

true

35
Q

three type of fossil fuel

A

coal, petroleum, natural gas

36
Q

used over for 5000 years

A

crude oil

37
Q

High in hydrogen and carbon molecules

A

crude oil

38
Q

Egyptian used for medicine and fuel lamps

A

crude oil

39
Q

Form from the remains of animals and plants (diatoms) that lived millions of years ago in a marine environment before dinosaurs

A

crude oil

40
Q

From plants called plankton

A

crude oil and natural gas

41
Q

Mixture of gases and was used more than 2000 years ago

A

natural gas

42
Q

lighter than air

A

methane

43
Q

burn gas to dissolve the salt

A

salt water

44
Q

the largest greenhouse gas emitter (3/4 of carbon, methane and other greenhouse gas emission).

A

fossil fuel

45
Q

burning fossil fuel in high pressure produced electricity and does not lead to heavy concentration of pollutant in water and air

A

false

46
Q

cleanest fossil fuel

A

natural gas

47
Q

uses heat energy generated from
burning coal to produce electrical energy

A

steam/thermal power station

48
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used to produce large amounts of electrical energy since coal is abundant

A

steam/thermal power station

49
Q

uses the Rankine Cycle

A

steam/thermal power station

50
Q

cycle of the steam produced in the boiler, then taken to the Steam turbine (prime mover).

A

Rankinecycle

51
Q

This energy source is completely renewable and the costs of installation
are outweighed by the money saved in energy bills from traditional
suppliers.

A

solar energy

52
Q

amongst the most abundant forms of alternative
energy

A

nuclear energy

53
Q

how many countries relay on nuclear energy

A

13

54
Q

how many nuclear plants are operating

A

450

55
Q

make use of animal
and plant life to create energy

A

biofuel

56
Q

fuels that can
be obtained from some form of organic matter

A

biofuel

57
Q

extracting energy from
the ground around us

A

geothermal energy

58
Q

Energy products are key inputs to global chemicals industry.

A

True

59
Q

Under which thermodynamic cycle do typical steam power generators operate?

A

Rankine Cycle

60
Q

It is the largest incentive to increase efficiency in industrial energy usage.

A

Economic saving

61
Q

Which region has the highest chemicals industry energy intensity in 2015?

A

Russia

62
Q

Fossil fuels natural gas and oil have similar composition.

A

True

63
Q

Oil was formed from from plants called

A

Plankton

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