Final Flashcards
Storage impoundment benefits
Stores hazardous waste
Storage impoundment
Impounding water in reservoirs behind concrete dams that block the flow of river water, then letting that water pass through the dam turning the blades on the turbine causing the generator to generate electricity
Storage impoundment drawbacks
Leaks in transport pipe
Rainfall cause it to overflow
Liner or clog causes leakage due to earthquake
Violates waste evaporates
Lignite
Soft coal,brown, or black-black, moist, produces little heat, fuels electric plants
Oil is mainly ,ade for
Electricity/ energy source
3main fossil fuel
Oil
Natural gas
Coal
OPEC
Organization of oil exporting countries
Pollutants found in coal
Co2, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, mercury, coal ash, lead
Biomediation
Attempt to clean up pollution by enhancing natural process by biodegradation of living organisms
Biogenic
Shallow depths by the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria
Thermogenic
Compression and heat deep underground
Bituminous
Soft common dull black lots of heat and safer
Anthracite
Hard dark black burns clean