Energy Resources
- Created by: mmesriri
- Created on: 08-11-18 13:34
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- Energy Resources
- Fossil Fuels
- fuel burns to make steam to turn turbine
- non-renewable
- high power output
- uses chemical energy
- cheap, safe transport, high calories
- finite, CO2 emission, sulphur dioxide emission
- fuel burns to make steam to turn turbine
- Solar
- light creates current in panel and that makes energy
- renewable
- output dependent on weather
- uses nuclear energy
- no pollution, uses batteries
- initially costly, space-consum8ing
- light creates current in panel and that makes energy
- Hydroelectric
- water falls from reservoir down penstock and force turns turbine
- renewable
- medium power output
- uses gravitational potential energy
- clean, easily controlled
- hinders habitatas, affected by drought
- water falls from reservoir down penstock and force turns turbine
- Water waves
- generator on top of wave and impact makes energy
- renewable
- low power output
- uses kinetic energy
- green, long lifetime
- costly, unreliable
- generator on top of wave and impact makes energy
- Nuclear Fuel
- uranium 235 fission releases heat to make steam
- non-renewable
- very high power output
- uses nuclear energy
- no emissions, long life, low fuel cost
- radioactive waste, high build cost, timely reactions
- uranium 235 fission releases heat to make steam
- Wind
- wind turns turbine to generator
- renewable
- very low power ouput
- uses kinetic energy
- cost effective, domestic
- noisy, land not profitable
- wind turns turbine to generator
- Geothermal
- uses heat from earth's core to make steam for turbines
- renewable
- medium power ouput
- uses thermal energy
- efficient, no emissions
- costly, lots of land needed
- uses heat from earth's core to make steam for turbines
- Tidal
- underwater turbines turned
- renewable
- potentially high power output
- uses kinetic energy
- green, predictable
- costly, hinders habitats
- underwater turbines turned
- Bio-fuel
- Ethanol
- made through fermentation
- Biodiesel
- made through transesterification
- renewable
- uses chemical energy
- medium power output
- carbon neutral, sustainable, fuel security
- costly, hinders soil quality,
- Ethanol
- Fossil Fuels
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