Pollutants from burning fossil fuels
- Created by: Amy_sprott
- Created on: 18-12-17 10:12
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- Pollutants from burning fossil fuels
- Carbon dioxide
- Problem caused
- Greenhouse gas
- Formation
- Complete combustion of fuels containing C
- Ways to reduce the problem
- Burn less fossil fuels
- Problem caused
- Unburned hydrocarbons
- Formation
- Some of the fuel may not actually burn
- Problem caused
- Wastes fuel
- Ways to reduce the problem
- Ensure engines are well-tuned and there is a good supply of oxygen
- Formation
- Water
- Formation
- Combustion of fuels containing H
- Problem caused
- No problems
- Formation
- Carbon (soot)
- Problem caused
- Blackens buildings
- Can cause respiratory problems
- Global dimming
- Ways to reduce the problem
- Ensure a good supply of oxygen when burning fuels
- Formation
- Incomplete combustion of fuels containing C
- Problem caused
- Carbon monoxide
- Formation
- Incomplete combustion of fuels containing C
- Problem caused
- Toxic
- Ways to reduce the problem
- Ensure a good supply of oxygen when burning fuels
- Formation
- Sulphur dioxide
- Formation
- Combustion of S containing compounds in fuel
- Problem caused
- Acid rain
- Ways to reduce the problem
- Remove S from fuel before burning (flue gas desulfuri-sation)
- Formation
- Nitrogen oxides
- Formattion
- Reaction of nitrogen in the air, with oxygen in the air at very high temperatures
- Problem caused
- Acid rain
- Ways to reduce the problem
- Use catalytic converters in cars
- Formattion
- Carbon dioxide
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