Fossil Fuels Natural Gas, Petroleum, Coal, Propane

Coal Fired Power Plant Mining for Coal Carbon Emissions with Coal Power Plant

Fracking – Natural Gas Extraction Fracking video -1:57 minutes

Acid Rain Acidity of lakes, dams, streams Cause death to aquatic life Increases acidity of soil Damage to trees at high elevations Erodes buildings and monuments Respiratory problems with people

Fossil Fuels, Greenhouse Gasses, & Global Warming Video 2:03 When CO2 Emissions = “Smoke”? RsYjffUhttps:// RsYjffU Acid rain 1:15 cartoon

Effects of Acid Rain

Biomass *A Fossil Fuel Power Plant can be converted to a biomass power plant with minimal changes.

Biomass Processing Examples include plant material or animal waste: Switch grass Corn Sugar cane Corn stalks Wood chips Processing these creates: Solid fuel Liquid fuel Gaseous fuel (ethanol)

Biomass “Benefits” and the Carbon Cycle

Anaerobic Digester A Brooklyn waste treatment plant is switching sewage to food scraps

MSW - Municipal Solid Waste Gasification vs. incineration

Nuclear

Uranium 235 = Fuel How do you process Uranium? Start at 1:30 into video – 4:40 URANIUM OXIDE CONCENTRATE IS COMMONLY CALLED “YELLOWCAKE” BECAUSE OF ITS YELLOWISH COLOR. (PHOTO: WORLD NUCLEAR ASSOCIATION)

Salem Nuclear Power Plant New Jersey

Animation of Nuclear Power Flash for Nuclear: Inside a nuclear reactor core - Bang Goes The Theory - BBC

Inside a nuclear reactor core BBC video – 3:52

Chemical Hydrogen Fuel Cell animation: This animation shows the process that goes on inside an individual fuel cell. The red Hs represent hydrogen molecules (H2) from a hydrogen storage tank. The orange H+ represents a hydrogen ion after it's electron is removed. The yellow e- represents an electron moving through a circuit to do work (like lighting a light bulb or powering a car). The green Os represent an oxygen molecule (O2) from the air, and the blue drops at the end are for pure water--the only byproduct of hydrogen power.

Electrolysis of Water 2(H 2 O)

Tidal/Wave/OTEC

Wave Energy Convertor: The energy generated from waves is harnessed by deploying wave energy convertors on the surface of the ocean. When a wave hits these convertors, the convertors convert the force of the wave into energy and feed it into a generator.

Wave Energy Pelamis Wave GeneratorPelamis Wave Generator : 53 seconds

Tidal/Wave/OTEC OTEC = Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion: ammonia boils at -28°F