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EMERGY & ENERGY SYSTEMS Session 4 Short Course for ECO Interns, EPA and Partners
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Emergy Evaluations Tables and metadata Calculations Locating data
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Reading an Emergy Table Note number
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Reading an Emergy Table Note number Item
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Reading an Emergy Table Note number Item Input data and units
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Reading an Emergy Table Note number Item Input data and units Unit emergy
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Reading an Emergy Table Note number Item Input data and units Unit emergy Emergy SPECIFIC EMERGY CALCULATION
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Reading an Emergy Table Note number Item Input data and units Unit emergy Emergy Emdollars
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Clumping inputs <1 Reading an Emergy Table
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Clumping inputs Output energy/yields <1 Reading an Emergy Table
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Clumping inputs Output energy/yields Calculated values <1 Reading an Emergy Table
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Clumping inputs Output energy/yields Calculated values Arranging rows Notes
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Matching Table to Diagram Diagram first Labeling components
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Example of State Diagram
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Labeling components Matching Table to Diagram
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PlanetEarth Ocean & Atmosphere LandArea DeepHeat Tide LocalAnalysis Sun Sun Wind Wind Sun Rain Rain Earth cycle Identifying Key Components List but dont double count
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Different Tables Transformity –Are all inputs necessary?
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Different Tables Net benefits –List everything, positive or negative –Use labels to define benefits minus costs from different perspectives Benefit to farm: A+B+D+H+F+J-crop Benefit to Region: A+B+C+I-L-exported crop
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Different Tables Storages –Not annual flows, anything more than a year in turnover time
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Notes as Metadata Spreadsheet tracking
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Notes as Metadata Spreadsheet tracking Verbal for final Notes Table 1 1. Transformity 1 by definition. Solar insolation calculated using solar constant of 2 Langleys/sec and integration over changing surface area for a one year period at latitude 27.00 N, longitude 82.00 W: 6.9 E9 J/m2/yr. Albedo 8% (NASAeosweb). Annual energy = (Avg. total annual insolation J/yr/m2)(Area m2)(1 - albedo). 2. Transformity for evapotranspiration 15,423 sej/J (Odum, 1996) corrected by factor of 1.68 (Odum et al., 2000). Grain evapotranspiration = 2.33 E10 J/acre/yr (ASFIRS estimate, Smajstrla, 1990). Annual energy = (evapotranspiration J/acre/yr)(area ha)(2.47 acres/ha). 3. Erosion rate estimated as less than 0.01 g/m2/yr for aquaculture. 4. Fuel includes diesel, gasoline and lubricants and uses petroleum products transformity 6.60 E4 sej/J (Odum 1996) corrected by factor of 1.68 (Odum et al., 2000). Gallons of fuel/ha/yr from FAECM data (Fluck, 1992). Annual energy = (Gallons fuel)(1.32 E8 J/gal). 5. Transformity for electricity from average U.S. coal plant 1.60 E5 sej/J (Odum, 1996)
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Notes as Metadata Raw data and source
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Notes as Metadata Conversion factors, equations, unit emergy ratios
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Converting Data Joules for energy
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Converting Data Grams for materials
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Accurate Inputs Dry versus wet weight The point is to make sure you are calculating to the right endpoint, dry weight for food, active ingredients for chemical reactants, etc.
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Physical Conversion Calculations Tides Energy(J) =(shelf)(0.5)(tides/y)(mean tidal range) 2 (density of seawater) (gravity) =(____m2)(0.5)(____/yr)(____m)2(_____kg/m3)(9.8m/s2) Rain chemical potential Energy (J)= (land area + shelf area)(rainfall)(Gibbs energy of rain) = (____m2)(____m)(1000kg/m3)(4.94E+03J/kg)
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Finding Data Websites –Will post list on website –In the notes ENERGY DATA LINKS U.S. Department of Energy – data and prices USGS Energy Databases Renewable Energy Policy Project Distributed Energy Resources Center U.S.D.O.E. Fossil Fuels Hawaii Department of Business, Economics and Tourism http://www.state.hi.us/dbedt/ert/energy.html http://www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/ert/ert_hmpg.html Internet Resources--Government Agencies United Nation's Food and Agricultural Organization Weather Educational Material US Dept. of Agriculture World Agricultural Outlook Board U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Homepage Etc., etc., etc.
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$$ paid does not cover actual raw material or energy Separating services Using Money as Data Sun Wind River Rain Soil Forest Harvest Fuel Fertilizer Services Market
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Annual Rates versus Storages Determining annual flows from initial resources –Prorating use –Long term rates –Start up rates Storages –Turnover times >1 year
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