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Renewable Energy Sources SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY
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What is the renewable energy? Why we need to renewable energy? How can we integrate renewable energy to the production?
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World Wide Energy Production 15.2% alternative 84.8% fossil fuels
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World-wide, with the exception of coal, which has known reserves that will last a couple of centuries, the known reserves of oil are expected to be exhausted in your lifetime... Clearly, alternative energy sources are needed for the future Alternative Energy Sources
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We will look at: Solar energy Geothermal power Hydropower Tidal Power Wind energy Biomass Alternative Energy Sources
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Solar Energy The Sun is free (nobody owns or controls it) In principle, the amount of solar energy that reaches the Earth’s surface could provide for all human energy needs forever
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Clean Solar Energy Solar energy is clean energy It produces no hazardous solid, liquid or gas wastes It does not create water or air pollution
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Geothermal Power
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Magma rising from the mantles brings unusually hot material near the surface Heat from the magma, in turn, heats any groundwater This is the basis for generating geothermal energy
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Geothermal Power The steam and/or hot water is used to create electricity or for heating
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Hydropower One-third (33%) of all power plants in the U.S. are hydroelectric, but they only generate 6% of U.S. electricity needs
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Hydropower A cross-section of a typical hydroelectric dam Water flows down the penstock, turns the turbine blades which power the generators
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Hydropower Hydropower is a very clean, pollution-free, renewable energy source The water is not consumed, but rather simply passes thru the generating equipment, and since several dams may occur along the same river, the water can be reused and reused
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Tidal Power All large bodies of water, including the oceans and large lakes, have tides Tidal power captures the energy contained in moving water mass due to tides
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Tidal Power Two types of tidal energy can be extracted: Kinetic energy of currents between ebbing and surging tides Potential energy from the difference in height (or head) between high and low tides
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Tidal Power You can use the flowing water between low and high tides to generate electricity, similar to hydropower
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Wind energy has been utilized for thousands of years Wind Energy
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The wind is free, commonly available and can provide clean, pollution-free energy Today’s wind-turbines are very high tech Wind Energy
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Biomass energy is derived from organic matter Stoves that burn wood are the classic example In fact, there had been a 20-25% increase in the use of wood stoves over the past several decades Biomass Energy
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Most of the world still relies very heavily on fossil fuels, but slowly but surely, attention is being diverted to alternative energy Energy use in the future will not be dominated by a single source Alternative Energy Sources
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The most important aspects of most alternative energy sources is that they promise clean, pollution-free energy Alternative Energy Sources
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