SAS topic 7 ch 8 + ch 9 || with Complete Solutions.
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SAS Topic 7 Ch 8 + Ch 9
Coal is an attractive energy source for the US, China, and India because correct answers these countries have relatively high proven reserves of coal
Use of natural gas power plants fluctuates with: correct answers the relative price of natural gas
Super-critical power plants do not require: ...
SAS topic 7 ch 8 + ch 9 || with Complete Solutions.
Coal is an attractive energy source for the US, China, and India because correct answers these
countries have relatively high proven reserves of coal
Use of natural gas power plants fluctuates with: correct answers the relative price of natural gas
Super-critical power plants do not require: correct answers higher grade coal
Super critical power plants are not: correct answers less expensive to maintain
Carbon capture: correct answers -increases power plant operating costs as much as 50%
-may double the cost of power plant construction
-require financial incentives to be economically viable
carbon dioxide is: correct answers invisible
Ocean storage of carbon dioxide has the disadvantage that: correct answers dissolution of carbon
dioxide on oceans acidifies the water
Which statement is FALSE about carbon dioxide injection into geological formations: correct
answers it is more expensive than other methods of carbon dioxide storage
Carbon capture and storage does NOT include: correct answers removing carbon dioxide from
fossil fuels
Which one of the following has NOT deterred construction of new nuclear power plants? correct
answers greenhouse gas emissions from nuclear power plants
At the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine: correct answers a reactor experienced a
meltdown and exploded
wind power: correct answers is best coupled with energy storage such as hydroelectric
Electric power generated from wind is proportional to: correct answers wind speed to the third
power
The danger in ionizing radiation is that it: correct answers can generate mutations in DNA
In semiconductors: correct answers infusion with impurities facilitates the movement of certain
charges
Geothermal power plants do Not: correct answers cost more than most other forms of renewable
energy
, which of the following is the most common type of coal-fired power plant: correct answers
pulverized coal
coal-fired plants, in comparison to other types of power plants: correct answers release more
GHGs, but cost less to construct and operate
most of the new energy capacity in china or india derive from: correct answers coal-fired power
plants
many industries have relocated from developed countries to developing countries like china and
india to: correct answers -decrease labor costs
-avoid stringent environmental regulations
super-critical power plants are NOT: correct answers less expensive to maintain
carbon capture and storage does NOT include: correct answers removing the carbon dioxide
from fossil fuels
electric power plants are generally located near: correct answers population centers
carbon capture is easiest: correct answers before combustion for integrated gas combined cycle
plants and after combustion for oxyfuel
Nuclear wastes in the US are currently: correct answers kept on the sites where they are
generated
to improve the aesthetics, newer wind turbines are: correct answers -located further out to sea
-placed further apart
nuclear power has the disadvantages that: correct answers -radioactive waste is produced during
mining, fuel rod processing, and disposal
-it produces radioactive waste that remains dangerous for millenia
which one of the following is not a renewable energy source? correct answers nuclear power
the major use of energy in homes is: correct answers space and water heating
Conversion of electromagnetic energy from the sun into other forms of energy occurs for: correct
answers photovoltaic power, wind power, biofuels, solar thermal power, hydroelectric power
tides derive from: correct answers interplay among Earth's rotation and gravitational forces of
earth and moon
solar power: correct answers is growing at a faster rate than any other form of renewable energy
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