6448914344 | Coal | A solid fuel formed primarily from the remains of the trees, ferns, and other plant materials preserved 280 million to 360 million years | 0 | |
6448920158 | Petroleum | A fossil fuel that occurs in underground deposits, composed of a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons | 1 | |
6448923927 | Crude oil | Liquid petroleum romped from the ground | 2 | |
6448926630 | Oil sands | Slow-flowing, viscous deposits of bitumen mixed with sand, water, and clay | 3 | |
6448930980 | Bitumen | A degraded petroleum that forms wen petroleum migrates to the surface of earth and is modified by bacteria | 4 | |
6448934254 | CTL | The process of converting solid coal into liquid fuel | 5 | |
6448940868 | Energy intensity | The energy use per unit of gross domestic product | 6 | |
6448942722 | Hubert curve | A bell-shaped curve representing oil use and projecting bothe when world oil production will reach a mazimum and when the world will run out of oil | 7 | |
6448954478 | Peak oil | The point at which half the total oil supply is used up | 8 | |
6448964205 | Fission | A nuclear reaction in which a neutron strikes a reliteveluy large atomic nucleus | 9 | |
6448966466 | Fuel rod | A cylindrical tube that encloses nuclear fuel | 10 | |
6448967769 | Control rod | A cylindrical device inserted between the fuel rods | 11 | |
6448969415 | Radioactive waste | Nuclear fuel that can no longer produce enough heat to be useful in a power plant but continues to emit radioactivity | 12 | |
6448973008 | Becquerel | Unit that maeuseres the rate at which a sample of radioactive material decays | 13 | |
6448976429 | Curie | A unit of measure for radiation | 14 | |
6448977948 | Nuclear fusion | A reaction that occurs when lighter nuclei are forced together to produce heavier nuclei | 15 | |
6448981646 | Fossil fuel | A fuel derived from biological material that became fossilized millions of years ago | 16 | |
6448985141 | Non renewable enrgu sources | An energy source with finite supply primarily the fossil fuels and nuclear fuels | 17 | |
6449059771 | Nuclear fuel | Fuel derived form radioactive materials that five off energy | 18 | |
6449061449 | Commercial energy source | An energy source that is bought and sold | 19 | |
6449062966 | Subsistence energy source | An energy source gathered by individuals for their open immediate needs | 20 | |
6449066860 | Energy carrier | Something that can move and deliver energy in a convenient usualbe form to end users | 21 | |
6449070266 | Turbine | A device with blades that can be turned by water | 22 | |
6449072555 | Electrical grid | A network of interconnected transmission lines that joins power plants together and links the with end users of electricity | 23 | |
6449078560 | Combined cycle | A power plant that uses both exhaust gases and team turbines to generate elecricty | 24 | |
6449080830 | Capacity | In reference to an electricity- generating plant, that maximum electrical output | 25 | |
6449084000 | Capacity factor | The fraction of time a power plant operates in a year | 26 | |
6449087675 | Cogeneration | The use of a fuel to generate elecricty and produce heat | 27 |
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