9640839516 | Nonrenewable sources | An energy source with a finite supply, primarily the fossil and nuclear fuels | 0 | |
9640839517 | Fossil fuels | A fuel derived from biological material that became fossilized millions of years ago | 1 | |
9640841433 | Nuclear fuels | Fuels derived from radioactive materials that give off energy | 2 | |
9640844341 | Commercial energy source | An energy source that is bought and solid | 3 | |
9640846361 | Subsistence energy source | Energy sources gathered by individuals for their own immediate needs | 4 | |
9640850502 | Energy carrier | Something that can move/deliver energy in a convenient usable form to end users | 5 | |
9640850503 | Turbine | A device with blades that can be turned by water, wind, stream, and exhaust gas from combustion that turns on a generator in an electricity producing plant | 6 | |
9640852811 | Electrical grid | A network of connected transmission lines that joins power plants together and links them together with end users of electricity | 7 | |
9640852812 | Combined cycle | A power plant that uses both exhaust gases and steam | 8 | |
9640857589 | Energy intensity | The energy use per unit of great domestic product | 9 | |
9640858794 | Hubert curve | A bell-shaped curve representing oil use and projecting both when world oil production will reach a max. and when we will run out of oil | 10 | |
9640858795 | Peak oil | The point at which 1/2 the total known oil supply is used up | 11 | |
9640862807 | Fission | A nuclear reaction in which a neutron strikes a relatively large atomic nucleus, which then splits into 2 or more parts, releasing additional neutrons and energy in the form of heat | 12 | |
9640864805 | Fuel rods | A cylindrical tube that encloses nuclear fuel within a nuclear reaction | 13 | |
9640864806 | Control rods | A cylindrical device inserted between the fuel rods in a nuclear reactor absorb excess neutrons and slow/stop the fission reaction | 14 | |
9640866150 | Radioactive waster | Nuclear fuel that can no longer produce enough heat to be useful in a power plant but continues to emit radioactivity | 15 | |
9640867876 | Becquerel (Bq) | Unit that measures the rate at which a sample of radioactive material decays (1 By = decay of 1 atom/nucleus per second) | 16 | |
9640870032 | Curie | A unit measure for radiation (1 curie = 37 billion decays/sec) | 17 | |
9640871339 | Nuclear fusion | A reaction that occurs when lighter nuclei are forced together to produce heavier nuclei | 18 | |
9653808027 | Capacity | In reference to an electricity- generating plant, the maximum electrical output | 19 | |
9653809581 | Capacity factor | The fraction of time a power-plant operates in a gear | 20 | |
9653810560 | Cogeneration | The use of a single fuels to generate electricity and to produce heat | 21 | |
9653810561 | Coal | Solid fuel formed primarily from the remains of teens, ferns, and other plant materials preserved 280 million- 300 million years ago | 22 | |
9653811164 | Petroleum | A fossil fuel that occurs in underground deposits, composed of a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, water, and sulfur | 23 | |
9653811165 | Crude oil | Liquid petroleum removed from the ground | 24 | |
9653811500 | Oil sands | Slow-flowing, viscous deposits of bitumen mixed with sands, water, and clay | 25 | |
9653812469 | Bitumen | A degraded petroleum that forms when petroleum migrates to the surface of earth and is modified by bacteria (tar/pitch) | 26 | |
9653813382 | CTL "Coal to Liquid" | The process of converting solid coal into liquid fuels | 27 |
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