NONRENEWABLE ENERGY Coal Oil Natural gas nuclear definition

NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY Coal Oil Natural gas nuclear

definition Non-renewable- any natural resource that cannot be replenished by natural means at the same rates that it is consumed � Examples?

COAL � How mined? ³ ³ Surface Underground ® Longwall

COAL � Processing steps ³ ³ Washed crushed

COAL � uses

DTE Monroe Coal plant

How it works

coal advantages � � Plentiful in US inexpensive disadvantages � � Produces CO 2 when burned Produces ash- must be disposed of

OIL � How mined? ³ ³ ³ Drilled Pumped out Into pipeline

OIL Processing (refining) steps: Boiled Separates based on boiling point and density

Oil uses

Oil Advantages � � � High heating value Abundant Easy to refine disadvantages � � � Emits CO 2 rely on foreign sources Oil spills

NATURAL GAS � How mined? ³ � � Fracking Force chemical laden water thru fractures and breaks up shale Releases oil and gas

Processing (refining) � Removes impurities ³ Mainly sulfur

Natural Gas advantages � � Burns cleaner Inexpensive No ash High heating value diadvantages � � Hard to recover from ground Contaminate groundwater?

NUCLEAR � Uranium mining Surface mining (mostly) ³

Uranium processing � � � Crush Purified Dried Yellow cake Enriched to concentrate

Uranium uses? � � Nuclear power plants (electricity) Nuclear weapons

Nuclear power plant how it works

Fermi 2, Monroe Michigan

nuclear � Advantages ³ ³ No emissions Cost efficient � Disadvantages ³ ³ ³ Radioactivity Nuclear waste Plants expensive to build