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Chapter 13Renewable Energy and Conservation
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Overview of Chapter 13
� Direct Solar Energy
� Indirect Solar Energy� Wind
� Biomass
� Hydropower
� Geothermal
� Tidal
� High and Low Technology Energy Solution
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Direct Solar Energy
� Perpetually available
� Varies with latitude, season, time of day, and cloud cover
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Heating Buildings and Water
� Passive solar energy
� System of putting the sun’s energy to use without requiring mechanical devices to distribute the collected heat
� Certain design features can enhance passive solar energy’s heating potential
� South facing windows (in N. hemisphere)
� Well insulated buildings
� Attic vents
� Overhangs and solar sunspaces
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Solar Sunspace
� Utilizes passive solar energy to heat and cool homes
� Can be added to existing homes
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� Typically used to heat water
� 8% of energy in US is used to heat water
� This technology could supply large amount of US energy demand
Heating Buildings and Water
� Active Solar Energy
� System of collecting and absorbing the sun’s energy, and using pumps or fans distribute the collected heat
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Heating Buildings and Water
� Solar Thermal Electric Generation
� Means of producing electricity in which the sun’s energy is concentrated by mirrors or lenses to either heat a fluid filled pipe or drive a Stirling engine
� More efficient than other solar technologies
� No air pollution
� No contribution to global warming or acid precipitation
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Solar Thermal Electric Generation
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Photovoltaic Solar Cells
� A wafer or thin film that is treated with certain metals so that they generate electricity when they absorb solar energy
� No pollution and minimal maintenance
� Used on any scale
� Lighted road signs
� Entire buildings
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Photovoltaic Solar Cells
� Can be incorporated into building materials� Roofing shingles
� Tile
� Window glass
� More economical than running electrical lines to rural areas
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Cost of Electrical Power Plants
� Alternative power sources are becoming competitive with traditional power sources
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Indirect Solar Energy
� Biomass
� Plant materials, such as wood, crop wastes and animal waste, used as fuel
� Wind energy
� Electric or mechanical energy obtained from surface air currents caused by solar warming of air
� Hydropower
� Form of renewable energy reliant on flowing or falling water to generate mechanical energy or electricity
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Biomass
� Contains energy from sun via photo-synthesizing plants
� Oldest known fuel to humans - still used by half the world’s population
� Renewable when used no faster than it can be produced
� Can convert to biogas or liquids
� Ethanol and methanol
� Clean fuel
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Biomass
� Advantages� Reduces dependence on fossil fuels
� Often uses waste materials
� If trees are planted at same rate biomass is combusted, no net increase in atmospheric CO2
� Disadvantages� Requires land, water and fossil fuel energy
� Can lead to � Deforestation
� Desertification
� Soil erosion
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Wind Energy
� World’s fastest growing source of energy
� Wind results from sun warming the atmosphere
� Varies in direction and magnitude
� New wind turbines harness wind efficiently
� Most profitable in rural areas with constant wind
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Wind Energy
� No waste - clean source of energy
� Biggest constraints:
� Cost
� Public resistance (NIMBY)
� Few environmental problems
� Kills birds and bats
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Hydropower
� Most efficient energy source (90%)
� Most widely used form of solar energy
� 19% of world’s energy
� Traditional hydropower
� Suited only to large dams
� New technology
� Utilize low flow systems
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Hydropower
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Other Indirect Solar Energy
� Ocean waves
� Produced by winds
� Has potential to turn a turbine- and create electricity
� Ocean Temperature Gradients
� Use difference in temperature of surface and deep water to create electricity
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Other Renewable Energy Sources
� Geothermal energy
� Energy from the Earth’s interior for either space heating or generation of electricity
� Tidal Energy
� Form of renewable energy that relies of the ebb and flow of the tides to generate electricity
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� Enormous energy source
� 1% of heat in upper 10 km of earth crust is equal to 500x the earth’s fossil fuel sources
Geothermal Energy
� From Hydrothermal Reservoirs
� Created by volcanoes
� Reservoirs used directly for heat or to generate electricity
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Geothermal Energy
� From hot, dry rock
� Geothermal heat pumps
� Use difference in temperature between surface and subsurface
� Great for heating buildings
� Expensive installation
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Tidal Energy
� Typical difference between high and low tide is 1–2 ft
� Narrow bays may have greater variation
� Potential energy difference between low and high tide can be captured with
� A dam across a bay
� A turbine similar to a wind turbine
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High and Low Technology Energy Solutions
� Most promising “energy sources” are energy conservation and energy efficiency
� Energy Conservation
� Using less energy by reducing energy use and waste
� Energy Efficiency
� Using less energy to accomplish a given task
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Hydrogen as a Fuel Source
� Hydrogen gas (H2)
� Comprised of two hydrogen molecules
� Large amounts of available energy
� Explodes when combined with oxygen releasing energy and forming water
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Hydrogen as a Fuel Source
� Advantages
� Very high energy density
� Can be produced from any electrical source
� Electrolysis (see illustration on next slide)
� No greenhouse gases and few other pollutants
� Can be use in vehicles
� Disadvantages
� Highly volatile (requires special storage)
� Relatively inefficient
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Hydrogen as a Fuel Source -Electrolysis
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Hydrogen Fuel Cell
� Fuel cell
� Device that directly converts chemical energy into electricity
� Requires hydrogen from a tank and oxygen from the air
� Similar to a battery, but reactants are supplied from outside source
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Future Applications of Fuel Cells
� Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles
� Hydrogen is not yet readily available as a fuel source
� 61 hydrogen fueling stations in US
� Batteries in cells phones or laptops
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Energy Consumption Trends and Economics
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� Super-insulated buildings (right)
� Energy efficient appliances
� Automobiles
� Aircraft technology
� Compact Fluorescent
light bulbs
� Condensing furnaces
Energy Efficient Technologies
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Cogeneration
� Production of two useful forms of energy from the same fuel
� Most effective on small scale
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Energy Savings in Commercial Buildings
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Saving Energy at Home