Renewable and Inexhaustible Energy Sources

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Chapter 5

• Renewable and Inexhaustible Energy Sources

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Define Renewable Energy Sources

• -- Energy sources that can be replaced as needed
  on a relatively short-term basis.

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Name Renewable Energy Sources

• Animals
• Food
• Wood
• Alcohol
• Methanol
• Bioconversion of Biomass

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Explain how a methane digester works.
What is the significance of Anaerobic Digestion?
(p. 103)
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Bioconversion and Recovery (Page 104)
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Define Inexhaustible Energy Sources

• -- Sources of energy that will never run out.

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Name Inexhaustible Energy Sources

• Solar Energy (Ch 6)
• Hydroelectric Energy
• Tidal Energy
• Geothermal Energy
• Wind Energy
• Hydrogen the ultimate energy source
• (Obtained by Pyrolysis or Electrolysis)

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What are two types of water wheels?
Overshot Undershot
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Hydroelectric Energy
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Geothermal Heat Pump (Page 111)
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Wind Energy
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Ocean Energy
Thermal Conversion
(P.117)