COAL ENERGY

Austin Fenter, Jordan Lion, Brad HurdIDS 1999

September 25, 2012

What is COAL ENERGY?

• Non Renewable • Fossil Fuel• 4 Forms• Electricity• 27 States

Forms Humans Use

• Anthracite

• Bituminous Coal

• Lignite

• Sub bituminous Coal

Anthracite and Bituminous

• Hard • Carbon• Highest• Favored

• Soft• Greater• Lower

Lignite and Sub-bituminous

Brown Most Usage Future

• Widely • Higher• OPEC

Power Plant Operation

Feedwater

Boiler

Power Plant (continued)

• Steam Turbine Generator

• Steam Condenser

• Stack

Pros

• Cheap

• Abundance

• Electricity -50%

• Economy

• Efficiency

• Safe

Cons

• Power plants-pollute

Sulfur dioxide (SO2) Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Mercury

SOURCES!!!

• http://library.thinkquest.org/26026/Science/coal_energy.html

• http://interestingenergyfacts.blogspot.com/2008/03/coal-facts.html

• http://www.ehow.com/facts_5479102_pros-cons-coal-energy.html