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By dumping millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Fossil fuel consists of hydrocarbons which can be burned in oxygen. The carbon binds with oxygen while the hydrogen binds with more oxygen, to form carbon dioxide and water. The formation of the chemical bonds produces the heat that we use in heat engines, in other words turbines and internal combution engines.
Carbon dioxide is a relatively heavy gas and 22.4 litres weigh 44 grams (a gram-mole). A cubic metre weighs 1.964 kg therefore 1 ton is 509 cubic metres at normal temperature and pressure.
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List four costs of using fossil fuels in thermal power stations?
Carbon Dioxide, particular matter, mercury and radioactive trace elements are released/emitted from the fossil fuel thermal power stations and cause damage to the environment. Also, paying for the fuel, clean up and remediation of pollution-prevention. :)
How does desalination affect the environment?
they use vital resources to run, like fossil fuels, they also use nuclear power. both of these effect the environment.
Which type of fossil fuel power station has the shortest start-up time?
Gas stations start up the quickest because they use gas turbines and do not require water to be boiled up to produce steam.
Is nuclear power a fossil fuel?
Nuclear power is NOT a fossil fuel.
What is green engry?
Green energy is environmentally friendly energy. In other words, it energy which is produced in an environmentally friendly way using clean sources such as wind, solar, hydro and tidal power, which are renewable resources and which cause nowhere near as much damage to the environment than fossil fuels such as oil coal and gas.
Is a fossil fuel power station sustainable?
No
What are the issues that when deciding where to build power station?
away from urban areas and less distance from fossil fuel areas to power station
What part of the power station is the fossil fuel burnt in?
The furnace/boiler.
How does fossil fuel power station work?
http://www.green-planet-solar-energy.com/fossil-fuel-power.html
What is the largest source of man made mercury in the environment?
power plants fueled by fossil fuels
How much does a power station - fossil fuelled cost?
around £3.7 billion
What type of power station has the shortest start up time?
A gas-fired power station has the shortest start up time out of all three fossil fuels
Are nuclear power stations better for the environment than power stations that burn fossil fuels?
Yes
List four costs of using fossil fuels in thermal power stations?
Carbon Dioxide, particular matter, mercury and radioactive trace elements are released/emitted from the fossil fuel thermal power stations and cause damage to the environment. Also, paying for the fuel, clean up and remediation of pollution-prevention. :)
How does nuclear energy conserve fossil fuels?
Nuclear energy conserves the use of fossil fuel because if there is a nuclear power station there is no need to burn fossil fuel in that region.
Is there any damage to the environment using wind power?
noNo, there isn't any damage.
What types of energy transformations are in a fossil fuel power station?
Chemical > Thermal > Kinetic > Electrical
