EGEE 101 – Midterm 2 – Energy and Environmental Engineering – study material
Rank by their power output from highest to lowest - correct answer ✔✔1. Boeing 77 jet engine
2. Central PA gasoline
3. Electrical power production
4. Diesel railroad locomotive
Rank the fossil fuels in order based on the amount of CO2 they produce per pound of fuel burned. -
correct answer ✔✔1. Coal
2. Petroleum
3. Natural gas
Match each fuel with its associated air pollutants:
1. ash, particulates, sulfur oxides, mercury, carbon monoxide
2. carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds
3. Nitrogen oxides - correct answer ✔✔1. Coal
2. Petroleum
3. Natural gas
Match the fossil fuels with their projected lifetimes at current rates of consumption and prices. - correct
answer ✔✔283 years- coal
53- petroleum
86- natural gas
What is the main ingredient in natural gas - correct answer ✔✔CH4
What has the highest methane content? - correct answer ✔✔Dry gas
What is the cleanest burning fossil fuel? - correct answer ✔✔Natural gas
, At $3/MCF, what is the price of natrual gas per MMBTU? - correct answer ✔✔$3
What type of commodity is natural gas? - correct answer ✔✔Regional
How long will nat. gas last globally? - correct answer ✔✔50 years
How long will n.gas last in the US? - correct answer ✔✔50-100 years
US net import or net export of gas? - correct answer ✔✔net exporter
Who should pay the social costs associated with fossil fuel consumption? - correct answer ✔✔-the
utilities
-us
-the oil and gas companies
-our grandchildren
-our grandparents
Chemicals that are air pollutants: - correct answer ✔✔- sulfur dioxide
-nitrogen oxides
-carbon dioxide
-carbon monoxide
Which country is the largest contributor to carbon emissions? - correct answer ✔✔China
Hottest planet in the solar system? - correct answer ✔✔Venus
The safe concentration of methane in drinking water is 28ppm. If you double the concentration of
methane in your drinking water what happens? - correct answer ✔✔-methane concentration goes
from 28ppm to 56
Rank by their power output from highest to lowest - correct answer ✔✔1. Boeing 77 jet engine
2. Central PA gasoline
3. Electrical power production
4. Diesel railroad locomotive
Rank the fossil fuels in order based on the amount of CO2 they produce per pound of fuel burned. -
correct answer ✔✔1. Coal
2. Petroleum
3. Natural gas
Match each fuel with its associated air pollutants:
1. ash, particulates, sulfur oxides, mercury, carbon monoxide
2. carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds
3. Nitrogen oxides - correct answer ✔✔1. Coal
2. Petroleum
3. Natural gas
Match the fossil fuels with their projected lifetimes at current rates of consumption and prices. - correct
answer ✔✔283 years- coal
53- petroleum
86- natural gas
What is the main ingredient in natural gas - correct answer ✔✔CH4
What has the highest methane content? - correct answer ✔✔Dry gas
What is the cleanest burning fossil fuel? - correct answer ✔✔Natural gas
, At $3/MCF, what is the price of natrual gas per MMBTU? - correct answer ✔✔$3
What type of commodity is natural gas? - correct answer ✔✔Regional
How long will nat. gas last globally? - correct answer ✔✔50 years
How long will n.gas last in the US? - correct answer ✔✔50-100 years
US net import or net export of gas? - correct answer ✔✔net exporter
Who should pay the social costs associated with fossil fuel consumption? - correct answer ✔✔-the
utilities
-us
-the oil and gas companies
-our grandchildren
-our grandparents
Chemicals that are air pollutants: - correct answer ✔✔- sulfur dioxide
-nitrogen oxides
-carbon dioxide
-carbon monoxide
Which country is the largest contributor to carbon emissions? - correct answer ✔✔China
Hottest planet in the solar system? - correct answer ✔✔Venus
The safe concentration of methane in drinking water is 28ppm. If you double the concentration of
methane in your drinking water what happens? - correct answer ✔✔-methane concentration goes
from 28ppm to 56
