by Christine “das bärchen” Besselman, Mike “the psych” Bossman, and Barker Carlock
So what is unconventional oil? Take a listen and find out!
Electrical Power Generation
By Gates Lawler, James Onorevole, and Lucas Reyes
1. – Coal is used to fuel the furnace
2. – Furnace turns water into steam
3. – The steam drives the turbine generators
– The steam is condensed in the condenser
Sources
http://www.duke-energy.com/about-energy/generating-electricity/coal-fired-how.asp
http://www.iea.org/ciab/papers/power_generation_from_coal.pdf
http://www.worldcoal.org/coal/market-amp-transportation/coal-price/
http://www.infomine.com/investment/metal-prices/coal/
http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=73&t=11
Here is our final version of our podcast.
Greg, Andrew, Sean and Kemal
Below is the partially completed podcast I demonstrated in class. You can also download a copy of the Audacity project to see how it was put together. Once the file downloads un-zip it (right click on the file and choose “Extract All…”) and double click on the Podcast Example.aup file that is in the resulting folder. It will automatically open the project in Audacity.
Welcome to the Lafayette College, Introduction to Engineering: Energy and the Global Energy Challenge website. Here will be posted class resources and podcasts about energy production.