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Natural Gas. By: Dexter St-Pierre. Dexter St-Pierre. How it works. H arvested from the ground using similar pipes as oil. Uses heat from combustion and turns it into electrical energy Also uses a steam turbine to increase efficiency
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Natural Gas By: Dexter St-Pierre Dexter St-Pierre
How it works • Harvested from the ground using similar pipes as oil. • Uses heat from combustion and turns it into electrical energy • Also uses a steam turbine to increase efficiency • 35-50% efficiency, depending on whether a steam turbine is present Dexter St-Pierre
Is it renewable? • There are 3 kinds of methane natural gas is made from • Thermogenic Methane • Abiogenic Methane • Biogenic Methane • Only biogenic methane is renewable Dexter St-Pierre
What are the positive aspects of natural gas? • A far smaller amount of pollution that other common energy sources • Up to 50% efficiency • Cheep to consumers • High reservoirs • Renewable Dexter St-Pierre
What are the negative aspects of natural gas? • Uses large amounts of land to create factories • Destroys wildlife • Lots of noise pollution • Uses huge amounts of water • Known to causes small scale earthquakes Dexter St-Pierre
What waste is created? • Natural gas emits small amounts of: • Carbon monoxide • Carbon dioxide • Nitrogen oxide • There are no other major waste products Dexter St-Pierre
Which countries use the most? • The USA uses the most natural gas • Russia is the second largest consumer • Iran falls in third • America uses a lot because it is a cleaner alternative to oil and we have access to lots of it Dexter St-Pierre
Where is an ideal area to collect natural gas? • Kansas, Oklahoma region • Texas • Gulf of mexico
Is this energy source available in your community? • As we see in the map of the U.S., Minnesota has little to no natural gas • It might be worth looking for a field no one has found Dexter St-Pierre
Work Cited • “How Natural Gas Works”. 8/31/10. 5/24/12 <http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/our-energy-choices/coal-and-other-fossil-fuels/how-natural-gas-works.html> • Boone, Brian. “Is Natural Gas Renewable?”. 5/25/12 <http://dsc.discovery.com/energy/energy-power/is-natural-gas-renewable.html> • “Natural Gas and the Environment”. 5/26/12 <http://www.naturalgas.org/environment/naturalgas.asp> • “Energy Statistics> Natural Gas> Consumption (most recent) by Country”. 5/28/12 <http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/ene_nat_gas_con-energy-natural-gas-consumption> Dexter St-Pierre