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Jeopardy Final Jeopardy

Jeopardy Final Jeopardy. Final Jeopardy. Coal Technology. Power Plants. Coal Mining. Lignite. Environmental. 100 pt. 100 pt. 100 pt. 100 pt. 100 pt. 200 pt. 200 pt. 200 pt. 200 pt. 200 pt. 300 pt. 300 pt. 300 pt. 300 pt. 300 pt. 400 pt. 400 pt. 400 pt. 400 pt. 400 pt.

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Jeopardy Final Jeopardy

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  1. Jeopardy Final Jeopardy Final Jeopardy Coal Technology Power Plants Coal Mining Lignite Environmental 100 pt 100 pt 100 pt 100 pt 100 pt 200 pt 200 pt 200 pt 200 pt 200 pt 300 pt 300 pt 300 pt 300 pt 300 pt 400 pt 400 pt 400 pt 400 pt 400 pt 500 pt 500 pt 500 pt 500 pt 500 pt

  2. Affordable, reliable, increasingly clean source of energy produced by power plants.

  3. Affordable, reliable, increasingly clean source of energy produced by power plants. What is coal-based electricity?

  4. Part of power plant that turns water into steam.

  5. Part of power plant that turns water into steam. What is a boiler?

  6. It sprays the exhaust gases from the boiler with limestone or lime-water to remove sulfur dioxide to comply with environmental regulations.

  7. It sprays the exhaust gases from the boiler with limestone or lime-water to remove sulfur dioxide to comply with environmental regulations. What is a scrubber?

  8. The result of steam passing through a turbine generator.

  9. The result of steam passing through a turbine generator. What is electricity?

  10. The largest coal-fired electrical generating power plant in North Dakota.

  11. The largest coal-fired electrical generating power plant in North Dakota. What is Coal Creek Station?

  12. 30 million tons mined each year in North Dakota.

  13. 30 million tons mined each year in North Dakota. What is lignite?

  14. This material is stored in stockpiles for reclamation.

  15. This material is stored in stockpiles for reclamation. What is subsoil and/or topsoil?

  16. The primary machine used to remove overburden.

  17. The primary machine used to remove overburden. What is a dragline?

  18. Process to restore land to pre-mined conditions.

  19. Process to restore land to pre-mined conditions. What is reclamation?

  20. Agency that regulates surface coal mining in North Dakota.

  21. Agency that regulates surface coal mining in North Dakota. What is the Public Service Commission?

  22. Association whose primary objective is to maintain a viable lignite coal industry and enhance development of the region’s lignite coal resources.

  23. Association whose primary objective is to maintain a viable lignite coal industry and enhance development of the region’s lignite coal resources. What is the Lignite Energy Council?

  24. Generated from lignite and is used by over 2 million consumers and businesses in the Upper Midwest.

  25. Generated from lignite and is used by over 2 million consumers and businesses in the Upper Midwest. What is electricity?

  26. Source of 95% of electricity produced in North Dakota.

  27. Source of 95% of electricity produced in North Dakota. What is lignite or lignite-fired power plants?

  28. Fraction of lignite comprised of moisture.

  29. Fraction of lignite comprised of moisture. What is 1/3?

  30. Lignite supply (in years) that is currently accessible in Western North Dakota.

  31. Lignite supply (in years) that is currently accessible in Western North Dakota. What is 800?

  32. Gas produced from gasification.

  33. Gas produced from gasification. What is synthetic natural gas or syn gas?

  34. Type of gas used for enhanced oil recovery.

  35. Type of gas used for enhanced oil recovery. What is carbon dioxide (CO2)?

  36. Process to remove moisture from coal prior to combustion.

  37. Process to remove moisture from coal prior to combustion. What is coal drying?

  38. End products from this process could include electric power, synthetic natural gas, transportation fuels, hydrogen, and/or chemicals.

  39. End products from this process could include electric power, synthetic natural gas, transportation fuels, hydrogen, and/or chemicals. What is gasification?

  40. Combustion technology using oxygen rather than air in the boiler.

  41. Combustion technology using oxygen rather than air in the boiler. What is oxyfuel combustion or oxycombustion?

  42. One of twelve states meeting all National Ambient Air Quality Standards and home of the Lignite Energy Council.

  43. One of twelve states meeting all National Ambient Air Quality Standards and home of the Lignite Energy Council. What is North Dakota?

  44. Emission control equipment used to capture over 99.9% of particles from boiler exhaust.

  45. Emission control equipment used to capture over 99.9% of particles from boiler exhaust. What are ESP’s or bag houses?

  46. Capturing this gaseous compound from the boiler exhaust is the greatest technology challenge to the lignite industry.

  47. Capturing this gaseous compound from the boiler exhaust is the greatest technology challenge to the lignite industry. What is carbon dioxide?

  48. Fly Ash – Bottom Ash – Boiler Slag

  49. Fly Ash – Bottom Ash – Boiler Slag What are Coal Combustion Products?

  50. Concern resulting from increasing levels of greenhouse gases.

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