Energy Management Strategies
Gaytha A. Langlois, Ph.D.
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 EMS - Exam Review II
Includes Materials from Course Outline (Selections from Weeks 5-10)
Review Study Terms and Focus Questions for fuel types, pollution, and nuclear energy topics 
(Omit the following chapters for this exam)
Omit chapters on Renewable Energy, but include class presentations
 
TOPICS
Fossil Fuels
Coal, Petroleum, Natural Gas, Peat, Kerogen, Tar Sands
Characterize each fuel by the following descriptors:
Where is it primarily found?  How extensive is the supply?
Who are the main users (end use sectors)?  What are the advantages and
disadvantages of using that fuel?  What is the fuel cycle for each fuel?
(See team presentations, available on Blackboard web page)
Some helpful lecture notes:

http://web.bryant.edu/~langlois/ems/emslect6a.htm
http://web.bryant.edu/%7Elanglois/ems/emslect3B.htm

http://web.bryant.edu/%7Elanglois/ems/pollutionsum.htm

http://web.bryant.edu/%7Elanglois/ems/pollutioninfo.htm

Nuclear Power and Radiation
How reactors work
Why we are attracted to nuclear power and why we should have a concern
Principles of nuclear fission - U-235 and U-238
Safety Redundancy
Types of Reactors - Cooling Techniques

Waste Products from Reactors

Life Expectancy and Decommissioning of Reactors

Radiation Exposure

Radon Gas Releases

Types of Reactor Accidents

Chernobyl Accident - Explosion and Fire

Fukashima Earthquake Damage - Meltdown

Three Mile Island Partial Meltdown

Principles of Nuclear Fusion
Important Locations (Note why this location is important in terms of safety and environmental quality)
Prince William Sound, Alaska (site of EXXON Valdez oil spill,
which prompted the passage of a federal law, the Oil Pollution Control Act);
Matunuck, RI (site of an oil spill in Block Island Sound in 1996(

BP Oil Leakage into Gulf of Mexico

Martin County, Kentucky (Coal Slurry Disaster in 2000)
http://www.geotimes.org/dec01/NNcoal.html
http://www.louisvillelaw.com/news/sludge_report.htm
http://www.ohvec.org/issues/slurry_impoundments/articles/2002_12.html
http://www.ohvec.org/newsletters/woc_2003_02/article_12.html
http://www.richmond.edu/~wgreen/ejds0203.html
http://www.angelfire.com/pro/kvjara2/Webreport/
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/01/60minutes/main609889.shtml
Donora, Pennsylvania (site of a killer smog in 1948)
http://www.actionpa.org/fluoride/donora-fog.html
http://www.docheritage.state.pa.us/documents/donora.asp
http://www.pbs.org/now/science/smog.html
Three Gorges Dam (located in China, on the Yangtze River, opened 2004)
Environmental Impacts of the Energy Industry
Impacts of coal mining (deep mines; surface mines; restoration requirements)
Oil spills and accidents (short and long term effects; liability issues; technology for cleanup; prevention)
Acid gases (nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide; acid deposition/precipitation)
Other Pollutants (air toxics, particulates, photochemical changes)
Global atmospheric issues (greenhouse gases; effects of global warming)

Water pollution (acid mine drainage, oil pipeline breaks, runoff from fuel storage, coal slurry dam breakage, leaking fuel tanks)
Specific Terms: Know the term and its context
(Review terms associated with class activities, in addition to lecture terms already posted)
Acid gases (sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides)
Acute vs. Chronic Exposure to Toxics
Anthracite/Bituminous Coal
Carbon dioxide
Carbon Sequestration
Catalytic Converters
CFCs
Coal Conversions (gasification and liquefaction)
Embodied Energy (Odum & Odum's book)
Emission
Fuel Cycle Analysis
Kerogen
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks Program (LUST)
Methane
Oil Shale
Stratospheric Ozone
Tar Sands
EXAM FORMAT
Objective Questions (50%); Team Research Project (50%)