GEO 1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Viscosity, Unconventional Oil, Coal Oil

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Geology
• Course: GEO 1111
• Professor: Donald Cummings

Document Summary

Geo - lec 13 - energy for canada. Using a nuclear reactor to produce heat and steam for electricity generation. Fusion of light nuclei in the sun to produce light: chemical. 1 calorie ( energy to heat 1g of water by 1 ) 1 joule (energy to accelerate 1kg by 1 m/s-2) 1 kilowatt x hour = 3. 6 x 10^6 j. Small population - lots of energy gets wasted. Size : large country , far to distribute everything. Bc, manitoba, quebec, nl & l - hydro (close to rivers/lakes/oceans) Oil peaked , becoming the most popular, declined when the price went up. Sedimentary oil deposits (organic material deposited in the sediments that hasn"t been decomposed) Off shore : newfoundland, nova scotia - challenging to find and extract. Nuclear has enormous amounts of energy, since energy from nucleus other than chemical bonds. Gasoline, propane - similar chemical bonds, therefore similar amount of energy.