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Engineering Applications in Sustainable Design and Development 1st Edition Striebig Solutions Manual
Engineering Applications in Sustainable Design and Development 1st Edition Striebig Solutions Manual
Engineering Applications in Sustainable Design and Development 1st Edition Striebig Solutions Manual
8-1. List three different kinds of energy services, and identify at least two ways
that each of these energy needs can be met.
Answer:
Energy service: Space heating: woodstove, natural gas furnace, electric heat pump.
8-2. Explain how the technologies that we design to satisfy energy needs affect
the type and amount of energy resources that we use.
Answer:
The technologies that we design determine first and foremost the type of fuel used,
if it is an energy consuming technology. The primary design will determine whether
electricity, a fossil fuel, or solar energy will power the device, for example. Second,
the relative efficiency of the device will affect how much of the fuel is consumed.
Answer:
The energy ladder is a conceptual framework that illustrates how the energy
intensity of households, the diversity of their energy services, and the diversity of
the fuels that they consume increases as household income increases. It is a way of
better understanding energy poverty, and also how economic development
contributes to the overall energy intensification of a society.
8-4. Calculate per capita energy use and energy intensity for the following
countries:
a. China
b. Australia
c. Mexico
d. Kenya
e. Germany
Answer:
Note that a common error for this problem is that students confuse total energy use
and total electricity, often thinking that electricity is total energy. The relevant data
from Table 8.1 are:
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Country Per capita energy use, in ton of oil Energy intensity in ton of oil equivalent
equivalent (not ktoe, as in Table 8.1) per $GDP (not ktoe, as in Table 8.1)
a) China 1.5 0.00040
b) Australia 5.3 0.00013
c) Mexico 1.5 0.00020
d) Kenya 0.4 0.00056
e) Germany 4.1 0.00010
8-5. Plot per capita energy use for the five countries in Problem 8-4 on the y-axis,
and energy intensity on the x-axis. Does the position of the country data points make
sense? Explain why or why not.
Answer:
6.0
Australia
Per capita energy use, toe equivalent
5.0
4.0 Germany
3.0
2.0
Mexico China
1.0
Kenya
0.0
0.00000 0.00010 0.00020 0.00030 0.00040 0.00050 0.00060
Energy intensity, toe per $GDP
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Yes, this makes sense. Per capita energy use generally reflects the level of average
wealth and income in a nation, which is also a reflection of its overall level of
economic development. Energy intensity will reflect its level of industrialization,
economic development, structure of the economy, and level of economic efficiency.
Australia and Germany are highly industrialized, wealthy nations. Kenya is the
poorest, and Mexico and China continue to industrialize. Mexico probably has a
lower energy intensity than China because its industrial mix is different, and it is
more energy efficient.
Answer:
8-7. True or false: Petroleum is the fastest growing form of energy worldwide.
Answer:
8-8. Calculate aggregate per capita electricity use for the least developed nations
as well as low-income, middle-income, and OECD nations (see Table 8.1). What do
these variations suggest about the capacity of these nations for economic
development?
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Answer:
There is nothing to calculate for this problem, as aggregate per capita electricity use
is already provided in Table 8.1 for these groups of countries. The relevant data
from the table are:
Because electricity is the fastest growing form of energy use world-wide and is
instrumental to economic development of all kinds, we see that the least developed
and low income nations probably do not have the infrastructure needed for their
economic progress.
8-9. What is the average annual rate of depletion of global reserves for liquid
fuels, natural gas, and coal assuming no new reserves and no increase in annual
production/consumption levels?
Answer:
From Example 8.2 and Table 8.4. Note that technically Qn (our ending quantity)
should be 0; however, if we use 0 in the numerator for this formula, we get an
illogical CAGR of 100%. By using a Qn of 1 (a minute quantity in this context), we can
arrive at a more meaningful number.
1
𝑄𝑛 (𝑡𝑛−𝑡0 )
CAGR = ( ) −1
𝑄0
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8-10. What are the three basic strategies that high-income nations can use to
improve their energy security?
Answer:
8-11. What are the differences between the residential, commercial, and industrial
end-use sectors?
Answer:
Residential: private households.
8-12. What is the distinction between source energy and site energy?
Answer:
Answer:
Sectors that are vulnerable to energy shocks rely heavily on one or two major fuels,
and cannot readily switch to a substitute or alternative fuel. A shock could be in the
form of an abrupt price increase, a sudden lack of supply or both. From Figure 8.9,
we see the following vulnerable sectors:
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Residential, because 76% of its primary energy (energy produced and consumed on
site) is from natural gas.
Industrial, because it relies evenly (at~ 40% each) on natural gas and petroleum.
8-14. Consider the energy content of the different fossil fuels and their EROI.
Discuss why it will be difficult to shift the global energy system away from these
resources.
Answer:
Very simply, the high energy content of fossil fuels, as well as the infrastructure that
has evolved over time to process and extract them, creates a very high energy
returned on energy invested. We get much more energy from our time and effort
from fossil fuels than from renewables.
8-15. Calculate the energy content of the following in both MJ and Btu:
a. 10 tons of coal
b. 2 barrels of oil
c. 4000 KWh
d. A quad of natural gas
Answer:
The purpose of this question is to help students conceptualize the energy content of
different forms of fuel in their most commonly discussed units (e.g., ton of coal,
barrel of oil, and so on).
a. A ton of coal contains 25 million Btu (MMBtu) and 1 MJ = 948 Btu (as given in
Table 8.3).
b. A barrel of crude oil contains 5.1 MMbtu and 1 MJ = 948 Btu (as given in
Table 8.3).
c. One kilowatt hour contains 3412 Btu and 1 MJ = 948 Btu (as given in Table
8.3).
d. A quad of natural gas contains 1015 Btu and 1 MJ = 948 Btu (as given in Table 8.3).
Answer:
8-17. Why does a gallon of gasoline have slightly more energy than a gallon of
crude oil?
Answer:
Because gasoline is refined, the impurities in crude oil have been removed.
Consequently gasoline as a little more energy content than crude oil.
8-18. Consider an electric power plant that generates 5,256,000 MWh of electricity
per year. How much of the following resources are required to provide this much
power? Report your results in metric tons.
a Fuel oil #6
b. Natural gas
c. A coal blend composed of 60% bituminous coal and 40% anthracite coal.
Answer:
Remember that an electric power plant is only 33% efficient, so we need to multiply
the output energy by 3 to account for losses.
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Answer:
A natural resources is a substance (or living organism) that society benefits from
and uses. A reserve estimates the physical quantity of an abiotic substance that is
can be economically extracted with known technologies.
8-20. Refer to the data in Table 8.4 to answer the following questions:
a. Calculate the amount of liquid fuels, natural gas, and coal consumed globally
in the base year given.
b. Assume that coal consumption is not flat, but growing at a rate of 4% a year.
What would the reserve-to-production ratio be for this growth rate?
c. What would the annual rate of increase in natural gas reserves need to be in
order to have a reserve-to-production ratio of 125 years? (Assuming
consumption does not increase)
Answer:
a. 1,471.2 billion bbl/47 years = 31.3 billion bbl/yr
190 trillion m3/60.2 years = 3.2 m3/yr
860 billion tonnes/126.3 years = 6.8 tonnes/yr
b. 860 billion tonnes = 6.8 billion tonnes/yr (1.04)n, solving for n, n = between
123 and 124 years.
8-21. Why is the Hubbert Curve for peak oil not a model of the rate of oil depletion?
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Answer:
The Hubbert Curve is a not an estimate or model of the rate of oil depletion. It is a
model of the point in time at which the rate of production of oil is no longer growing
at the same rate as the demand for oil. Peak Oil models the rate of oil production,
not the volume of reserves relative to the rate of depletion.
8-22. Make the argument that uranium is (a) a finite resource, (b) a renewable
resource, and (c) and an infinitely renewable resource.
Answer:
8-23. Below is a table that lists major U.S. cities and their available sun-hours.
City Sun- City Sun-hours
hours
Fairbanks, Alaska 3.99 Portland, Oregon 4.51
Phoenix, Arizona 6.58 Chicago, Illinois 3.14
Los Angeles, California 5.62 Miami, Florida 5.62
New York City 4.08 San Antonio, Texas 5.30
Answer:
b. Using the same equation as in (a), the Phoenix system generates 4,803.4 kWh/yr.
Using the same equation as in (a) and solving for X, where X represents the size of
the system:
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c. The basic reason is weather and climate. Southern Florida gets more rain than
Phoenix (a semi-arid climate) because it is a coastal climate and also experiences
seasonal hurricanes.
8-24. Countries in certain kinds of climates do not have the four seasons of winter,
spring, summer and fall. Instead, they have relatively little temperature variation,
but “wet seasons” and “dry seasons” that can last for several weeks each. What are
the implications of this climate pattern if you wanted to design and install:
Answer:
a. The output of a solar hot water system may be significantly diminished on days
during the rainy season depending on how long it rains during the day and how
frequently it rains. A back up, or alternative, hot water supply would be needed
during this time.
b. For a PV system, the battery bank would have to store electricity for more days
than would be needed during the dry season. Battery storage would need to be sized
based on days of back-up supply needed during the rainy season.
Answer:
This answer requires an interpretation of both Figures 8.17 and 8.19. The order is:
1. Primary energy production (energy supply). 2. Industrial process. 3. Agriculture.
4/5. Waste or road transport depending on interpretation of the graphs.
8-26. True or false: In the United States, the transportation sector generates more
greenhouse gas than the electric power sector.
Answer:
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8-27. True or false: globally, deforestation contributes more to net greenhouse gas
emissions than do the residential and commercial building sectors.
Answer:
Answer:
8-29. What are the energy conservation gains from the following:
a. Switching from a single 60-watt incandescent bulb that burns for 6 hours per
day to a 13-watt CFL.
b. Using pure biodiesel instead of motor gasoline for an automobile that travels
60,000 miles per year with a fuel economy of 28 mpg.
c. Replacing a heat pump with a COP of 3.2 with a heat pump with a COP of 2.6,
if the heating load is 43.3 million Btu per year.
d. Replacing an air conditioner with an EER of 11 with a unit that has an EER of
14, if the cooling load is 22 million Btu per year.
e. Upgrading a natural gas furnace from one with 88% efficiency to one with
92% efficiency, if the heating load is 55 million Btu per year.
Answer:
a. (60w – 13w) x 6 hrs/day x 365 days/yr ÷ 1000 watts = 103 kWh/yr energy
savings
b. 60,000 miles per year ÷ 28 mpg = 2,143 gallons per year energy savings
Power required for COP 3.2 = 12690.5 kWh/yr ÷ 3.2 = 3,965.8 kWh/yr
Power required for COP 2.6 = 12690.5 kWh/yr ÷ 2.6 = 4,881 kWh/yr
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We have replaced a more efficient system with a less efficient one, resulting
in an increased energy use of 915.2 kWh per year.
So, a SEER 11 means that a system produces 11 Btu of cooling output for every watt-
hour of electric input.
22 𝑀𝑀𝐵𝑡𝑢
𝑆𝐸𝐸𝑅 14 𝑃𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = = 1,571,429 𝑊ℎ = 1,571 𝑘𝑊ℎ
14 𝐵𝑡𝑢
𝑊ℎ
22 𝑀𝑀𝐵𝑡𝑢
𝑆𝐸𝐸𝑅 11 𝑃𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = = 2,000,000 𝑊ℎ = 2,000 𝑘𝑊ℎ
11 𝐵𝑡𝑢
𝑊ℎ
2,000 𝑘𝑊ℎ − 1,571 𝑘𝑊ℎ = 429 𝑘𝑊ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟
e. 55 MMbtu/.92 = 60 MMBtu
55 MMBtu/.88 = 63 MMBtu
The more efficient system creates 3 MMBtu of energy savings per year.
8-30. Estimate the avoided yearly CO2 emissions from the following:
a. Switching from a single 60-watt incandescent bulb that burns for 6 hours per
day to a 13-watt CFL.
b. Using pure biodiesel instead of motor gasoline for an automobile that travels
60,000 miles per year with a fuel economy of 28 mpg.
c. Replacing an air conditioner with an EER of 11 with a unit that has an EER of
14, if the cooling load is 22 million Btu per year.
d. Upgrading a natural gas furnace from one with 88% efficiency to one with
92% efficiency, if the heating load is 55 million Btu per year.
Answer:
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Answer:
Topping cycle CHP systems use waste heat and steam for steam or hot water
production.
Bottoming cycle CHP systems use waste heat for electric power production; this is
less commonly done, as it requires high intensity waste heat from such operations
as industrial furnaces and high temperature industrial processes.
Answer:
Distributed energy is located on or near the sites in which it will be used, and it
generally produces energy at much smaller scales and intensities that conventional
energy systems. Distributed energy can be a stand alone system at a single site, or
may also be connected into a system. Distributed energy systems allow us to use
intermittent renewable energy more effectively that a large centralized power
system might be able to, and they help to diversify energy resources.
Answer:
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8-34. Which aspects of the water–energy nexus are most important where you
live?
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