combustion SLIDE2 · Title: combustion_SLIDE2 Created Date: 6/27/2006 1:05:25 PM

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SOME HEALTH CONSEQUENCES: CO: RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS ; CHEST PAINS; AT EXTERMELY HIGH LVELS IT IS POISONOUS AND MAY CAUSE DEATH NOx: RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS; MAY TRIGGER ASTHMA ATTACKS AIR DEVICES DETECT: CO CARBON MONOXIDE NOx NITROGEN OXIDES EPA’S AIR QUALITY INDEX INCLUDES CO + NOx PLUS: SO2 SULFUR DIOXIDE PM PARTICULATE MATTER O3 GROUND LEVEL OZONE LEAD AND THEN THERE IS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) INTENDED BYPRODUCTS: GAS, DIESEL, HEATING OIL, ASPHALT, FERTILIZERS, LUBRICANTS, INSECTICIDES, CHEMICALS, PLASTICS, RUBBERS, DETERGENTS, PERFUME, TAR, MEDICINE, MAKING STEEL.... DUE TO NOx PUBLIC WELFARE CONSEQUENCES: GROUND LEVEL OZONE; ACID RAIN; DETERIORATES WATER QUALITY; REACTS TO FORM TOXIC CHEMICALS AND PARTICULATE MATTER (PM) NOx + CO CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL WARMING NOx + CO CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL WARMING NOx + CO CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL WARMING COMBUSTION ELECTRICITY TRANSPORTATIION ENERGY PRODUCTION MANUFACTURING AGRICULTURE HEATING U N I N T E N D E D B Y P R O D U C T S FOSSIL FUELS CARBON DIOXIDE METHANE NITROUS OXIDE HFCs, / PFCs OTHER CO2 G R E E N H O U S E G A S E S OIL GAS COAL 300 MILLION YEARS AGO, GIANT PLANTS DIED IN SWAMPS. THE PLANTS WERE BURIED UNDER DIRT AND WATER. PRESSURE AND HEAT TURNED DEAD PLANTS INTO COAL. 300 - 400 MILLION YEARS AGO, MARINE ALGAE DIED AND WAS BURIED ON THE OCEAN FLOOR. OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS, THE REMAINS WERE BURIED DEEPER AND DEEPER... PRESSURE AND HEAT CHANGED SOME OF THIS ORGANIC MATTER INTO OIL AND GAS.

Transcript of combustion SLIDE2 · Title: combustion_SLIDE2 Created Date: 6/27/2006 1:05:25 PM

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SOME HEALTH CONSEQUENCES:CO: RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS ; CHEST PAINS; AT EXTERMELY HIGH LVELS IT IS POISONOUS AND MAY CAUSE DEATH NOx: RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS; MAY TRIGGER ASTHMA ATTACKS

AIR DEVICES DETECT:

COCARBON MONOXIDE

NOxNITROGEN OXIDES

EPA’S AIR QUALITY INDEX INCLUDES CO + NOx PLUS:

SO2SULFUR DIOXIDE

PMPARTICULATE MATTER

O3GROUND LEVEL OZONE

LEAD

AND THEN THERE IS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2)

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INTENDED BYPRODUCTS:GAS, DIESEL, HEATING OIL, ASPHALT, FERTILIZERS, LUBRICANTS, INSECTICIDES, CHEMICALS, PLASTICS, RUBBERS, DETERGENTS, PERFUME, TAR, MEDICINE, MAKING STEEL....

DUE TO NOx PUBLIC WELFARE CONSEQUENCES:

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300 MILLION YEARS AGO, GIANT PLANTS DIED IN SWAMPS. THE PLANTS WERE BURIED UNDER DIRT AND WATER.

PRESSURE AND HEAT TURNED DEAD PLANTS INTO COAL.

300 - 400 MILLION YEARS AGO, MARINE ALGAE DIED AND WAS BURIED ON THE OCEAN FLOOR. OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS, THE REMAINS WERE BURIED DEEPER AND DEEPER...

PRESSURE AND HEAT CHANGED SOME OF THIS ORGANIC MATTER INTO OIL AND GAS.