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Orimulsion
In order to improve supply security, and therefore the diversification of sources to produce electric energy, in Italy, in some thermoelectric plants (for example the one in Brindisi Sud), Orimulsion is used. It is a fuel, alternative to oil fuel (and to coal) that, with the same environmental impact, is cheaper than oil and similar to coal. Orimulsion is extracted from the fields of Orinoco river in Venezuela and it is a mixture of natural bitumen (70%) and fresh water (30%). It is stored and transported at room temperature and has already been used for a long time in Denmark, Canada and Japan.
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Where does energy come from?
Every day the Earth receives enough solar energy to satisfy the global energy need...
Every day the Earth receives enough solar energy to satisfy the global energy need...
Plants activate electrons
In all electric plants, excluding photovoltaic solar plants, mechanic energy is transformed into electric energy through the same basic procedure...
In all electric plants, excluding photovoltaic solar plants, mechanic energy is transformed into electric energy through the same basic procedure...
Peat and peat-bogs
The age of coal starts towards the mid 1600s, stimulated by the need for finding an alternative energy source to wood...
The age of coal starts towards the mid 1600s, stimulated by the need for finding an alternative energy source to wood...
Geographical distribution of energy
Every day the Earth receives enough solar energy to satisfy the global energy need. Unfortunately we cannot exploit all this energy...
Every day the Earth receives enough solar energy to satisfy the global energy need. Unfortunately we cannot exploit all this energy...
Cracking operations
At the end of the fractional distillation, long hydrocarbon molecules can be transformed into lighter molecules by means of more advanced techniques (cracking)...
At the end of the fractional distillation, long hydrocarbon molecules can be transformed into lighter molecules by means of more advanced techniques (cracking)...
