fossil fuel
31Flue gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion — refers to the combustion product gas resulting from the burning of fossil fuels [http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/ap42/index.html Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors] ] . Most fossil fuels are combusted with ambient air (as differentiated… …
32Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation — The Non Fossil Fuel Obligation (NFFO) refers to a collection of orders requiring the electricity Distribution Network Operators in England and Wales to purchase electricity from the nuclear power and renewable energy sectors. Similar mechanisms… …
33Future of Fossil Fuel — ▪ 2009 During the first half of 2008, prices of fossil fuels petroleum (oil), natural gas, and coal rose steeply. Crude oil prices, for example, set record highs on a regular basis and soared for a short time to more than double the average …
34Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plants — The Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plants (ZEP) is a European Technology Platform (ETP) initiative to improve the competitive situation of the European Union in the field of greenhouse gas emission.The programme is a joint initiative (Public… …
35Fossil fuel plant — A plant using coal, petroleum, or gas as its source of energy. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary …
36Fuel efficiency — is a form of thermal efficiency, meaning the efficiency of a process that converts chemical potential energy contained in a carrier fuel into kinetic energy or work. Overall fuel efficiency may vary per device, which in turn may vary per… …
37Fossil Fools Day — is an environmental demonstration day. It occurs on April 1st. The name is a play on the term fossil fuels and April Fools Day. Fossil Fools Day began in 2005. Events are held in many cities around the world. These events oppose energy derived… …
38fossil — 1610s (n.) any thing dug up; 1650s (adj.) obtained by digging, from Fr. fossile (16c.), from L. fossilis dug up, from fossus, pp. of fodere to dig, from PIE root *bhedh to dig, pierce. Restricted noun sense of geological remains of a plant or… …
39Fuel — For other uses, see Fuel (disambiguation). Wood was one of the first fuels used by humans and is still the primary energy source in much of the world.[citation needed] Fuel is any material that stores …
40fuel cell — a device that produces a continuous electric current directly from the oxidation of a fuel, as that of hydrogen by oxygen. [1920 25] * * * Device that converts chemical energy of a fuel directly into electricity (see electrochemistry). Fuel cells …
