Energy Calculations - Practice

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Fossil Fuel Uses

How quickly we will use them?

Estimated by past consumption.

Actual Year Year Fossil Fuel Consumption (Ej/yr)

1965 65 148

1970 70 195

1975 75 224

1980 80 255

1985 85 267

1990 90 299

1995 95 312

2000 100 340

2005 105 393

2010 110 436

Finding Line of
best Fit to
estimate future
use:
 Line of Best Fit: The line of best fit must have a quadratic.
The Y intercept is zero.
Y= (_____)x2 + (______)x
Using a calculator the blanks are filled in and the equation
becomes
Y= 0.0291x2 + 0.6619x
Integrating the equation to find the total fossil fuels used:
Y= f(0.0291x2 + 0.6619x + 0)------>
Y= 0.0097x3 + 0.33095x2

How much fossil fuels are left?

Total Fossil Fuels on Earth:based on British Petroleum 60,000 Ej/yr before any
fossil fuel consumption. Just an estimate.

When Will We run out of Fossil Fuels Consumed:

60,000 = 0.0097(year)3 + 0.33095(year)2

Solve for year

Year = 173 ------> 2073
Additional Problems
1. By including unconventional fossil fuels resources,
the United Nations estimated the total fossil fuels resource base (poir to
any fossil fuel consumption) to have been roughly 300,000 Ej/yr.
Calculate what your fossil fuels would be exhausted using this estimate
for the total amount of fossil fuels that existed prior to any fossil fuel
consumption.
300,000 = 0.0097(year)3 + 0.33095(year)2
Y = 0.0097(302)3 + 0.33095(302)2
Y = 0.0097(27,543,608) + 0.33095(91,204)
Y = 267,173 + 30,184
Y= 300,000
Year = 302 -------> 2202
2. Use a third order polynomial to characterize the initial data set and work
??????/ through the same calculations to determine when fossil fuels will run
out.
3. Using the trapezoidal rule and initial data
set, calculate the amount of fossil ???? ? fuels
consumed between 1980 and 2000 compare the result obtained
by ??????????/ integrating the equation for annual
fossil fuel consumption between these ????///
dates.
Annual Energy Uses
Energy Used in United States
Oil: 288 billion gallons x 122,000 BTU per gallon = 35.28 quads
Natural Gas: 24.37 trillion cubic feet x 1019 BTU per cubic foot = 24.84 Quads
Coal: 1 billion tons x 19.64 Million BTU per ton = 19.64 Quads
Other: 17.40
Total: 97.16
Annual per capita energy consumption
US= 97.16 / 315 Million = 308 Million BTU/ Person
China = 104 / 1.3 Billion = 80 Million BTU/ Person
Additional Questions
1. India consumes roughly 22.18 quads of energy
each year and has a total population of roughly 1.24 billion people.
Calculate the per-capita energy consumption for India. How does
this compare to that of the U.S and China.
22.18/1.24 = 2.218 x 1016 / 1,240,000,000 = 18 Million BTU/Person
This is much less than both the US and China. The average person
in the US uses 17 times the amount of energy as someone in India.
The average chinese person uses 4 and a half times the amount of
energy as someone in india.

Equations of Motion
Rate:
Distance = rate (velocity) x time
Drifters rate: 50 yd = r x 3.47 -> r = 50 yd / 3.47 s = 14.14
yd/s = 29.5 mph
Acceleration:
V = a x dt = a x t + c C = 7.33
14.2 = a x 4.6 + 7.33
a = 1.54 yd/s2
d = () x a x t2) + (C x t) + D
(()1.54 x (4.6)2) + (7.33 x 4.46) + 0 = 50
Car:
a = 21,600 mi/hr2
v = 21,600 x t
d = () 21,600 x t2
 v = 21,600 x 3 = 64,800
v = 21,600 x 10 = 216,000

Additional Questions

1. Find the equations of motion for a ball that is dropped from an 80-
foot building (neglecting drag). The ball will have a constant acceleration of 32.18
ft/s2. How fast is the ball traveling when it reaches the ground?

2. Find the velocity equation (in ft/s) and the acceleration equation
(ft/s2) for a moving object with a distance that can be described by the function
below. Then calculate the distance, velocity, and acceleration in 10 seconds. d=
15t3 + 2t + 4

3. In 2009, Usain Bolt ran 100 meters in 9.58 seconds. Calculate

bolt's average speed during that run and compare it with Drifters speed