Across
- 2. sources of energy that are naturally replenished
- 3. the process of producing syngas from coal, water, and sometimes O2
- 4. a collection of chemical reactions that converts a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen/water gas to liquid hydrocarbons
- 8. materials extracted from the ground and burned to generate energy
- 9. materials that can be used to generate energy from fission or fusion of atoms
- 12. alkylation of unsaturated fuels (creating larger and branched molecules)
- 14. a positively charged carbon atom (usually intermediate)
- 15. the column which petroleum is fractionated through
- 17. finite sources of energy
- 18. sources of power
- 19. light hydrocarbons (in gas state) that are extracted directly from the oil mining process
- 21. a molecule comprised of entirely carbon and hydrogen
Down
- 1. a fuel gas mixture made of hydrogen carbon monoxide and some carbon dioxide
- 5. a general term regarding a mixture of organic molecules (mainly hydrocarbons) extracted from the earth
- 6. a source of energy seldom used in its own state (made into a secondary source)
- 7. taking actions to preserve resources used for energy production
- 10. the separation of a mixture into its component parts (fractions)
- 11. the process in which striaght chain hydrocarbons are reformed to more efficient, branched-chain alkanes and cycloalkanes (some aromatics too) via catalyst
- 13. a rating of combustion performance
- 16. the lightest hydrocarbons produced in the refinery process
- 20. the process in which unsaturated hydrcarbons are extended