Carbon As Fuels

Carbon is an element (C) and atomic number 6. Belongs to group 14 on the periodic table, and it is non-metallic and tetravalent—having four electrons available to form covalent chemical bonds. There are three naturally occurring isotopes, with 12C and 13C being stable, while 14C is radioactive, decaying with a half-life of about 5,730 years…. And it is also the most abundant element found in nature. It has the ability to form long chains with other elements and also within itself because of Its valency 4. And this is known as the catenation property. 

Carbon and its compounds play a massive role. In the world that we live in.  We all know the forms of carbon asset shows the electric property satis graphite diamond and other carbon compounds. Carbon itself is not so important. But its inclusion in other compounds makes it a more valuable and necessary element in the world. 

Carbon

Most of the energy about 95%  is from the carbon and its compound hydrocarbons. Hydrocarbons are nothing but a compound from top hydrogen and carbon bonds.

 We can find hydrocarbon compounds in fossil fuels such as natural gas Coal petroleum etc.

Carbon, in the form of charcoal or coke, has been used since ancient times to smelt ores and reduce metals into useful alloys. Carbon is used in steelmaking, an important process that is critical to infrastructure development worldwide. The use of carbon for fuel for power generation, such as in coal-fired power plants and in households, is becoming less attractive as a result of its negative impacts on the environment. For example, carbon dioxide from vehicles is a major contributor to global climate change.

Fossil fuels provide most of the energy in the form of world’s electricity and its dominant in transportation as most of the trance petitions run on gasoline and diesel.

These are fuels that contain carbon. The most important carbon fuels are coal, oil, and natural gas. Coal, oil, and natural gas are nonrenewable energy sources. Coal is a solid fuel made from vegetable matter that has been changed by pressure and heat over thousands of years. As coal is burned, it releases energy. Pipelines transport natural gas. Oil is a dark liquid found in pockets or reservoirs in the Earth’s crust. These fuels release large amounts of heat on burning and so provide concentrated sources of energy. 

 Now we only get energy from fossil fuels when it is burnt rather more scientifically if I say when it is oxidised. 

Carbon Fuels Examples

Fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas. Crude oil, natural gas liquids, Petroleum (Gasoline and Diesel). 

Carbon Fuels Uses

Carbon Forms in Coal: Carbon forms in coal during the process of coalification. Coalification is a process where plant materials are converted to coal due to the effects of heat and pressure over a long period of time. This occurs when land plants die under tectonic pressure and begin to decay. The decay begins anaerobically by bacterial and fungal activity, forming peat which is about 50% carbon by weight. The resulting peat is buried under layers of rock and sand.

Carbon is an essential constituent of every living organism and is present in all environments.

• More than 85% of transportation uses fossil fuels. We can’t think of electric based cars as it requires an electric recharge station which is costly to set up. 
• In thermal plants i.e., NTPC ,  Nantong Power Station. All of them use coal which is a fossil fuel, the thermal energy we get from burning the coal up is used to run turbines which ultimately produces electricity. 
• Coal is always used to run furnaces for the smelting of metal ore.
• Beauty products use petroleum and its by-products which are nothing but carbon fuels. 

Problems We Face:-

Petroleum releases into the atmosphere pollutants such as Sulfur (SOx) Mercury, Lead and Particulates that cause considerable damage to health and climate change; it also results in soil contamination and pollution of water sources, with deleterious consequence to ecosystems

• Health hazards such as inhaling lead particles from the atmosphere. 
• Causes Ozone depletion. 
• Causes global temperature to rise. 

When fossil fuels are burned, they launch massive quantities of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into the air. Greenhouse gases entice warmness in our atmosphere, inflicting global warming. Already the common international temperature has accelerated by means of 1C. Warming above 1.5°C dangers in addition to sea level rise, excessive weather, biodiversity loss and species extinction, in addition to meals scarcity, worsening fitness and poverty for hundreds of thousands of human beings worldwide.

Conclusion

Humans consume carbon for energy, as part of the food chain, and in many other ways. Carbon has always been a part of a constantly changing environment. The addition of more carbon to the environment through fossil fuel combustion is a potential concern because so much carbon exists only in these large deposits and because these fuels are now being consumed at extraordinary rates. Our use of fossil fuels has led to their widespread dispersion into the atmosphere. The burning of fossil fuels has a number of disadvantages, however. It releases pollutants into the atmosphere. It also uses up nonrenewable resources at a faster rate than these fossil fuels can be replaced.