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There is change in Earth’s average surface air temperature by 2 \(^\circ{\rm C} \) between word war (WW)-II till 2020 due to Industrial Revolution by human activity to full fill their greed with respect to natural phenomenon [IPCC AR6 WG1 2021, SPM-7].

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  1. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi, India

    Gopal Nath Tiwari

  2. BERS Public School, Margupur, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Appendices

Problems

Problem 5.1

Calculate methane (CH4) in tons for Example 5.4 and 5.5 and compare it results with the carbon96 footprint obtained in the same Examples.

Hint: See Example 5.4 and use Eq. 5.4b and Tables 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3.

Problem 5.2

Calculate nitric oxide (N2O) in tons, for Example 5.4 and 5.4, and compare results with carbon footprint obtained in the same Examples.

Hint: See Example 5.4 and use Eq. 5.4c and Tables 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3.

Problem 5.3

Calculate total carbon footprint of Examples 5.4 and 5.5 and Problems 5.1 and 5.2.

Hint: Add carbon footprint obtained in Examples 5.4 and 5.5 and Problems 5.1 and 5.2.

Problem 5.4

Calculate total carbon footprint for fossil fuels namely petroleum and natural gas for 10 and 20 m3 for scope–I.

Hint: See Example 5.6.

Problem 5.5

Calculate total carbon footprint for fossil fuels namely petroleum and natural gas for 8,300 and 14 metric tons for scope–I.

Hint: Use Eq. 5.6 and Table 5.3.

Problem 5.6

Calculate total carbon footprint for fossil fuels namely petroleum and natural gas for 8,300 and 14 metric tons for scope–II.

Hint: Use Eq. 5.6 and Table 5.3.

Problem 5.7

Calculate total carbon footprint for fossil fuels petroleum and natural gas for 1000 L and 10,000 L.

Hint: Use Eq. 5.6 and Table 5.3.

Objective Questions

  1. 5.1

    Global warming potential (GWP) for greenhouse emission is maximum for

    1. (a)

      Coal

    2. (b)

      Sulphur hexafluoride

    3. (c)

      Nitrous oxide

    4. (d)

      Methane

Answer: (b)

  1. 5.2

    Global warming potential (GWP) for greenhouse emission is minimum for

    1. (a)

      Coal

    2. (b)

      Sulphure hexafluoride

    3. (c)

      Nitrous oxide

    4. (d)

      Methane

Answer: (a)

  1. 5.3

    The global warming potential (GWP) for greenhouse emission for coal is

    1. (a)

      One

    2. (b)

      Hundreds

    3. (c)

      0.1

    4. (d)

      0.001

Answer: (a)

  1. 5.4

    The maximum heating value among coal, petroleum, natural gas and Lignite coal is for

    1. (a)

      Coal

    2. (b)

      Petroleum

    3. (c)

      Natural gas

    4. (d)

      Lignite

Answer: (c)

  1. 5.5

    Maximum density of fossil fuel is for

    1. (a)

      Petroleum

    2. (b)

      Natural gas

    3. (c)

      Coal

    4. (d)

      All of these

Answer: (c)

  1. 5.6

    Oxidization factor (\({F}_{ox}\)) is one for

    1. (a)

      Coal

    2. (b)

      Petroleum

    3. (c)

      Natural gas

    4. (d)

      All of these

Answer: (d)

  1. 5.7

    Storage factors (\({{\varvec{F}}}_{{\varvec{s}}{\varvec{t}}}\)) for coal is

    1. (a)

      Ten

    2. (b)

      Zero

    3. (c)

      Five

    4. (d)

      None of these

Answer: (b)

  1. 5.8

    Storage factors (\({{\varvec{F}}}_{{\varvec{s}}{\varvec{t}}}\)) for coal tar is

    1. (a)

      Ten

    2. (b)

      Zero

    3. (c)

      Five

    4. (d)

      One

Answer: (d)

  1. 5.9

    The mud house as shown in Fig. 5.7i is known as

    1. (a)

      Zero energy building

    2. (b)

      Net-zero energy building

    3. (c)

      Energy intensive building

    4. (d)

      All of these

Answer: (a)

  1. 5.10

    The grass house as shown in Fig. 5.7ii is known as

    1. (a)

      Zero energy building

    2. (b)

      Net-zero energy building

    3. (c)

      Energy intensive building

    4. (d)

      All of these

Answer: (a)

  1. 5.11

    The house shown in Fig. 5.8 is known as

    1. (a)

      Passive house

    2. (b)

      Energy efficient house

    3. (c)

      Active house

    4. (d)

      Hybrid house

Answer: (a) and (b)

  1. 5.12

    White painting on outside building is most suitable for

    1. (a)

      Winter condition

    2. (b)

      Rainy season

    3. (c)

      Summer condition

    4. (d)

      All of these

Answer: (d)

  1. 5.13

    Black painting and glazed on outside building is most suitable for

    1. (a)

      Winter condition

    2. (b)

      Rainy season

    3. (c)

      Summer condition

    4. (d)

      All of these

Answer: (a)

  1. 5.14

    The mmbtu stands for

    1. (a)

      Metric million British thermal unit

    2. (b)

      Metric million Bangladesh thermal unit

    3. (c)

      Metric million Bangalore thermal unit

    4. (d)

      All of these

Answer: (a)

  1. 5.15

    One mmbtu is equal to

    1. (a)

      295 kWh

    2. (b)

      295 Wh

    3. (c)

      295 W

    4. (d)

      None of these

Answer: (a)

  1. 5.16

    One mega joule is equal to

    1. (a)

      28 kWh

    2. (b)

      2.8 kWh

    3. (c)

      0.028 kWh

    4. (d)

      0.28 kWh

Answer: (d)

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Tiwari, G.N. (2024). Climate Change. In: Energy, Ecology and Environment. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3997-8_5

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