Assignment: In a well-organized report of at least 1250 words (and not more than 1600 words), write a detailed descriiption of a specific technical process designed to reduce or eliminate carbon-dioxide emissions from a specific source, such as cars, factories, agriculture, etc. Use MLA manuscriipt format and documentation style for your report. Focus on explaining the scientific principles and engineering details of the process–not on broad, nontechnical issues or on superficial aspects of a commercial product. Tell how the process works.ust decide how to explain things to them clearly without losing important information.
Research Help:
Writing Help: For help in writing your descriiption, study pages 547-555 in our textbook. Drawing upon Table 20.1 on page 550, here are some questions to consider in your descriiption:
What is the process?
Where and how was it developed? By whom?
What is the function of the process?
Where and how does the process take place?
Who or what performs the process?
How does the process work?
What are the principal steps in the process?
How effective is the process?
How does the process compare to other ways of lowering carbon emissions, in terms of cost and effectiveness?
What, if any, problems or limitations are there with the process?
Pay attention to the Guidelines on Providing Appropriate Detail in Descriiptions on pages 551-552. Also, note that “a typical descriiption has a brief conclusion that summarizes it and prevents readers from overemphasizing the part or step discussed last.
Use a system of headings to guide your readers.
To produce a well-written report, also do the following things:
Use a system of headings to guide your readers.
Synthesize at least four sources (and not more than seven) into your report. At least three of these sources must be from scholarly journals found through the Library’s databases. ( PLEASE USE THESE SOURCES:
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Introduce each major source by author(s) and title; include a one- or two-sentence summary.
Integrate quotations into your sentence structures; that is, no quotation should merely be dropped into a paragraph.
Quotations should make up no more than 25 percent of your report. Do not use block quotations.
Use at least one diagram and one other visual to help your readers understand the process that you are reporting on. All visuals must have a figure number, caption, and MLA citation.
Observe the conventions of standard English in all of your sentences. Review Chapter 10 in the textbook.
Use MLA use signal phrases and parenthetical citations (for sources that have page numbers). The in-text citations and Works Cited page should conform to the latest update of MLA style.
Note: This technical descriiption is worth 25 percent of your overall grade in the course.
THIS IS AN ANNOTATED BIBLIGORAPHY OF THE SOURCES
Annotated Bibliography
De Masi, Rosa Francesca, et al. “Passive Envelope Solutions to Aid Design of Sustainable Livestock Buildings in Mediterranean Climate.” Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 311, 10 June 2021, p. 127444., (Links to an external site.).
De Masi and her team explore the world wide green house gas emission problem that comes with the cattle industry. The team specifically studied the dairy cow industry, and possible ways to reduce or contain the levels of methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide released from these cows. Their goal was to find an effective method to reduce the amount of greenhouse gasses the dairy farm industry produces, at the same time, trying not to decrease the productivity of the farm and to be conscience of the animals at work. Their method of research is known as the parametric analysis, the study of the influence of different geometric or physical parameters or both on the solution of a problem. Housing, building material and ventilation are the main variables in their research. Their results supports the need and benefit of sustainable dairy cow practices. Their research provides imperative information on the possible solutions of cattle green house gas’s emissions.
Tongwane, Mphethe I., and Mokhele E. Moeletsi. “Emission Factors and Carbon Emissions of Methane from Enteric Fermentation of Cattle Produced under Different Management Systems in South Africa.” Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 265, 7 May 2020, p. 121931., (Links to an external site.).
Tongwane and Moeletsi are South African agriculture research specialists, studying the emission factors for methane produced by cattle during the enteric fermentation, fermentation that takes place in the digestive systems of animals. They split the cattle industry into subcategories, commercial, dairy and beef, then calculated the emissions factors for each subcategory. After all the calculations were finished, they took the results to compare with past studies. Their results supports and provides data on the cattle industry and the amounts of greenhouse gasses emitted. On top of providing world wide effects of the cattle industry.
Costa Jr., Newton Borges, et al. “Public Policies for Low Carbon Emission Agriculture Foster Beef Cattle Production in Southern Brazil.” Land Use Policy, vol. 80, 15 Oct. 2018, pp. 269–273., .
The research team are Brazilin agriculture specialist , studying two public policies relating to the beef cattle production in Southern Brazil. During this study they took into consideration the heavy dependence the rural government has on cattle while trying to reduce the carbon emissions the cattle has o n the environment. This study is an important aspect of my technical descriiption because this provides proof of feasibility on the restrictions of cattle farming.
Benedeti, Pedro Del, et al. “Does Partial Replacement of Corn with Glycerin in Beef Cattle Diets Affect in Vitro Ruminal Fermentation, Gas Production Kinetic, and Enteric Greenhouse Gas Emissions?” PLOS ONE, vol. 13, no. 6, 2018, (Links to an external site.).
During this study, the team researched different feed for cattle to reducted the GHG (green house gasses) produced during the ruminal fermentation stage of digestion. The ruminal fermentation stage is the process that converts ingested feed into energy sources for the host, similar to another source mentioned. Their research is extremely important to my paper to reduce the carbon footprint the cattle industry leaves.
