Energy Transfer and Efficiency Flashcards
Name the 9 types of energy.
Kinetic, electromagnetic, sound, thermal, electrical, nuclear, chemical, gravitational potential, elastic potential.
What is the Law of the Conservation of Energy?
Energy can not be created or destroyed, only transferred from one form to another.
What happens when energy is transferred from one form to another?
We get useful energy - the energy we want
The rest is wasted energy
Wasted energy is usually heat and sound due to friction
What does all energy eventually end up as?
Thermal energy - can not be collected or used for anything.
What is the calculation for efficiency?
Useful energy output / total energy output
What is the unit for efficiency?
There isn’t one. It is expressed as a decimal or percentage.
SANKEY DIAGRAMS
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