Re: Can heat be converted to kinetic energy (move a ball or turn turbines)???
- From: Joe <efischer@ig1oucom>
- Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:02:22 -0500
"guskz@xxxxxxxxxxx" <guskz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ok thanks Tom....I guess gazoline isn't hot and it generate huge heat
when a match is lit.
Take a few chemistry classes and see why.
But as for a turbine ...like water I believe the heat (or heated
molecules) simply turns the turbine but is not absorbed or lost
(meaning not converted itslef into energy?)
A portion of the heat is converted to energy, but there
is always a lot of heat wasted in steam power plant turbines,
study the different types of heat engines and work the
formulae that tell how much energy can be produced with
different temperature differentials between the boiler heat
and the condensor exhaust.
Hydro power plants convert a portion of the kinetic energy
resulting from falling due to gravity, and may even make
the exhaust slightly warmer due to friction.
After about 20 years of school, most of the mysteries
will vanish, but newer and more difficult ones will take
their place.
Joe Fischer
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