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What is the energy transfer in tidal power- E.g. Kinetic to Gravitational?
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What device changes gravitational potential to kinetic energy?
The free fall of the object in gravitational field changes its gravitational potential energy to kinetic energy
What is the equation for mechanical power?
It's:P= Fd/t
A bus engine transfers chemical potential energy into what so that the bus moves?
: the engine changes chemical energy into light and kinetic energy to power the car? Write your answer...
How does mechanical energy help you in your daily life?
machanist is a medium for energy. That energy from fossil fuels. The sun. Wind. water. and... consequencing has come with different means to turn into mechanical energy. And this mechanical energy in a process turned again to prove or electrical energy or movement.Answer: Improve Here are the different types of mechanical energy: 1) Kinetic energy - the energy associated with moving along a path ("kinetic energy of translation") or spinning ("kinetic energy of rotation") 2) Gravitational potential energy - energy that is stored or released as an object moves up or down in a gravitational field 3) Elastic potential energy - energy that is stored or released as an elastic object (like a spring or a rubber band) is deformed or relaxes --------------------------------------… An example: Imagine you see an uninflated red balloon sitting on the ground. It's not moving, so it has no kinetic energy. It's not inflated, so the rubber isn't stretched at all -- no potential energy has been stored in stretching the rubber. And it's sitting at ground level, so it's gravitational potential energy is zero as well. You are looking at a red balloon with no mechanical energy (remember the mechanical energy is the kinetic and potential energies all added together). You're feeling winsome today, so you pick up the balloon and blow it up and hold the opening pinched between your fingers. Is its mechanical energy still zero? Well, the kinetic energy is still zero, it's sitting right there in your hand. How about potential energy? Aha, you have stretched the rubber and stored up energy that way. Yes, and you also picked it up off the ground and moved it higher -- it now has some gravitational potential energy, too. Now you let the balloon go, and it flies up and away from you. Now, finally, there is some kinetic energy. There's a little more gravitational potential energy than before you let it go (because it is flying higher). And what about the elastic potential energy? It's getting smaller because the balloon is shrinking (becoming less stretched), and that potential energy is being transformed into the kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy of the now-moving balloon. When the balloon is completely deflated, its elastic potential energy will be zero, its gravitational potential energy will peak, and then begin to decrease. Its kinetic energy will increase proportionally as it falls (ignoring air resistance). Just before the balloon reaches the ground, its gravitational potential energy will be zero, and all its energy will be kinetic. After it hits the ground, the sum of its kinetic and potential energies, i.e. its mechanical energy, will again be zero. -------------------- Another example Mechanical energy (more specifically, electrical energy) can be explained by the ever growing sector of hybrid cars that use the energy generated by a typically underpowered engine coupled with a small electric engine. The development of brake energy regeneration, is what recharges the large battery that supplements the gas engine. During braking, the system will store energy in the battery, containing it as potential energy until is it required to power the vehicle, using it as kinetic energy! The principle of potential and kinetic energy is so broad, hundreds, maybe thousands, of examples can be fitted to the idea.
What is electricity produced by the kinetic energy of moving water?
Hydroelectric Power
What device changes gravitational potential to kinetic energy?
The free fall of the object in gravitational field changes its gravitational potential energy to kinetic energy
What type of energy has hydro power?
Hydro power has potential gravitational energy. Gravity will move the water. Moving water has kinetic energy.It is also renewable energy.
What are the energy changes that take place in a hydroelectric power station?
gravitational potential energy in the reservoir to kinetic energy in the water (when it's travel through the pipes) to kinetic energy in the turbine to electrical energy in the generator
How does nuclear energy chemical energy light energy sound energy kinetic energy elastic energy electrical energy gravitational energy elastic energy all connect?
Energy = mass = power = me
Is kinetic energy a noun?
Kinetic is an adjective. Energy is a noun. Kinetic means motion while energy is a form of power. Therefore, Kinetic energy is moving power.
How does hydroeletric power work?
Hydroelectric power utilises the gravitational potential of an elevated body of water by converting its kinetic energy into electrical energy as the water is permitted to flow downhill through a turbine
What energy transformations occur in an rubber power airplane?
the stretch of the rubber band cause elastic energy the movement of the plane cause kinetic energy and the height causes gravitational potential energy
How is wind power converted into kinetic energy?
wind power is kinetic energy. wind power is transfered into elctricity energy ect.
What energy changes takes place at the hydro electric power station?
Gravitational potential energy in the water is converted into mechanical energy by turning turbine "blades", the mechanical energy (kinetic energy) is converted to electrical energy by the electric generator.
All kinds of energy?
Potential energy, kinetic energy, solar energy, chemical energy, sound energy, nuclear energy, gravitational energy, electric energy, heat energy,
How does gravitational potential energy it transformed into electrical energy at Niagara Falls?
It is as simple as a windmill. Water pushes panels and just like a flashlight with power generated by a lever, it creates energy for much of the northeast. The person who started this is Nicola Tesla.
Is a real car a kinetic energy?
No. A real car IS not kinetic energy, but it HAS kinetic energy.No. A real car IS not kinetic energy, but it HAS kinetic energy.No. A real car IS not kinetic energy, but it HAS kinetic energy.No. A real car IS not kinetic energy, but it HAS kinetic energy.
