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How do you convert electrical energy into gravitational potential energy?
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You could for example drive an electric train up a mountain track, or you could raise a heavy weight using an electric crane.
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What does the word GPE stand for?
Original Answer (Physics): Gravitational Potential Energy -------------------- Electrical Answer: If this is electrically related, perhaps you mean GFPE which means Ground Fault Protection for Equipment.
What do electric cells do?
convert chemical energy into electrical energy
What type of energy is a wall socket?
Electrical energy comes out of a wall socket.
What is the principle and working of dynamo?
convert mechanical energy to electrical energy
What is a device that converts electic energy?
Here are a few examples: Engines (gasoline, diesel, gas turbine) - Convert chemical energy to mechanical energy. Electric motors - Convert electrical energy to mechanical energy. Wind turbines - Convert the kinetic energy of wind into mechanical energy (which is then commonly turned into electrical energy by a generator hooked to the turbine). A light bulb - Turns electrical energy into light and heat. A wood stove - turns chemical energy into heat (and a bit of light) A roller coaster - converts back-and-forth between potential energy (the cars high on a hill) to kinetic energy (the cars going fast). A solar cell - Turns light into electricity
What turns gravitational potential energy into electrical energy?
Dams convert the GPE of falling water into electrical energy via turbines.
Can you convert potential energy to electrical energy?
Yes.
Is a windmill gravitational energy?
no -- the windmill converts the kinetic energy from wind to electrical energy. Gravitational energy is another term for potential energy.
What two factors determine the potential energy of an elevated object?
Potential energy can be descirbed in many forms: gravitational potential, electrical potential and so forth. For gravitational potential energy, the formula is E=mgh, where E is the gravitational potential energy, m is the mass of the object , g is the strength of the prevailent gravitational field and h is the height above that field. In this instance, the factors determing the potential energy are threefold; the mass, the gravitational field strength and the height. For electrical potential, the factors vary depending on what electrical field, componant or senario you are dealing with. In essence, an object has electrical potential energy when it has become charged (such as an Ion), or it is feeling the effects of conflicting magnetic feilds and motion (as in electro-magnetic induction).
What is gravitational potential energy turned into when you r using car?
On a level surface, the gravitational potential energy will remain constant. If you start travelling down a hill then a proportion of the gravitational energy will change to kinetic energy. If you were to drive off a cliff, then all of the gravitational potential energy would convert into kinetic energy.
Why is potentials energy sometimes called stored energy?
Because it is. Gravitational potential energy is energy stored in the gravitational field, electrical potential energy is energy stored in the electric field, magnetic potential energy is stored in the magnetic field, etc.
What energy does an object possess because of its position in a gravitational field?
That is called gravitational potential energy. When no confusion is possible, it might just be called "potential energy", although there are other types of potential energy, such as the potential energy in an electrical or magnetic field.
What things use gravitational potential energy?
The medieval war machine the trebuchet uses gravitational potential energy to hurl rocks. Hydroelectric dams use the gravitational potential of water to convert to kinetic energy to drive a turbine and create electricity.
Does a battery contain chemical energy?
Yes, a battery contains potential chemical energy.
The kind of energy an object has due to position?
Potential energy is the energy possessed by an object due to its position . Examples of potential energy are gravitational, chemical and electrical.
How do you convert gravitational energy into electrical energy?
Falling water , gravity energy, drives generators to produce electricity.
The energy of position such as a rock on a hill is what energy?
Gravitational energy Potential energy
