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Questions Calorimetry Using A Bomb Calorimeter

This document discusses a series of questions related to energy storage and calorimetry. It addresses: 1) How electricity is generated from water flowing between a reservoir and sea, and why this is not ideal for a solar plant located in the desert. 2) Why lithium-ion batteries are not used for long term energy storage (because they lose charge over time). 3) How the energy stored in a chemical compound can be determined (by burning it and measuring the heat released in a bomb calorimeter). 4) Confirms that joules is the unit of measurement for energy. 5) States that volume (V) stays constant in bomb calorimetry experiments.

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Questions Calorimetry Using A Bomb Calorimeter

This document discusses a series of questions related to energy storage and calorimetry. It addresses: 1) How electricity is generated from water flowing between a reservoir and sea, and why this is not ideal for a solar plant located in the desert. 2) Why lithium-ion batteries are not used for long term energy storage (because they lose charge over time). 3) How the energy stored in a chemical compound can be determined (by burning it and measuring the heat released in a bomb calorimeter). 4) Confirms that joules is the unit of measurement for energy. 5) States that volume (V) stays constant in bomb calorimetry experiments.

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Calorimetry: Using a bomb calorimeter

Question 1: Engineer: How is the energy for this process stored?


✓ Electricity is used to pump the water from the sea to the reservoir. Water flowing back down
drives a generator which makes electricity.
– A generator converts solar energy into electricity. Electricity is used to power a watering
system.
– A generator converts solar energy into electricity used to pump water from the sea to the
reservoir.
– Electricity powers a watering system. Water flows from the reservoir to the sea turning a
generator which makes electricity.

Question 2: Engineer: Can you think of a reason why this way of storing energy is not ideal for our
solar power plant?
✓ Because the solar power plant is located in a desert, far from large bodies of water.
– Potential energy is not as good as electrical energy
– Moving water around is not storing energy
– Because it is a solar power plant and not a water power plant

Question 3: Engineer: Lithium-ion batteries are not used for long term storage of energy. Why do
you think that is?
✓ Because they lose charge over time
– Because they take a long time to charge
– Because they can only be used for small items, like phones
– Because they are not safe to use

Question 4: How do you think we can determine how much energy is stored in a chemical
compound?
✓ Burn it and measure how much heat it releases.
– Measure the electrochemical properties using cyclic voltammetry.
– Put it into a fuel tank and measure how far the car can drive.
– Measure the energy in the bonds using infrared spectroscopy.

Question 5: The unit of enthalpy is Jjoules. What is Jjoules a measure of?


✓ Energy
– Temperature
– Sugar content
– Fat content

Question 6: Which part of the equation stays constant in this experiment?


✓ V (volume)
– U (energy)
– H (enthalpy)
– p (pressure)

Question 7: What happens to the equation ∆H = ∆U + V∆p if the change in pressure is very small?
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✓ Then ∆U ■much greater than V∆p, so we can assume ∆H = ∆U
– Then V∆p = V, so we can assume ∆H = ∆U + V
– Then ∆U ■much less than V∆p, so we can assume ∆H = V∆p
– Then V∆p = ∆p, so we can assume ∆H = ∆U + ∆p

Question 8: Which of these statements regarding the storage materials is false?

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✓ LP gas and gasoline have the same specific energy and thus are equally well suited as fuels
for a vehicle
– The energy density of Li-ion batteries is lower because it's another type of storage material
– Even though carbohydrates have a lower specific energy than hydrocarbon fuels, their
energy density is higher because they are solids
– Hydrogen has the highest specific energy, but its energy density is quite low

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