File 68248
File 68248
File 68248
energy resources
Why & how teach energy?
5 minutes
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It’s easy to go wrong
In what way is each of these statements wrong?
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Energy historically
Steam engines:
• 1712 Newcomen,
efficiency ~1%,
• 1775 Boulton &
Watt, efficiency ~7%
Energy and power
by analogy
energy power time water volume flow time
measured in joules, MJ or kWh measured in litres
energy volume
power water flow
time time
measured in joules per second, measured in litres per minute
W, MW, GW, TW, kWh per day
Energy today
How many Mars bars would I need to climb a mountain?
How much coal/oil do I use in a day?
Will UK electricity production match peak demand?
Can the Sun supply the world’s energy needs?
What is the efficiency of a motor?
How high can a projectile go?
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Learning outcomes
• describe physical processes in terms of energy stores and transfers
Richard Feynman
Work done
W = F ´ displacement = F ´ (average velocity ´ time)
v v mv 2
W = Ft ´ = mv( ) =
2 2 2
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Energy efficiency
Sankey diagrams
product labelling
Thermal transfers
Energy transfer from one store to another because of a
temperature difference.
Table
Cooling or heating curves
previously schools used naphthalene (now hexadecanol)
Cooling or heating curves
Latent heat
Experiments
• Fusion: Melting ice in a calorimeter