steam engine? Carnot cycle heat engine?
You are converting mechanical energy into thermal energy. This is why your hands will feel warmer after rubbing them together.
Mechanical energy can create thermal energy by doing work on a substance, such as compressing a gas, or by friction as in brakes on a vehicle, which get very hot under braking.
steam engine mechanism.(converts thermal energy to mechanical.)
Steam engine is a device that transforms thermal energy into mechanical energy. An internal combustion engine (I.C Engine) can transform thermal energy into mechanical energy. In nuclear power plant also the heat energy released is used to turn the turbine and thus thermal energy is converted into mechanical energy of rotation of turbine. This mechanical energy of turbine is further converted into electrical energy in generator.
A car's energy source is the chemical energy of it's fuel. This energy is liberated as thermal energy in the pressurized heated gas products. The expansion of the gases in the engine's cylinders, now mechanical energy, is directed toward the mechanical devices that will direct this energy to the rotation of the wheels. A car's engine is a heat engine. It transforms thermal energy in the form of heat to mechanical energy. But according to thermodynamics 2nd law, it cannot transform all of the heat to mechanical energy, just some amount. The rest of the heat has to be dissipated to a low temperature heat deposit (or heat sink). That's why a car needs a heat dissipating system (the radiator).
Combustion (fire or burning) is arguably the most common example of converting chemical energy into thermal energy. But consider that all animals create a bit of thermal energy converting chemical energy into heat (as well as some mechanical energy) when they move.
An engine is a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
Combustion (fire or burning) is arguably the most common example of converting chemical energy into thermal energy. But consider that all animals create a bit of thermal energy converting chemical energy into heat (as well as some mechanical energy) when they move.
You are converting mechanical energy into thermal energy. This is why your hands will feel warmer after rubbing them together.
Mechanical energy can create thermal energy by doing work on a substance, such as compressing a gas, or by friction as in brakes on a vehicle, which get very hot under braking.
When a muscle contracts, it performs work. It does this byA)converting chemical energy to mechanical energy.B)converting mechanical energy into heat energy.C)converting mass into energy.D)creating energy.
steam engine mechanism.(converts thermal energy to mechanical.)
Which internal energy source produces heat by converting gravitational potential energy into thermal energy?
photosynthesis!!
rubbing handsMechanical energy converted to thermal energy
Steam engine is a device that transforms thermal energy into mechanical energy. An internal combustion engine (I.C Engine) can transform thermal energy into mechanical energy. In nuclear power plant also the heat energy released is used to turn the turbine and thus thermal energy is converted into mechanical energy of rotation of turbine. This mechanical energy of turbine is further converted into electrical energy in generator.
A car's energy source is the chemical energy of it's fuel. This energy is liberated as thermal energy in the pressurized heated gas products. The expansion of the gases in the engine's cylinders, now mechanical energy, is directed toward the mechanical devices that will direct this energy to the rotation of the wheels. A car's engine is a heat engine. It transforms thermal energy in the form of heat to mechanical energy. But according to thermodynamics 2nd law, it cannot transform all of the heat to mechanical energy, just some amount. The rest of the heat has to be dissipated to a low temperature heat deposit (or heat sink). That's why a car needs a heat dissipating system (the radiator).