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    Sankey diagrams can be used to show energy transfers and calculate efficiency. They depict the proportion of energy transferred at each stage of a process. For example, a Sankey diagram for a power station shows that from an initial 100J of chemical energy from coal, 30J is transferred as useful electric energy, while 70J is lost as heat at various stages. This allows the efficiency of the power station to be calculated as 30%. Sankey diagrams provide a way to track energy transfers and losses to determine overall efficiency.

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    Sankey diagrams can be used to show energy transfers and calculate efficiency. They depict the proportion of energy transferred at each stage of a process. For example, a Sankey diagram for a power station shows that from an initial 100J of chemical energy from coal, 30J is transferred as useful electric energy, while 70J is lost as heat at various stages. This allows the efficiency of the power station to be calculated as 30%. Sankey diagrams provide a way to track energy transfers and losses to determine overall efficiency.

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    Sankey diagrams can be used to show energy transfers and calculate efficiency. They depict the proportion of energy transferred at each stage of a process. For example, a Sankey diagram for a power station shows that from an initial 100J of chemical energy from coal, 30J is transferred as useful electric energy, while 70J is lost as heat at various stages. This allows the efficiency of the power station to be calculated as 30%. Sankey diagrams provide a way to track energy transfers and losses to determine overall efficiency.

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    Sankey Diagrams and Efficiency

    Energy is defined as an object’s ability to do useful work and is measured in J


    oules . For IGCSE
    we consider that there are eight types of energy store; kinetic , elastic, nuclear, thermal (heat
    ), chemical ,electrostatic, m and gravitational.
    agnetic
    These energy stores can be transferred by three different processes by heating, mechanically
    and by radiation (l and sound) electrical
    ight
    principleofthe
    Conservation of Energy
    Energy is neither created nor destroyed it is simply transferved from one store to another.

    Transfer Diagrams
    These show how the energy is transformed in a certain process. E.g A battery operated torch.
    Chemical Potential Thermal Energy
    Energy (in battery) (from bulb)
    Electrically By Radiation

    Draw three of the energy transfer diagrams from the energy circus
    experiments you have just done.

    1.rubbing
    IiiÉ tt nayDTHermal
    Batteryoperatedfan
    2. chemicalaearicany ninetic

    SkyDiver kinetic
    3. Gravitational
    ab

    Wasted Energy
    In most energy transfers some energy is converted to a form that isn’t useful. We call this wasted
    energy and normally it is one of two forms th or s . This is easily added to our
    energy transfer diagrams. Complete this diagram for an electric motor.
    Electrically
    Chemical energy Kinetic Energy + +

    Sankey Diagrams
    Sankey diagrams not only show the energy transfers but also show the proportion of energy
    transferred at each stage enable calculations of efficiency.

    Energy Transfers in a power station


    30J of Electric
    100J Energy (this is
    Chemical the useful
    Potential output)
    Energy from 15J lost as heat
    Coal and sound in the So the efficiency
    25J lost as heat to the 30J lost as heat
    to the generators is 30/100 or 30%
    surrounding
    surroundings in
    atmosphere in the the turbines.
    boiler

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