{"id":1642,"date":"2022-11-16T10:30:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T05:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aplustopper.com\/?p=1642"},"modified":"2022-11-17T11:05:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T05:35:26","slug":"sources-of-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aplustopper.com\/sources-of-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the Sources of Energy?"},"content":{"rendered":"
If energy can neither be created nor destroyed, we should have no worries! We should be able to perform endless activities without thinking about energy resources then why we speak to save energy ?
\nIts because energy from the usable form, is dissipated to the surroundings in less usable forms. Hence, any source of energy we use, to do work, is consumed and cannot be used again.<\/p>\n
A good source of energy would be one<\/p>\n
Natural resources can be classified into the renewable resources and non-renewable resources. People also ask<\/strong><\/p>\n Sun “The Ultimate Source Of Energy”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The source of the large amount of solar energy is due to fusion of lighter nuclei. About 90 percent of the solar mass is composed of hydrogen and helium and rest 10 percent contains other elements. The temperature of the interior of the sun is estimated to be about 2 \u00d7 107\u00a0<\/sup>K. Fossil fuels<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Water<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Biomass<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Radioactive substances<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Other energy sources<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Exploiting any source of energy disturbs the environment in some way or the other. In any given situation, the source we would choose depends on factors such as the ease of extracting energy from that source, the economics of extracting energy from the source, the efficiency of the technology available and the environmental damage that will be caused by using that source. Research continues in these areas to produce longer lasting devices that will cause less damage throughout their life.<\/p>\n we cannot depend on the fossil fuels for much longer. Such sources that will get depleted some day are said to be exhaustible sources or non-renewable sources of energy. On the other hand, if we manage bio-mass by replacing the trees we cut down for fire-wood, we can be assured of a constant supply of energy at a particular rate. Such energy sources that can be regenerated are called renewable sources of energy. What are the Sources of Energy? If energy can neither be created nor destroyed, we should have no worries! We should be able to perform endless activities without thinking about energy resources then why we speak to save energy ? Its because energy from the usable form, is dissipated to the surroundings in less usable […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[404],"tags":[570,526,439,569,525],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThe resources which have the capacity or ability to reproduce or renew quickly are called renewable resources<\/strong>. They include solar and wind energy, water, soil, forests, etc. Some of the renewable resources can be destroyed due to careless use.
\nThe non-renewable resources<\/strong> are limited in reserves and it may take thousands of years to renew them. For example, coal or petroleum if taken out completely, may take millions of years to produce them.<\/p>\n\n
\nThe nuclei of hydrogen fuse together in the sun\u2019s interior to produce helium and a huge amount of energy is released. It is estimated that 1g of hydrogen produces 620,000 million joules of energy.
\nThe fusion process in the sun can be described by the equation.
\n\\(4_{1}^{1}H\\text{ }\\to \\text{ \u00a0}_{2}^{4}He\\text{ \u00a0 + \u00a0 2 }_{+1}^{0}e\\text{ \u00a0 + \u00a0Energy}\\)<\/p>\n\n
\n(a) Ionic hydrates such as hydrated sodium sulphate, [Na2<\/sub>SO4<\/sub>.10H2<\/sub>O(s)]\u00a0can be used to store solar energy.
\n(b) When the hydrates are warmed by sunlight to over 32\u00b0C, the three moles of ions dissolve in the ten moles of water in an endothermic process.
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\n(c) When cooled below 32\u00b0C after sunset, the solution recrystallises, releasing the absorbed energy.
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Environmental Consequences<\/h3>\n
Saving Energy Resources<\/h3>\n
\nRenewable energy is available in our natural environment, in the form of some continuing or repetitive currents of energy, or is stored in such large underground reservoirs that the rate of depletion of the reservoir because of extraction of usable energy is practically negligible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"