Green Chemistry and the Ten Commandments

Fr

om

To

Radiant Kinetic Mechanical Electrical

Thermal Chemical Nuclear

(light)

Radiant (light) Kinetic MechanicalElectrical Thermal Chemical Nuclear

Incandesc- Hot Chemilum

— — — ent bulb filament inescence

—

(4%) (variable) (variab

le)

Air

craf

t

— — — — jet engine —

—

(35%

)

Flywheel Electric Steam storage motor

turbine —

—

— generator

— (60-90%) (46%

)

Photovoltaic Electric

Thermo- Storage

cell — generator

— couple battery

,

—

(15%) (98%) (7%) dry cel

l

Solar

water

Hot water

Boiler

,

Nuclear

heater

— — heater

— furnace

r

eactor

(can be high) (100%) (90%)

(100%

)

Photosyn- Storagethesis — — battery — —

—

(<0.5%) (variable) — — — — — —

—

Figure 6.6. Devices for the conversion of energy from one form to another (efficiencies in parentheses).

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