energy

The capacity to do work. All biological and organizational processes require energy; understanding energy flows reveals fundamental constraints on what systems can achieve.

106 entities tagged with "energy"

Companies (2)

GE Vernova

OPEC

Definitions (18)

aerobic

anaerobic

atp

autotroph

biomass

catabolism

chlorophyll

electrochemical

gluconeogenesis

glycolysis

heterotroph

ketosis

metabolic-rate

metabolism

mitochondria

photosynthesis

primary-producer

respiration

Inventions (81)

Control of fire

Charcoal

Kiln

Bow drill

Coal mining

Water wheel (China)

Petroleum as fuel

Animal-driven rotary mill

Water wheel (Greece)

Trip hammer

Aeolipile

Fire piston

Crank-slider mechanism

Water turbine

Tide mill

Whale oil

Panemone windmill

Coke (fuel)

Post windmill

Tjasker

Gunpowder piston engine

Newcomen atmospheric engine

Sperm oil and spermaceti candle

Solar cooker

Watt steam engine

Horsepower

Coal gas and gas lighting

High-pressure steam engine

Wood gas and thermolamp

Motorboat

De Rivaz engine

Stirling engine

Carnot cycle

Electric motor

Portable engine

Joule heating

Kerosene

Corliss steam engine

Steam injector

Modern oil well

Oil refinery

Internal combustion engine

Traction engine

High-speed steam engine

Four-stroke engine

Hydraulic power network

Pelton wheel

Hydroelectricity

Two-stroke engine and supercharger

Gasoline as fuel

Ocean thermal energy conversion

Hydroelectric power plant

Coal power plant

Steam turbine

Fuel pump

Wind turbine

de Laval nozzle

Induction motor

Electric arc furnace

Rotary engine

Shukhov cracking process

Diesel engine

Radial engine

V8 engine

Geothermal power

Nichrome heating element

Solar thermal power station

Geothermal power plant

Cooling tower

Turbocharger

Fluid catalytic cracking

Ocean thermal energy conversion plant

Linear motor

Fracking

Solar furnace

Nuclear power

Nuclear power plant

Tidal power station

Lithium iodide battery

Offshore wind farm

Small modular reactor

Mechanisms (4)

Resource Allocation

Homeostasis

Metabolism

ATP

Organisms (1)

Mitochondria

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