Biology of Business

energy

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

134 entities tagged with "energy"

Companies (2)

Definitions (22)

Governments (1)

Inventions (102)

Invention

Control of fire

Invention

Charcoal

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Kiln

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Bow drill

Invention

Coal mining

Invention

Petroleum as fuel

Invention

Water wheel (China)

Invention

Animal-driven rotary mill

Invention

Water wheel (Greece)

Invention

Trip hammer

Invention

Fire piston

Invention

Crank-slider mechanism

Invention

Tide mill

Invention

Whale oil

Invention

Fractional distillation

Invention

Panemone windmill

Invention

Coke (fuel)

Invention

Post windmill

Invention

Tjasker

Invention

Gunpowder piston engine

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Newcomen atmospheric engine

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Steam engine

Invention

Sperm oil and spermaceti candle

Invention

Solar cooker

Invention

Horsepower

Invention

Watt steam engine

Invention

Methane

Invention

Argand lamp

Invention

Coal gas and gas lighting

Invention

High-pressure steam engine

Invention

Motorized air compressor

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Wood gas and thermolamp

Invention

De Rivaz engine

Invention

Stirling engine

Invention

Electric motor

Invention

Carnot cycle

Invention

Dynamo

Invention

Portable engine

Invention

Joule heating

Invention

Linear motor

Invention

Fuel cell

Invention

Boyden turbine

Invention

Kerosene

Invention

Francis turbine

Invention

Corliss steam engine

Invention

Water turbine

Invention

Steam injector

Invention

Modern oil well

Invention

Heat pump

Invention

Oil refinery

Invention

Petroleum refining

Invention

Internal combustion engine

Invention

Dynamo self-excitation

Invention

High-speed steam engine

Invention

Four-stroke engine

Invention

Hydraulic power network

Invention

Hydroelectricity

Invention

Pelton wheel

Invention

Two-stroke engine and supercharger

Invention

Gasoline as fuel

Invention

Hydroelectric power plant

Invention

Motorboat

Invention

Ocean thermal energy conversion

Invention

Coal power plant

Invention

Steam turbine

Invention

Fuel pump

Invention

Transformer

Invention

Wind turbine

Invention

de Laval nozzle

Invention

Electric arc furnace

Invention

Induction motor

Invention

Rotary engine

Invention

Shukhov cracking process

Invention

Diesel engine

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Radial engine

Invention

Gas turbine

Invention

Geothermal power

Invention

V8 engine

Invention

Nichrome heating element

Invention

Solar thermal power station

Invention

Geothermal power plant

Invention

Bergius process

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Cooling tower

Invention

Turbocharger

Invention

Ocean thermal energy conversion plant

Invention

Gas centrifuge

Invention

Uranium-235

Invention

Gaseous diffusion

Invention

Fluid catalytic cracking

Invention

Fracking

Invention

Solar furnace

Invention

Zippe-type centrifuge

Invention

Nuclear power

Invention

Nuclear power plant

Invention

Solar cell

Invention

Tokamak

Invention

Tidal power station

Invention

Lithium iodide battery

Invention

Neodymium magnet

Invention

High-temperature superconductor

Invention

Offshore wind farm

Invention

Small modular reactor

Mechanisms (6)

Organisms (1)