Air Conditioning and Global Warming Air conditioning systems use energy to remove heat from a given location‚ transferring it to the exterior in the form of exhaust. Some of the energy is invariably wasted as heat‚ and this additional heat must also be exhausted. Thus‚ air conditioning results in net heat release to the environment. The warming effect is aggravated‚ moreover‚ because higher forms of energy such as electricity are used to power air conditioners. Generating and transmitting this
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Air Pollution To understand pollution of air‚ some knowledge of the atmosphere is required. Atmosphere is a layer consisting of a few gases surrounding the planet earth and is vital for the survival of life on earth. The atmosphere protects earth from abrupt temperature fluctuations from the powerful ultra violet radiation coming from the sun. The atmosphere is made up of nitrogen 78%‚oxygen 21%‚argon 0.9%‚carbon dioxideo0.03% and small amount of trace gases ‚helium ‚neon‚ krypton‚ xenon‚ hydrogen
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WATER RESOURCES The sources of water that are useful to human life are called water resources. Uses of water include agricultural‚ industrial‚ household and recreational activities. The majority of human uses require fresh water. 97 percent of the water on the Earth is salt water and only 3 percent is fresh water; slightly over two thirds of this is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps. The remaining unfrozen fresh water is found mainly as groundwater‚ with only a small fraction present above
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HEAT EFFECTS AND CALORIMETRY Experiment No. 2 I. RESULTS A. Determination of Heat Capacity In this experiment‚ an improvised calorimeter was used to determine the heat capacity. The calorimeter weighed 4.47 grams prior to the addition of water. Tap water‚ 40 mL to be exact‚ was added to the calorimeter which increased the weight to 43.87 grams. The water was measured using a thermometer thrice (at room temperature‚ boiling‚ and addition of boiling water to room temperature water). The first
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Abstract Different substances react in various ways when exposed to heat. The amount of energy necessary to heat a certain amount of water by one degree is different than that of another liquid or substance. The technical term used to determine this characteristic is called heat capacity or specific heat capacity. The purpose of this experiment is to find the heat capacity of water‚ orange juice‚ and olive oil. A couple of very specific equipment is needed in order to complete this experiment
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Activity 33 PS-2826 Latent Heat of Fusion Thermodynamics: phase change‚ latent heat of fusion‚ melting Qty 1 1 1 1 1L 0.5 L 1 Equipment and Materials PASPORT Xplorer GLX Fast-Response Temperature Probe (included with GLX) Basic Calorimetry Set (1 calorimeter cup) Balance Water‚ about 15 degrees warmer than room temperature Ice‚ crushed Towel Part Number PS-2002 PS-2135 TD-8557 SE-8723 Purpose The purpose of this activity is to determine the amount of thermal energy needed to change a specific
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ORIGINAL PAPER The urban heat island and its impact on heat waves and human health in Shanghai Jianguo Tan & Youfei Zheng & Xu Tang & Changyi Guo & Liping Li & Guixiang Song & Xinrong Zhen & Dong Yuan & Adam J. Kalkstein & Furong Li & Heng Chen Received: 17 December 2008 / Revised: 29 July 2009 / Accepted: 3 August 2009 / Published online: 1 September 2009 # ISB 2009 Abstract With global warming forecast to continue into the foreseeable future‚ heat waves are very likely to increase
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Understand and observe the concept of Heat Transfer‚ by measuring the temperature distribution for steady state conduction of energy through a specific efficient unit. • Understand the Fourier Law of heat conduction and the usage of its equation in determining the rate of heat flow via solid materials. II. Theory : The Fourier Rate Equation: When a plane section of ∆x and a constant area A maintains a temperature difference ∆T‚ then the heat transfer rate per unit time by conduction
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such as air pollution‚ altered wind speeds/wind direction and heat stress to a great degree affecting both urban flora/fauna and human health” (Baldasano et al. 2003). The excessive upsurge of unguarded development in the urban centers induces
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Study of Recovery of Waste Heat From the Exhaust of Automotive Engine K. Wojciechowski1‚ J. Merkisz2‚ P. Fuć2‚ P. Lijewski2‚ M.Schmidt1 1 Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics AGH University of Science and Technology‚ Al. Mickiewicza 30‚ 30-059 Cracow‚ Poland 2 Institute of Combustion Engines and Transportation‚ Poznan University of Technology‚ Piotrowo 3‚ 60-965‚ Poznan‚ Poland e-mail: gcwojcie@cyf-kr.edu.pl‚ phone: (+48)12-61-73-442 Abstract Automotive engines reject a considerable amount of
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