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  2. Orders of magnitude (energy) - Wikipedia

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    Estimated energy released in a hypernova and pair instability supernova [284] 10 45 J Energy released by the energetic supernova, SN 2016aps [285] [286] 1.7–1.9×10 45 J: Energy released by hypernova ASASSN-15lh [287] 2.3×10 45 J Energy released by the energetic supernova PS1-10adi [288] [289] >10 45 J Estimated energy of a magnetorotational ...

  3. Outline of energy development - Wikipedia

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    The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to energy development: . Energy development – the effort to provide sufficient primary energy sources and secondary energy forms for supply, cost, impact on air pollution and water pollution, mitigation of climate change with renewable energy.

  4. Stellarator - Wikipedia

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    Because the energy released by the fusion reaction is much greater than what it takes to start it, even a small number of reactions can heat surrounding fuel until it fuses as well. In 1944, Enrico Fermi calculated the D-T reaction would be self-sustaining at about 50,000,000 degrees Celsius (90,000,000 degrees Fahrenheit).

  5. Stellar nucleosynthesis - Wikipedia

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    During a complete CNO cycle, 25.0 MeV of energy is released. The difference in energy production of this cycle, compared to the proton–proton chain reaction, is accounted for by the energy lost through neutrino emission. [22] CNO cycle is highly sensitive to temperature, with rates proportional to T^{16-20}, a 10% rise of temperature would ...

  6. Switched reluctance motor - Wikipedia

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    If both of the power switches on either side of the phase are turned on, then that corresponding phase is actuated. Once the current has risen above the set value, the switch turns off. The energy now stored within the winding maintains the current in the same direction, the so-called back EMF (BEMF). This BEMF is fed back through the diodes to ...

  7. Renewable energy - Wikipedia

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    In the 1970s environmentalists promoted the development of renewable energy both as a replacement for the eventual depletion of oil, as well as for an escape from dependence on oil, and the first electricity-generating wind turbines appeared. Solar had long been used for heating and cooling, but solar panels were too costly to build solar farms ...

  8. Radioisotope thermoelectric generator - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of an RTG used on the Cassini probe. A radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG, RITEG), sometimes referred to as a radioisotope power system (RPS), is a type of nuclear battery that uses an array of thermocouples to convert the heat released by the decay of a suitable radioactive material into electricity by the Seebeck effect.

  9. Band gap - Wikipedia

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    However, in order for a valence band electron to be promoted to the conduction band, it requires a specific minimum amount of energy for the transition. This required energy is an intrinsic characteristic of the solid material. Electrons can gain enough energy to jump to the conduction band by absorbing either a phonon (heat) or a photon (light).