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  2. Phase-change material - Wikipedia

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    A phase-change material (PCM) is a substance which releases/absorbs sufficient energy at phase transition to provide useful heat or cooling. Generally the transition will be from one of the first two fundamental states of matter - solid and liquid - to the other. The phase transition may also be between non-classical states of matter, such as ...

  3. Arc flash - Wikipedia

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    The massive energy released in the fault rapidly vaporizes the metal conductors involved, blasting molten metal and expanding plasma outward with extraordinary force. [3] A typical arc flash incident can be inconsequential but could conceivably easily produce a more severe explosion (see calculation below).

  4. Heat of combustion - Wikipedia

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    The calorific value is the total energy released as heat when a substance undergoes complete combustion with oxygen under standard conditions. The chemical reaction is typically a hydrocarbon or other organic molecule reacting with oxygen to form carbon dioxide and water and release heat. It may be expressed with the quantities: energy/mole of fuel

  5. Thermal wheel - Wikipedia

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    Diagramatic operation of a thermal wheel Ljungström Air Preheater by Swedish engineer Fredrik Ljungström (1875–1964). A thermal wheel, also known as a rotary heat exchanger, or rotary air-to-air enthalpy wheel, energy recovery wheel, or heat recovery wheel, is a type of energy recovery heat exchanger positioned within the supply and exhaust air streams of air-handling units or rooftop ...

  6. Latent heat - Wikipedia

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    Latent heat is energy released or absorbed by a body or a thermodynamic system during a constant-temperature process. Two common forms of latent heat are latent heat of fusion and latent heat of vaporization . These names describe the direction of energy flow when changing from one phase to the next: from solid to liquid, and liquid to gas.

  7. Exothermic process - Wikipedia

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    Exothermic refers to a transformation in which a closed system releases energy (heat) to the surroundings, expressed by > When the transformation occurs at constant pressure and without exchange of electrical energy, heat Q is equal to the enthalpy change, i.e.

  8. 'Green' energy needs metal. Can we combat climate change ...

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    The 2015 failure of a poorly engineered tailings dam in Brazil released 50 million tons of toxic waste and mud that contaminated a river ... the metal components of renewable energy technologies ...

  9. Reactive bonding - Wikipedia

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    This energy release leads to a high temperature in the bonding interface. Meanwhile, the components outside the interface are not exposed to the high temperatures of the reaction. [1] Besides the high interface energy, this reaction is also promoted by the low thickness and therefore the reduced diffusion path of the single metallic layers. [2]