APPLICATION OF CONDUCTION, CONVECTION AND RADIATION
CONTENT
- Geothermal Energy Plant
- Application of Conduction
- Application of Convection
- Application of Radiation
Geothermal Energy Plant
Geothermal energy plants generate electricity and heat by harnessing the heat energy contained within the earth. The earth transfers its energy to deep-lying circulating water, which the plants access with wells and pumps. Geothermal energy is attractive because it has a low impact on the environment; however, there are few sites where geothermal energy can be extracted economically
Application of Conduction
- Heat conduction is applied in cooking with metal pots e.g. Aluminum pots.
- Ironing of clothes with a pressing iron.
- Welding of two iron metals together.
- The handles of the cooking utensils are made of materials like plastic and sometimes wood which cannot conduct heat when carried by the cook.
- Woollen clothes which prevent the body from losing heat to the surrounding are worn during cold;
- Thatch-roofed homes feel cooler inside than houses covered with an iron sheet because iron conducts heat.
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