THERMAL

ENERGY
or internal energy of a system

Is the sum of the kinetic

energies of all its constituent
particles, plus the sum of all
the potential energies of
What
is It?
interaction between it. Is the
manifestation of energy in the
form of heat

TRANSMISSION OF
THERMAL ENERGY
THIS FORM OF ENERGY CAN BE TRANSMITTED FROM
ONE BODY TO ANOTHER FOLLOWING THE LAWS OF
THERMODYNAMICS IN THREE DIFFERENT WAYS:

RADIATION HEAT TRANSMISSION.

TRANSMISSION OF THERMAL ENERGY BY
CONDUCTION.
HEAT ENERGY TRANSMISSION BY
CONVECTION

AMONG THE BENEFITS OF USING SOLAR

THERMAL ENERGY IS ITS LOW THREAT TO
ANIMALS AND PLANTS, WHICH IS THE
QUIETEST ENERGY AVAILABLE TODAY AND
CAN BE USED ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE
THERE IS SUNLIGHT.

EXAMPLES OF THERMAL ENERGY

HEAT ENERGY IS OFTEN LINKED TO
OTHER TYPES OF ENERGY. HERE
ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF HEAT
ENERGY:

NUCLEAR ENERGY. IN THE PROCESS

OF NUCLEAR FISSION OF URANIUM
ATOMS

CHEMICAL ENERGY. IN A CHEMICAL

REACTION.

ELECTRIC POWER. THE PASSAGE OF

ELECTRONS THROUGH A RESISTOR
GENERATES HEAT.

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY.

FOSSIL FUELS. IN THE COMBUSTION

OF FOSSIL FUELS. CAR ENGINES,
ETC.

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