Energy Transfers
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BOILING POINT
- Temperature at which vapor pressure is equal to the gas pressure above it. Relevant when trying to find out at which temperature water boils at for our engine.
pLASMA
- The fourth state of matter. Made by heating a gas until its electrons have sufficient energy to escape the hold of the positively charged nuclei. Created in the fire in our Bunsen burner.
iGNITION POINT
- The lowest temperature at which a combustible substance in air will ignite and continue to burn, shown in the gas that is ignited in our burner.
Electrical ENERGY
- Electrical is the movement of electrons across multiple atoms, used to power light bulbs or other devices. Measured in Joules, or sometimes in Watts. It would have been created in our motor, had it been hooked up to our device.
Mechanical Energy
- Mechanical is also known as kinetic energy. It is the movement of an object, such as a gear or wheel, and is measured in Joules. The future plans of creating a spinning wheel would generate this kind of energy.
Heat Energy
- Heat is the movement of molecules, measured in Joules. Heat typically creates an increase of temperature, measured in Celsius. In this case, we are using heat to make water reach its boiling point and turn into steam.
I learned a lot about myself in this project. First, the negatives. I spent too much time trying to design, wasting precious time on actually building. I could fix this by limiting myself. Another negative was biting off more than I could chew. I picked a topic (steam engine) that was way too hard to create in this amount of time, and I should have done something smaller.
However, there were positives. I was able to quickly adapt to the new boiler design well, even when we had made that design a couple of days before the project was due. Another positive was our creativity. Although we picked a hard topic, we were able to come up with plenty or crazy and creative designs. Overall, I felt the positives out shined the negatives.
However, there were positives. I was able to quickly adapt to the new boiler design well, even when we had made that design a couple of days before the project was due. Another positive was our creativity. Although we picked a hard topic, we were able to come up with plenty or crazy and creative designs. Overall, I felt the positives out shined the negatives.