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Amount of Power??
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:59 pm
by Scottus
hey this is a far fetched question i am not sure if any one will have an answer, but for a presentation i am giving i have worked out the amount of power produced by a fusion reactor (don’t worry about the details) and it would be great if i had a comparison to the amount.
9.958534674 x 10^13 J is the amount of power so if any one knows the amount of power produced by a large plane or ship or something that would be great
thanks Scotty
Re: Amount of Power??
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:23 pm
by Nafenn
Scottus wrote:hey this is a far fetched question i am not sure if any one will have an answer, but for a presentation i am giving i have worked out the amount of power produced by a fusion reactor (don’t worry about the details) and it would be great if i had a comparison to the amount.
9.958534674 x 10^13 J is the amount of power so if any one knows the amount of power produced by a large plain of ship or something that would be great
thanks Scotty
An A380 can produce up to 84,000 lb/374 kN PER engine... whats that in Joules - not a clue
Kwinana Power Station has a total generating capacity of 900MW or enough energy to light nine million 100 watt globes.
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:41 pm
by spartacus
this website should suffice for all your needs
http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/conversions.html
the project sounds exciting; are you studding nuclear physics?
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:23 pm
by Scottus
Cheers!!
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:27 pm
by Scottus
spartacus wrote:
the project sounds exciting; are you studding nuclear physics?
Yeah pretty much more of a special interest i guess, the basics at least
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:59 pm
by Scottus
So assuming 60% efficiency that would give 66,000 times the amount of power from the Kwinana Power Station. (from 0.01 gram of hydrogen)
WOW
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:03 pm
by WPXZBP
Joules (energy) and Newtons (force) are different units - just like centimetres and degrees Celsius are different units. There is no simple conversion.
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:07 pm
by Scottus
yeah figured just before sorry
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:20 pm
by Nafenn
WPXZBP wrote:Joules (energy) and Newtons (force) are different units - just like centimetres and degrees Celsius are different units. There is no simple conversion.
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However... Joules/Second = Watts
so if you can get the figure in Watts... it is comparable to Kwinana
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:37 pm
by WPXZBP
Touché!
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:03 pm
by nra555
Isnt VoltsxAmps=watts?
thats what i was told, not sure if theres any fact to it
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:08 pm
by WPXZBP
nra555 wrote:Isnt VoltsxAmps=watts?
yes
Power = voltage x current = energy / time