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CONTENTS 32pg 171K 32fig 0. Update 1. Introduction 2. Modern Energy Science 3. Defining energy 4. Theories of what fills the universe 5. Reasons for a Theory of Everything 6. Substratum Field Wavicle Theory of Everything 7. Observer and absolute systems 8. Substratum, force fields, energy wavicles 9. Wavicles vs particles and waves 10. External energy vs internal energy 11. First and second laws of energy 12. Second-law evaluations 13. Forms of energy 14. Units 15. Temperament vs temperature 16. Types of mass and energy 17. Momentum, impulse, acceleration, forces 18. Energy vs work and heat 19. Caloric energy 20. Helmholtz energy 21. The carnot ratio and helmholtz ratio 22. Helmholtz ratio vs entropy 23. Reversible and irreversible processes 24. Energy transformation 25. Efficiency terms 26. Is perpetual motion possible? 27. Hydro-power 28. Solar energy conversion 29. Gas turbine 30. Chemical transformation on a gas turbine 31. Electrochemical fuel cells 32. Refrigerator 33. Food calories to muscle power 34. Energy science history 35. Symbols 36. Notes 37. References 38. Revision history >>>Copyright 2004Jan21 by Ben Wiens...applied energy scientist
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Coherent light...I should have explained that electromagnetic wavicles like microwave or laser are considered to be a form of organized energy and not disorganized energy, so carnot ratio does not apply.
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1. INTRODUCTION
Fig 1 Not many people understand present energy concepts such as entropy
2. MODERN ENERGY SCIENCE Fig 2 Energy is the ability to create a force over a distance some time in the future
Energy is not that old a word, Thomas Young proposed it in 1807 [2]. Initially energy was thought of as the ability to do macroscopic work like the work the kinetic energy of a cannonball can do on impact or the work that the potential energy of a hoisted block of granite can do on falling. Work was defined as...a force acting over a distance. Later in 1830 Joule said that this energy or ability to do macroscopic work was also contained within the molecules. He suggested that the molecules contained forms of microscopic energy just like that contained in the moving cannonball and the hoisted block of granite. In 1905 Einstein suggested that matter such as the molecules and atoms are really very large collections of energy particles. As well there existed energy particles such as the photon that transferred energy between different types of matter. Under some conditions some of these energy particles could be liberated from the atoms in different forms such as light and heat. When we feel the weight of an apple in our hand we are really feeling the weight of the energy particles in the apple. How could energy be defined then according to modern science [4]? Energy...the ability to create a force over a distance in the universe from the very smallest event within the tiniest of particles to the very largest between celestial objects in the universe. Work...a force acting over a distance in the universe from the very smallest event within the tiniest of particles to the very largest between celestial objects in the universe. Energy then is the ability to do work some time in the future. It is stored work potential. Work is the actual act of the force acting over a distance.
4. THEORIES OF WHAT FILLS THE UNIVERSE |
| Symbol | Description |
| LET | Lorentz aether theory...the latest aether theory before special relativity |
| SR | Einstein Special Relativity theory...all motion is relative in the universe |
| QT | Einstein Quantum Theory...light is emitted as wavelike particles |
| GR | Einstein General Relativity theory...gravity causes space to be curved |
| QM | Quantum Mechanics...all energy is composed of particles and probabilities of location |
| UFT | Unified Field Theory...attempt at finding common entity for all four forces |
| QFT | Quantum Field Theory...forces are the result of different types of force particles |
| GUT | Grand Unified Theory...unification of strong, weak, electromagnetic interactions |
| TUT | Totally Unified Theory...explain working of universe down to single particle |
| TOE | Theory of Everything...try to explain working of the universe as the biggest picture |
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Fig 3 Major theories of how the universe behaves
5. REASONS FOR A THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Fig 4 Einstein rarely mentioned details of the substratum that energy travels in
One of the major things that is missing from most of the theories is, what fills space. For example Einstein's Special Relativity theory renounced the aether as the medium that light traveled in. Many people to this day think that Einstein's Special Relativity theory proposed that light and matter traveled in space that was totally void. Though it was not mentioned in the theory, Einstein later cleared up this matter by saying that "this rigid four-dimensional space of the Special theory of Relativity is to some extent a four-dimensional analogue of H.A. Lorentz's rigid three-dimensional aether" [1]. So Einstein's space-time in his Special Relativity theory can be thought of as a type of aether. Einstein didn't like to use the word aether however and preferred the word space-time. This was because the aether was commonly thought to be made of a type of gas that was made of matter. His space-time was a type of structure of space which was not made of matter. Unfortunately his explanations of what space-time really is were often not mentioned in his books.
(Ev 1) wavicles such as photons need something to vibrate in relation to otherwise laser light would become incoherent Of course there are already different versions of the Theory of Everything. The theory in this web-booklet could be labeled as the Substratum Field Wavicle Theory of Everything. It is probably right to label two modern theories as the Superstring Theory of Everything and the Quantum Field Theory of Everything. It should be noted however that most books and articles on these last two theories leave out many of the details of the big picture.
6. SUBSTRATUM FIELD WAVICLE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Fig 5 The energy in each photon is related to its wavicle-frequency relative to the substratum
Energy is composed of vibrating wavicles. When energy wavicles travel at high speed relative to the substratum there is a Doppler [6] type effect that occurs. In Fig 5 there are two diagrams, one with the star and planet at rest relative to the fixed substratum, and a second with the star and planet moving relative to the substratum. The star, planet, and the human observer are made of matter that are really just a collection of vibrating wavicles. When matter is forced to increase its speed relative to the substratum, the vibrating matter wavicles are forced to vibrate quicker as well. This is the reason matter gains a large amount of relativistic mass [3] when it travels near the speed of light. Electrons have been accelerated to near the speed of light in particle accelerators. Some of these electrons have more than 1000 times as much relativistic mass than their normal rest mass.
7. OBSERVER AND ABSOLUTE SYSTEMS
Fig 6 The coriolis effect can be explained as the earth spinning in a fixed substratum
Einstein popularized a certain relative system of measurement which could be called the Observer measurement system. Because of the Doppler effect that occurs when energy wavicles travel in the universe, and because of the speed of light, measuring tools, clocks, and mass all change as an observer moves relative to the substratum. An observer...is considered to be a human or an instrument that is measuring the event. So it is impossible to get an absolute measurement of distance, time, and mass in relation to the substratum. So in the Observer system, time is based on clocks the observer has which vary their speed depending how fast they travel relative to the substratum. Distances in the universe are based on how quickly a ray of light can travel from the distant event. Measurements of mass become only comparisons with other frames of reference.
8. SUBSTRATUM, FORCE FIELDS, ENERGY WAVICLES
Fig 7 Matter wavicles are really just collections of interaction wavicles
Presently force fields and energy wavicles are not very well understood in science [5]. The biggest dilemma is that currently most scientists think that forces are produced by the exchange of interactive wavicles such as photons. In this view it is imagined that the magnetic field is actually a flow of photons emanating from one end of the magnet and being returned in the other. However it is also a well known fact that different types of blackbodies absorb every type of photon that is emitted. Surely then a blackbody placed in the path of a stationary magnetic field would absorb the photons that were emitted and quickly heat up (Ev 4). It appears that scientists have been hell bent on modeling a universe that is composed of a single type of particle without always considering how the system works together as a whole. Such a single particle model is desirable to verify if the universe started with the Big Bang.
9. WAVICLES vs PARTICLES AND WAVES
Fig 8 We see color based on the frequency of individual wavicles and not on spacing between wavicles
It is understood by most modern scientists that the traveling vibration of energy wavicles is not like ordinary water waves or sound waves. Still textbooks continue to use the standard water wave model to represent energy wavicles. Energy wavicles in fact travel in a completely different way. If a single water wave is generated in the center of a calm body of water, it travels in a spherical pattern from the source. The further away from the source, the weaker the wave becomes. A boat lying far from the source of the wave would experience only part of the energy of the wave as it passes by the boat. This does not happen with the energy wavicle. A single energy pulse can travel for years in space without spreading out if it does not come in contact with matter wavicles. When it is finally absorbed, the entire wavicle will be absorbed into one atom. Not only does the pulse not spread out sideways, the vibration is confined into a small zone as it moves forward. |
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10. EXTERNAL ENERGY vs INTERNAL ENERGY
Fig 9 Internal energy and external energy forms
If a cannonball, as shown in Fig 9, is heated in a fire it will become hotter but it will not take off out of the fire and leap into space. Why not? The energy that was added was thermal energy. The energy added increases the velocity of the molecules, however the molecules are traveling in all different directions and this does not result in any forward movement of the collection of molecules. This type of microscopic energy is called multidirectional energy. If energy was added to the cannonball by a charge of gunpowder in a closed cannon, the expanding hot gases would be made more directional and so the cannonball would come flying out of the bore of the cannon. The cannonball flying out of a cannon would contain both multidirectional and directional forms of energy. The cannonball however does not contain some molecules that are only traveling forward and some that are multidirectional. The two types of energy are superimposed on one another. In a cannonball flying through the air, though the molecules may be traveling in all directions, the net direction of all of them is forward. It is difficult to understand how directional energy could be stored in the same wavicles as multidirectional energy. Why would the two forms not get mixed up? Why would the directional part not slowly become multidirectional? This does not occur because the energy wavicles do not change direction until acted on by some outside force. There would need to be a directional force canceling out the directional part. Even though the energy wavicles are moving in all directions, the wavicles energy and direction is still perfectly accounted for in the process. If there is a mean direction in the sum of all the multidirectional energy, this will be conserved.
11. FIRST AND SECOND LAWS OF ENERGY
12. SECOND LAW EVALUATIONS
Fig 10 Einstein energy can logically be divided into different forms
It is beneficial to have a proper naming system that covers all the basic types of different energy in the universe. This is because it is often difficult or impossible to convert certain types of energy into other different forms. The system of energy proposed in this web-booklet is based on the plural energy naming system where all the different types of energy are two word forms such as nuclear energy. The basis of this two word naming system is borrowed from chemistry. Many scientists over time have tried to establish single word names like enthalpy, essergy and anergy for the different forms of energy but this is not necessarily desirable as few people would recognize them as forms of energy. It is also confusing for some forms of energy to be two words such as internal energy while others are not such as enthalpy. As well there are not enough different names that sound similar to energy that can be used when many forms are used. To be consistent, these single word energy names were converted into two word names in the plural energy system.
Fig 11 Popular 28 forms of energy in the plural energy system shown in a bar chart
There are another seven complex forms of energy shown in the third chart of Fig 11. Substances usually contain mixtures of external energy and internal energy. Scientists have developed many terms for combinations of these two types of energy. The reason these combinations are used is that it is often too much work to separate an internal or external energy addition. For example when thermal energy is added to air in a room, this thermal energy results in the air expanding. It does work against the atmospheric pressure. This is external energy or more specifically expansion energy that is stored in the expanded air volume. The rest of the thermal energy goes into elevating the temperature of the air, a form of internal energy. Because this thermal energy is not added with the intent of extracting any work, all that is generally desired is to know how much thermal energy needs to be added to raise the temperature of the air in the room. The energy that is stored in the air of the room is called enthalpic energy in this web-booklet. It is often called enthalpy presently. It contains a mixture of internal and external energies. Caloric energy...is a new term which represents the amount of internal energy that will flow between two reservoirs [15]. Caloric energy cannot be completely converted into external energy. It can be split up into two parts for analysis. The helmholtz energy...is the part of caloric energy that could be converted into external energy in a future process. The bound energy...is the part of internal energy or caloric energy that cannot be converted into external energy. Gibbs energy...is composed of helmholtz energy plus expansion energy. Free energy...is a generic term that refers to either helmholtz energy or gibbs energy. Exergic energy...is composed of external energy plus helmholtz energy. Generally in the singular energy system mentioned in Chapter 12, when it is stated that a certain process has a certain exergy, this is equal to an amount of exergic energy. Cogen energy...is a new term that is composed of external energy and caloric energy. It most often represents the combination of electricity and thermal energy available in a co-generation power plant. When dealing with combinations or subclasses of external or internal energy, there is often little concern with whether the energy is chemical or radiant etc. At other times though it is necessary to consider the various forms of energy such as chemical or thermal separately.
Fig 12 Places where energy is stored in internal energy
14. UNITS 100XE=100QE=30AE + 70BE
In science, the metric system is the preferred system of units around the world. In the United States, engineers often use the old English system of units which is now named the American system. In this system the ft-lb is the unit of external energy and the BTU is the unit of internal energy. The older metric system also had such dual units. The joule, watt, or newton-meter was considered the unit of external energy and the calorie was the unit for internal energy. When doing calculations for energy conversion devices such as gas turbines, it is too cumbersome to use dual units for energy. Usually one or the other was picked. This is why presently the more preferred SI metric system uses one unit of energy. |
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15. TEMPERAMENT AND TEMPERATURE
Fig 13 Internal energy has varying amounts of energy per wavicle called temperament
Energy is a two dimensional property of force times distance potential. The previously mentioned First Law of Energy says nothing about the ability of different energy wavicles to generate a certain amount of force. As was already mentioned, all forms of external energy can be theoretically converted entirely into other forms of external energy. For example a block and tackle can be used to multiply the force that can be delivered. By this means someone can pull with a 100 kg force and raise a block of 2000 kg. Internal energy can not be converted in this way. It is like the towtruck shown in Fig 13. Imagine that the towtruck has enough gas in the tank to provide 100 units of energy. Could it be assumed that the towtruck can pull a train up a very steep grade with a total of 10 units of force but only for a very short distance of 10 units? Not really! The towtruck may not have the capacity to provide this amount of force.
16. TYPES OF MASS AND ENERGY
MA = absolute mass, kg
EA = absolute energy, joules
v = velocity of mass in m/sec relative to substratum
When a cannonball is stationary relative to the substratum, it contains an amount of absolute mass. When a cannonball is stationary relative to an observer, it contains an amount of rest mass. When the cannonball is accelerated through the air, it's total relativistic mass increases. In physics it is usual to only calculate the increase in the relativistic energy which is the increase of it's velocity energy.
Because the cannonball has gained energy, it has also gained mass. It is possible to calculate this mass through a type of relativistic Doppler formulae which is called the FitzGerald relationship, as shown in Eq (2), which equates the velocity of the rest mass to the new larger relativistic mass of the cannonball. The gain in velocity mass can be calculated with Eq (3) which subtracts out the rest mass. If this mass is plugged into the well know Einstein Eq (4), it will be found that the energy calculated will be identical with what is calculated with Eq (1). Note that Eq (4) does not look like the usual Einstein equation because it uses the more exact symbols for energy and mass.
Fig 14 The formulae to calculate the velocity energy changes with speed
When a nuclear fission explosion occurs such as in an atomic bomb, the original collection of matter wavicles of the uranium are rearranged into a new collection of matter wavicles. There is a small amount of mass left over that can not be utilized in the formation of the new collection of wavicles. This small amount of mass results in a great deal of energy being liberated, largely in the form of super high energy photons. The amount of energy liberated can be calculated with a variation of Eq (4) using absolute mass and absolute energy. Because both matter and photons have both relativistic mass and relativistic energy, it is not proper to say that mass is converted into energy in the system suggested here. It is better to say that a certain amount of matter was converted into other forms of matter and released excess energy in the process . 17. MOMENTUM, IMPULSE, ACCELERATION, FORCES
Fig 15 Momentum is different than energy
As was mentioned in Chapter 6, there is a system that energy travels in composed of the substratum. A key characteristic of the substratum is that energy travels in straight lines if there is no interference from other energy wavicles or force fields. Why it does so is not understood presently. Besides wanting to travel in a straight line, another property of the substratum is that energy wants to travel in the same direction and at the same speed. Both of these properties can be considered to be the momentum of the energy. Energy wavicles have momentum because if they change in velocity relative to the substratum, the Doppler effect requires that they change their energy content. When energy is not available or can not be disposed of, they cannot change in speed. (Eq 5) Momentum=MR·v
MR = relativistic mass, kg
18. ENERGY VS WORK AND HEAT
Fig 16 Caloric energy is the amount of internal energy that would flow from one system to another
In the gas expansion examined in Chapter 10 there is a type of flow of the multidirectional energy of the molecules from a small space into a larger space. Conversions from one form of external energy to another form of external energy such as this can occur in a single reservoir of energy. Converting internal energy such as thermal energy to external energy is much more difficult and a flow between two reservoirs is required. A reservoir...is considered to be a source of internal energy in equilibrium or at the same uniform temperament. In this web-booklet the flow between two reservoirs is called caloric energy. This term is not used in present textbooks. Presently it is said that the difference in total internal energy of two systems results in a flow, but it is easier to deal with a single energy rather than a difference of two energies. Carnot described this flow of internal energy to be similar to a waterfall. This waterfall though is not external energy, it is rather a waterfall of internal energy. |
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20. HELMHOLTZ ENERGY
Fig 17 The carnot ratio is the amount of helmholtz energy in an amount of caloric energy
The maximum amount of external energy that can be extracted from two reservoirs of internal energy is predictable. The model shown in Fig 17 can be used to analyze such interactions. In classical thermodynamics such a model for thermal energy was based on the molecular kinetic theory which depicts molecules colliding against each other and gases expanding. The model in Fig 17 is based rather on the quantum model where all forces between matter wavicles are the result of electromagnetic force fields. When two atoms collide they do not merely bounce off each other, the impact of the collision is absorbed temporarily by the atom's electron which gains energy. This increased energy does not result in a stable orbit for the electron, it wants to shed this energy as quickly as possible. It appears that this is because the electron wavicle has shifted into an orbit where its vibrations are no longer even divisions of the orbital path. Sometimes the atom immediately reabsorbs the energy from the electron into the translational field which propels the wavicle in the opposite direction. At other times a real photon is emitted which is radiated away from the atom in the form of radiant energy. Such photons are often quickly absorbed in neighboring atoms, but if the atoms are next to a vacuum such as for example outer space, they could travel for thousands of years with little change.
21. THE CARNOT RATIO AND HELMHOLTZ RATIO
Fig 18 The carnot ratio plotted on a graph shows the changing conversion efficiency during a process The example just mentioned in Chapter 20 however only involves a single photon being converted. Real life energy conversion processes involve millions of photons. Also the temperament of Reservoir T may vary during the process. The carnot ratio Cr...can be used to represent the external energy that could be extracted from a flow of caloric energy at an instantaneous moment such as when a single photon is converted [21]. It can be calculated with Eq (6). The helmholtz ratio Ar on the other hand...represents the external energy that could be extracted during the entire flow of caloric energy. (Eq 6) Cr=1-T0/T
T0=constant ambient temperament flow of internal energy, infinitely large reservoir
The carnot ratio can be plotted on a graph as shown in Fig 18. Based on a fixed ambient temperament T0, a single curve can be drawn. This is a useful tool for analyzing any conversion process because it shows what the changing conversion efficiency will be during the process. Such a curve merely represents the changing amount of external energy that could be extracted from an amount of internal energy. Though there is only one curve, it can be used in different ways. Later in Chapter 23 reversible and irreversible processes will be discussed. In a reversible process, the temperament can rise or fall along the curved line without any loss of the external energy that was put into the process. The helmholtz energy stored in the system will always equal the amount of external energy that was added or can be removed. In an irreversible process, there will be a difference in the amount of external energy added vs the amount of helmholtz energy stored. The curve represents the amount of helmholtz energy stored in the system and this can then be compared to the larger amount of external energy that was added to the system.
(Eq 7) Ar=1-T0/T (T is temperature) For variable temperament processes of constant specific heat such as perfect gases Eq (8) can be used [22]. Air is quite close to a perfect gas at temperatures between 250°K to 1000°K and so this equation is still often used. Even at higher temperatures compensating factors can often be used which allows this equation to still model a process.
(Eq 8) Ar=1-ln(T2/T1)·T0/(T2-T1) For variable temperament processes of variable specific heat such as steam processes, entropy is often used with Eq (9 plus 10). Entropy will be covered in the next chapter. There is however a way to avoid using entropy entirely by using complex formulas and calculating the helmholtz ratio directly.
(Eq 9) BE=T0·S (S is entropy in this case) The helmholtz ratio can be calculated for any type of internal energy. It can be thermal, chemical, nuclear energy etc. When the helmholtz ratio has been calculated it can be used in a variety of equations such as Eq (11 and 12). From these basic equations all the other forms of energy shown in Fig 11 can be calculated.
(Eq 11) Ar=AE/QE
22. HELMHOLTZ RATIO VS ENTROPY
Fig 19 The helmholtz ratio method vs entropy in gas compression process
In present textbooks the amount of external energy that could be obtained from a flow of caloric energy is always calculated using a term called entropy. Entropy often is confusing to people learning energy [23]. This is because entropy is often implied as being a type of energy. It is not. Previously the unit of energy called bound energy was mentioned. Entropy...is a number that can be multiplied by the ambient temperature or temperament of Reservoir T0 to obtain this same bound energy. Entropy is used in processes where the properties of matter are not uniform with temperature and pressure and so cannot be easily calculated with formulas. Because of this, tables are used that list entropy at these different conditions. Instead of estimating the bound energy from a graph such as Fig 18 or calculating it from Eq (8), the values of entropy corresponding to the conditions at T2 and T1 are looked up. The difference of these two figures represents the changing entropy during the process. The change in the bound energy can then be calculated. Only one table is required with entropy even though calculations are done at different ambient temperatures. It is possible to use a property such as entropy because the Reservoir T0 does not change in temperament during the conversion. (Eq 13) AE=QE-(T0·S) where S is the possible change in entropy of two states of the system such as s11 of Fig 19
The numbers used in entropy have little meaning by themselves, while the helmholtz ratio can be a useful figure by itself. It is a ratio or a percentage. If the helmholtz ratio of a certain system is 0.50 or 50%, it can immediately be visualized that a maximum of 50% of the caloric energy could be converted to external energy. Because most calculations are generally done at a set ambient temperature of 15°C, the helmholtz energy does not need to be recalculated very often for each process.
23. REVERSIBLE AND IRREVERSIBLE PROCESSES
Fig 20 Model demonstrating energy conversion and the carnot ratio
It is often said that the multi-directional motion of the molecules is more disordered than the directional energy of external energy and this is the reason it can not be entirely converted into external energy. The concept of entropy, which was discussed in detail in Chapter 22, is largely understood in terms of disorder. The gas expansion examined in Chapter 10 is multi-directional energy however and it is considered to be a form of external energy. This is proof that multidirectional energy can be "straightened" entirely into external energy without losses in some cases. So it is difficult to relate order or disorder with a systems ability to be converted entirely in external energy. Because of this it is better to relate to the concept of reversible and irreversible processes. A reversible process...is a process which once having taken place, can be reversed back to the original conditions by some sort of process and in doing so leave no change in either the system or the surroundings. An irreversible process...is a process which once having taken place, can not be reversed back to the original conditions by some sort of process and in doing so leave no change in either the system or the surroundings. It is really changes in the total order in the universe that are important. External energy can be perfectly stored in many systems that are disorderly, but if there is no change in the degree of disorder in the universe, then the system is reversible. This is true as well when working with entropy, the total entropy of a system is usually unimportant, it is rather the change in entropy that is important.
Fig 21 Low amount of caloric energy made into high amount of caloric energy in an energy transformer
In an electrical transformer, high voltage low current power can be efficiently converted into low voltage high current power. Internal energy of a high temperament but low caloric energy content can also be converted into low temperament but high caloric energy content. Such a transformation is simplistically modeled in Fig 21 by connecting two system diagrams from Fig 17 together. In this diagram it can be shown how one form of internal energy with a high temperament such as methane fuel could be converted into another type of internal energy of a lower temperament but higher internal energy. Methane of 891 kJ enters Reservoir T3. This chemical energy has a high mean temperament of about 3500°K. X-energy is extracted and transferred to another caloric energy system where 959 kJ of internal energy is created at 1973°K temperament. More caloric energy was created than what was originally put in. The internal energy that is created can be thermal energy, latent energy, chemical energy etc. |