PHY 101 Dicussion 4-1

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You will use a real-world example that relates to your major area of study or work experience for this post. Find at least two places where potential energy (PE) is added to the system to keep things in motion. Based on your observations, make at least one estimation of the energy that is being added to the system. You might consider various types of potential energy, including gravitational and spring. Hi everyone! I am majoring in geoscience and my focus for this discussion was on nature. There are so many sources of potential energy that lie in the natural world. I decided to really hone in on wind potential energy. I live in Central Washington state and nearby is a fairly large wind farm. This area of Washington is not what people traditionally think of when they have the Pacific Northwest on their mind. It is a desert, and trees do not naturally grow here unless near a river (most likely the Columbia) due to the average rainfall being only 7-9 inches. So, there are wide open spaces to put the humongous wind turbines needed to harvest the wind energy. There is also ample wind in this area, with a monthly average of around 20 mph. Needless to say it is a great option for wind farms. Potential wind energy is the amount of useable energy that may be feasibly produced by wind currents (Palmer, 2024). Wind turbines could turn this potential energy into kinetic energy. the basics of how wind potential energy works like this; wind moving at a certain speed and strength can create the amount of joules of energy needed to perform a task. Take this as an example, a steady breeze turns the blades of a wind turbine 10 revolution per second, each of those revolutions produces 1.5 joules, the result would be 15 joules resulting from that potential wind energy. reasonably this means it can produce 15 watts of energy every second (Palmer, 2024).

References: Palmer, L. R. (2024, January 21). What is wind potential energy? . All the Science. https://www.allthescience.org/what-is-wind-potential-energy.htm Quincy, WA weather . USA.com. (n.d.). http://www.usa.com/quincy-wa-weather.htm

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