Topic 2 Resource Management & Sustainable Production
2.3 Energy Utilisation, Storage and Distribution
Define embodied energy
Summarise how energy is distributed.
What do CHP systems aim to do, and why are the needed?
Give examples of what the wasted heat can be used for.
Describe the photovoltaic effect and how it is used to supply people’s homes
with electricity.
Name four greenhouse gases and their contribution %
Describe the greenhouse effect
Define ‘Global Warming Potential’
Describe what –ve,+ve and an electrolyte are.
Give 2 examples of what each size of battery (micro, small, medium and
large) would be used for.
How has the development of battery size effected industries, include
examples.
Draw and describe the principle of a ‘flow battery’
Describe the differences between capacitors and super capacitors/