what does thermal energy depend on?
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There are three ways that thermal energy can be transmitted. (1) By radiation of photons. The photons are absorbed by materials and transfer their kinetic energy to the materials. (2) By convection in liquids and gases. The molecules of the fluid have kinetic energy depending upon their temperature. This energy of motion is transferred  to adjacent molecules.  Also as fluids heat up their density decreases and they rise against gravity in a motion called convection.  (3) By conduction in materials.  As the molecules of the material heat up, their kinetic energy of motion is transferred to adjacent molecules by collision.
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Most likely Energy in Joules. We need a context though.
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Power requirements for a room are determined by the total heat load. This heat load consists of solar load (if the room has an exterior window), people load (how many people use the room at a time, and how active are they), appliance loads (lights, equipment, etc.) and the ambient conditions surrounding the room and insulation (r-value for walls separating room from hot and cold areas).\n\nIf you need more specific help for a commercial project - e-mail me.
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It doesn't. When work is done a small amount of the system's energy is converted to entropy (heat) and is lost to the system (usually through friction).
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HEAT ENERGY=mQ(t2-t1)\n\nM-MASS OF SUBSTANCE\nQ-SPECIFIC HEAT CAPACITY\n(t2-t1)-CHANGE IN TEMP.
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I am assuming the energy in this context as "heat energy". Then the answer is NO. It depends on the temperature.\n\nHeat flows from body of high temperature to body of low temperature.\n\nImagine a small tank (10ltr) on second floor and a big tank with 100 lt on first floor. If we connect these, water flows from top tank to below tank.\nHeight is synonymous to Temperature.\nAmount of water is synonymous to Heat energy.\n\nPS: Another similarity is electricity.\nTemperature = height of water = voltage\nheat flow = water flow = current\nheat energy = amount of water = charge\nheat resistance = pipe resistance = electrical resistance
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No, the amount is constant. It can change between different states though. Particles with some mass can change into energy in interactions and vice versa and there are many many different ways of energy changing from one to another.\n\nOn a school level you can think of "chemical energy" changing to kinetic energy in a car for example. At a higher level you need to consider more in-depth things like an electron loosing potential energy by moving down a level in orbit around an atom and emitting a photon with that energy so it is conserved.
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None.\n\nCalories are a measure of the heat content of objects.  If you are referring to the amount of heat radiated by the earth, it would be stated in some unit appropriate to the measure of radiant energy, such as watts or newtons per second.\n\nYou may be able to find an answer by visiting the library or using the internet.
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Thermal energy is added to provide the heat of vaporization for the material you want to distill. Once it is vaporized and conveyed to a place that is away from the original material, you have to condense the vapor to recover what you want in liquid form. This requires removing the heat of vaporization. So distillation requires a heat source and a source of heat removal, or cooling.
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I don't really understand what your question is.  In the first place, heat always flows from a warmer object to a cooler one.  That maximizes the number of possible arrangements of energy quanta, leading to an increased entropy.
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Yes. Radiant energy strikes the matter surface it repel electrons from the matter and it release heat energy.
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The bonds that held the molecules or atoms or ions together are broken by the thermal energy.
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You have to specify the energy migration profile. Either adiabatic (zero energy transfer) or iso-volumetric (a lot of energy entering the system) or something in between.\n\nAlso, you have to specify the thermal units (Celsius/Fahrenheit/Kelvin/Rankin).
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Heat, availability of reactants, # of enzymes, other competing enzymes (if any).  These are a few.  Heat is one of the biggest as enzymes have specific temperatures at which they operate best.  At different temperatures they tend to slow or shut down completely.  Hope this helps.
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Thermal energy is the energy due to a temperature difference. Think of a glass of ice water in a warm room. Thermal energy goes from the room to the ice and melts it. Always from Hot to Cold.\n\nCar radiators use it to move heat away from the engine.\n\nAir conditioners.
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It would end up as heat. At least that is the usual place you say all the energy went when you can't otherwise account for it. Like where does the energy go when you drop a bean bag on the ground? Yell out loud? Turn on a light? slow your fall with a parachute? And on and on and on.
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Thermal energy is a measure of molecular motion, not collision, and the more motion there is in the water, the higher the thermal energy (kinetic), and the higher the temperature.