Heat Transfer
Conductive: a measure of a material's ability to conduct an electric current
Conductive: a measure of a material's ability to conduct an electric current
Convection: a.) Heat transfer in a gas or liquid by the circulation of currents from one region to another.b.) Fluid motion caused by an external force such as gravity.
Radiation: a.) Emission and propagation and emission of energy in the form of rays or waves.b.) Energy radiated or transmitted as rays, waves, in the form of particles.c.) A stream of particles or electromagnetic waves emitted by the atoms and molecules of a radioactive substance as a result of nuclear decay.
Joules: A unit of energy equal to the work done when a force of one newton acts through a distance of one meter.
Calories: Any of several approximately equal units of heat, each measured as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1°C from a standard initial temperature, especially from 3.98°C, 14.5°C, or 19.5°C, at 1 atmosphere pressure.
First Law of Thermodynamics: it states that energy can be neither created nor destroyed (conservation of energy). Thus power generation processes and energy sources actually involve conversion of energy from one form to another, rather than creation of energy from nothing.