Lightning bolts are electric discharges that originate in the clouds during a storm and travel to the earth’s surface. About 100 lightning bolts strike the earth every second. One bolt can contain up to one billion volts of electricity.
An average hurricane bringing in 1.5 cm per day of rain, with a circle radius of 665 km, generates a huge amount of energy (6.0 × 1014 Watts or 5.2 × 1019 Joules/ day), which is equivalent of 200 times the electricity-generating capacity of the entire planet in a year. This is equivalent to detonating…
Using the famous mass-energy relation (E = mc2) of Albert Einstein, one can arrive at the conclusion that 1 kilogram matter is equivalent to 9 × 1016 J of energy. The energy content of fuels is as follows: 1 barrel (159 litres) of crude oil º 6.1 × 109 J 1 ton of coal º…
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant has the distinction of being the largest single power generating unit in India. Located in coastal Tamil Nadu, Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant has a capacity of generating 1000 MW power. The construction of the plant began on 31 March 2002 and it became critical on 13 July 2013.
A neutron star is a remnant of a star after it has collapsed due to its own gravity. These stars are composed of subatomic particles called neutrons without any electrical charge. These stars could be two times the mass of the sun. The neutron stars have a very high surface gravity which could be 2…
It is estimated that a 1.8 kg chicken will produce 28 to 100 grams of manure per day or 12 to 36 kg of manure per year. In its lifetime, a chicken can produce enough manure to power a 100-watt lightbulb for 5 hours. The manure produced by chicken can be decomposed to produce methane,…
