Energy efficiency

1 A 100 W light bulb produces 8 W of light.

a What happens to the other 92 W?

b Calculate its efficiency.

2 A 25 W low-energy light bulb produces 15 W of light. Calculate its efficiency.

3. An energy efficient bulb transfers 40% of the energy as useful light energy.
  How much energy is transferred as heat?  
 

4. A team of scientists test an “old banger” car. They find out that only 10% of the energy is transferred as
kinetic energy and 70% is transferred as heat energy. If the useful energy output was 300 000J, what was
the energy input (in J)? 

5. A wood-burning power station is 12 % efficient. Calculate the input power necessary to produce an
output power of 1500 MW.

6.A new energy-saving kettle is claimed to be 95 % efficient. It needs 190 000 J of energy to boil a kettle full
of water at room temperature [190 000J has to be transferred to the water].

a How much energy will the kettle take from the mains?

b What happens to the rest of the energy?

 Energy efficiency

1 A 100 W light bulb produces 8 W of light.

a What happens to the other 92 W? Lost as heat

b Calculate its efficiency.

8%

2. A 25 W low-energy light bulb produces 15 W of light. Calculate its efficiency.

60%

3. An energy efficient bulb transfers 40% of the energy as useful light energy.
  How much energy is transferred as heat?  
 

60%

4. A team of scientists test an “old banger” car. They find out that only 10% of the energy is transferred as
kinetic energy and 70% is transferred as heat energy. If the useful energy output was 300 000J, what was
the energy input (in J)?

3 000 000J

5. A wood-burning power station is 12 % efficient. Calculate the input power necessary to produce an
output power of 1500 MW.

12500 MW

6.A new energy-saving kettle is claimed to be 95 % efficient. It needs 190 000 J of energy to boil a kettle full
of water at room temperature [190 000J has to be transferred to the water].

a How much energy will the kettle take from the mains? 200 000J

b What happens to the rest of the energy? Lost as heat to surroundings