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Energy Coupling

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Various mechanisms and devices facilitate that an energy-producing process may drive another process requiring energy if energy coupling takes place between these processes. For example, in living systems, synthesis of adenosine triphosphate requires energy and therefore must couple with an energy providing process of electron transport chain. On the other hand, the hydrolysis of adenosine triphosphate supplies the energy needed in living systems. This chapter discusses a very simple and representative analysis of energy coupling in biochemical cycles and energy expenditure. There are five examples within the text and 15 practice problems at the end of the chapter.

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Demirel, Y. (2012). Energy Coupling. In: Energy. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2372-9_10

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