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Energy has far reaching impact in everyday life, industrial development, and understanding the various processes and natural phenomena. Energy is the capacity to do work. Total energy is the sum of all forms of the energy a system possesses. In the absence of magnetic, electrical, and surface tension effects, the total energy of a system consists of the kinetic, potential, and internal energies. This chapter discusses the concept of energy and the primary and secondary types of energies. Primary energy is extracted or captured directly from the environment, while the secondary energy is converted from the primary energy in the form of electricity or fuel. Primary energies are nonrenewable energy (fossil fuels), renewable energy, and waste. Nonrenewable energy resources are coal, petroleum, natural gas, and nuclear, while renewable energy resources are solar, bioenergy, wind, and geothermal. Energy density and the impact of fossil fuels on the global warming are also discussed briefly. There are nine solved examples within the text and 56 practice problems at end of the chapter.

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Demirel, Y. (2012). Energy and Energy Types. In: Energy. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2372-9_2

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