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To make the flaw grow, say by 1 mm, we have to tear the rubber to create 1 mm of new crack surface, and this consumes energy the tear energy of the rubber per unit area X the area of surface torn. If the work done by the gas pressure inside the balloon, plus the release of elastic energy from the membrane itself, is less than this energy the tearing simply cannot take place - it would infringe the laws of thermodynamics. 

Mechanical losses - Bearings, lip seals, mechanical seals, packings, etc., all consume energy and reduce the pump s efficiency. Small pumps (less than 15 HP) are particularly susceptible. 

By the year 2020 government predictions are that petroleum will comprise over 40 percent of the nation s total consumed energy. 

The lower than expected yields can be explained by the nature of methane oxidation to methanol in these bacteria. This reaction, catalysed by methane mono-oxygenase, is a net consumer of reducing equivalents (NADH), which would otherwise be directed to ATP generation and biosynthesis. In simple terms the oxidation of methane to methanol consumes energy, lowering the yield. 

Chemical reaction will evolve energy (exothermic) or consume energy (endothermic). For steady-state processes the accumulation of both mass and energy will be zero. 

Draganescu, F., Gheorghe, M., and Doidn, C.V., 2003. Models of machine tool efficiency and specific consumed energy, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 141 (1), 9-15. 

For conventional approach, 4 mL of methanol is mixed with 4 g of vegetable oil and catalyst concentration (NaOH) used in 0.5% of oil (Case I a stirrer is used for uniform mixing which consumes energy Case II heater is used for maintaining reflux conditions)... 

The global surface is filled of sunshine, total amount of which is more than ten thousand times compared to the total consuming energies by mankind. 

Any further reaction beyond (eq) would not only fail to liberate any further energy, but also would in fact consume energy (we would start to go uphill on the right-hand side of the figure). Any further increment of reaction would be characterized by AG > 0, implying a non-spontaneous process, which is why the reaction... 

Figures 11 and 12 depict the total energy exhausted in the network for all three sensor selection algorithms during the hundred second-scenario. Consumed energy increases as the maximum number of sensors that are...

Figure 11. Comparison of the consumed energy for the sparse scenario.

Garden choices A plastic-coated obelisk will consume energy in its produotion and cause pollution when eventually disearded. In contrast, this homemade twig tepee will decompose naturally at the end of its life. 

Transportation Long-distance transport consumes energy and causes pollution. Heavy imported terra-cotta pots like the ones above may seem like a bargain, but the environmental costs are high. 

Anabolic metabolic pathways are the flip side of catabolic ones. Anabolic reactions are biosynthetic that is, they create complex molecules out of simpler ones. Anabolic pathways are reductive in nature and consume energy. In all these ways, anabolic pathways stand in contrast to catabolic ones. It is frequently the case that the end product of an anabolic pathway will inhibit the first enzyme in the same pathway. This makes a good deal of sense. Anabolic pathways require energy and if there is enough end product available there is little reason to keep making more of it. So an excess of the end product simply turns off the pathway by inhibiting the first enzyme ... 

Food intake is one side of the body weight equation energy expenditure is the other. One aspect of energy expenditure is our basal metabolic rate. That is the rate of which we consume energy when at rest. Basal metabolic rates vary significantly from person... 

Compression of hydrogen consumes energy depending on the thermodynamic process. The ideal isothermal compression requires the least amount of energy (just compression work) and the adiabatic process requires the maximum amount of energy. The compression energy W depends on the initial pressure p and the final pressure pf, the initial volume V and the adiabatic coefficient y ... 

At one point or another during protein synthesis, several other proteins will be associated with the ribosome. These include factors that help in initiating the synthetic process, others that help in elongating the peptide chain, and yet others that play a role in terminating the synthesis of a peptide chain. Beyond this, there is also the mRNA to consider, as well as the aminoacylated tRNA molecules. Finally, since protein biosynthesis consumes energy, there is the hydrolysis of ATP and GTP to AMP and GDP, respectively, by the ribosome. 

Large plantations of Taxus baccata had to be established to grow the bushes from which leaves and twigs were harvested on an annual basis. This process utilizes significant amounts of land and essentially comprises a monocrop. Furthermore, the harvesting process consumes energy and produces emissions. 

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