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3.2 Dissipation and efficiency

3.2 Dissipation and efficiency

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Question 16

A micro-hydrokinetic turbine is suspended in a fast-flowing drainage canal to harvest electrical energy from urban runoff.

Explain why it is physically impossible for the turbine to extract 100% of the kinetic energy of the water passing through it.

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3.2 Dissipation and efficiency Questions

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38 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Physics 3.2 Dissipation and efficiency. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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