OEO Ontology

Overview / Open Energy Ontology / Class - energy transformation
Label: energy transformation

Definition:
Energy transformation is a process in which one type of energy is decreased, and simultaneously within the same bearer one or more other types of energy are increased.

Sub classes:
Definition:
Combustion is an energy transformation in which chemical energy from a fuel is transformed into thermal energy and other kinds of energy, e.g. radiative energy.

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Definition:
Quality transformation is a process in which one quality is decreased, and, causally interconnected, one or more qualities are increased and all of these qualities inhere in the same bearer.