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.
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.
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.