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CT: This theory throws a light on the tremendous potential of both these energies when utilized in combination known as “AEROTHERMAL ENERGY”. This energy can produce a greater amount of power with minimum input. This energy also has the potential to produce power even in the absence of wind energy.
S: Moran – http://www.ijser.org/researchpaper%5CAEROTHERMAL-ENERGY.pdf (last access: 11 July 2014)
N: 1. aero- (prefix): word-forming element meaning “air, atmosphere; aircraft; gases,” from Greek aero-, comb. form of aer (genitive aeros) “air, lower atmosphere”.
thermal (adj): 1756, “having to do with hot springs,” from French thermal (Buffon), from Greek therme “heat, feverish heat,” from PIE gwher- “to heat, warm” (cognates: Latin fornax “an oven, kiln,” formus “warm,” Old English wearm. Sense of “having to do with heat” is first recorded 1837. The noun meaning “rising current of relatively warm air” is recorded from 1933.
energy (n): 1590s, “force of expression,” from Middle French énergie (16c.), from Late Latin energia, from Greek energeia “activity, action, operation,” from energos “active, working,” from en “at” + ergon “work, that which is wrought; business; action”.
Used by Aristotle with a sense of “actuality, reality, existence” (opposed to “potential”) but this was misunderstood in Late Latin and afterward as “force of expression,” as the power which calls up realistic mental pictures. Broader meaning of “power” in English is first recorded 1660s. Scientific use is from 1807. Energy crisis first attested 1970.
2. According to the EU Directive 2009/28/EC the renewable energies are: wind, solar, aerothermal, geothermal, hydrothermal and ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas and biogases. Passive solar energy and energy efficiency are not included to avoid double counting.
3. aerothermics: Name for the discipline, not the energy as such.
S: 1. OED – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=thermal&searchmode=none (last access: 6 December 2014); http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=energy&searchmode=none (last access: 6 December 2014). 2. http://www.rehva.eu/eu-regulations/renewable-energy-sources-directive-res/ (last access: 6 December 2014). 3. MO.
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