Power

The rate of doing work is called power.

One watt power can be defined as that in which one joule work is done in one second.

Mathematically,

Or, \(P = \frac {F\times d}{t}\)

Or, P = F× v

The SI unit of power is joule per second(Js^-1) which is called watt (w).

Power of lamp is 60 watt means that lamp can convert 60 J electrical energy into light and heat energy in one second.

Since the SI unit of power is joule per second, also known as Watt we have,

\(\therefore\) 1 Watt = \(\frac{ 1\; joule}{1\; second}\)

Thus, a body is said to be one watt power if it can do one joule of work in one second. There are some bigger units of power like Kilowatt (kW), megawatt (MW) and Horsepower (HP). The relation of them with watt is given below,

i.e., 1kW = 10³W
i.e., 1 MW = 10⁶W or 10³ kW
1 HP = 746 W (approx. 750 W)

Relationbetween Work and Energy.

Energy is the capacity of doing work. When the person does some work on a body, then the energy of the body increases. According to the principleof conservation of energy, the energy gain by the body is equal to the energy lost by the person. For example, when we push table, then we lost some muscular energy. But consequently, the table gains some kinetic energy while it is in motion. When spring is compressed, it stores some potential energy and we loss equivalent amount of muscular energy. We take food which contains chemical energy. The chemical energy is converted into muscular energy inside our body. Because of which we are able to do some work. But, we feel week when we do not take food and we are not able to do work. We feel hungry after having a meal when we sleep for 7- 8 hours. This is due to the work done inside the body like, heart pumps the blood, muscles stretch and relax, etc. The energy provided by the food is used in these internal processes of our body even though we do not perform any external work.

Comparison of work, energy and power