I figured chemical engineering would be the best way to get into new energy because it's a really broad major.
我发现化学工程应该是接触新能源的最好方式，因为这个专业覆盖面很广泛。
You see, it turns out that certain microorganisms are chemosynthetic—they don't need sunlight because they take their energy from chemical reactions.
你看，原来某些微生物是化学合成的——它们不需要阳光，因为它们从化学反应中获取能量。
Like land plants, phytoplankton have chlorophyll to capture sunlight, and they use photosynthesis to turn it into chemical energy.
浮游植物与陆地植物一样，它们拥有叶绿素来获取阳光，并利用光合作用奖其转化为化学能量。
There are the obvious: like turning light into chemical energy like plants do. Or eating plants like many animals do.
最明显的方式是：植物将光能转化成化学能，或者有些动物吃植物来维持自身能量。
“It’s like a little battery that carries chemical energy within cells,” said Dr. Scharf.
沙佛博士说：“三磷酸腺苷就像细胞中储存化学能量的小电池。”
Mitochondria are the powerhouses of animal cells, converting oxygen and a metabolic product of glucose into ATP, a molecule that cells use to store chemical energy.
线粒体是动物细胞的能量来源，把氧和一种葡萄糖代谢产物转换成三磷酸腺苷（ATP），ATP是用来存储化学能量的一种细胞内化合物。
Chemical energy, which is everything from wood to crude oil to gasoline to coal, consists of playing with the electrons, changing their energy state.
从木头、原油、汽油到煤炭，它们中释放出来的化学能量是通过改变其中电子的能量状态实现的。
Various fuels such as coal, gas, oil and food are common examples of chemical energy.
最常见的化学能包括煤、天然气、石油、和食物等各种各样的燃料。
But what happens when that chemical energy throws a wrench into the process?
但是化学能量究竟如何作用该过程呢？
The major difference between these two power generators is that the chemical energy of the fuel cell is converted directly to electrical power without intermediate conversion first to heat.
主要的区别在于，燃料电池的化学能量能直接转化成电能而不需要先转化成热能。
The electrolyte is stored in an external tank and pumped through the battery’s cells to convert chemical energy into electricity.
电解液储存在容器外然后泵过电池并将化学能转换为电能。
That energy does not exist in the form of a glowing, ghostly ball of electromagnetic energy, but rather in the form of heat and chemical energy.
那些能量根本不存在于所谓的幽灵的闪耀的团块状电磁能量中。
They try to mimic plants in turning CO2, water and light into chemical energy, only better.
他们尝试模拟在工厂把二氧化碳、水和光转化为化学能源，甚至更好。
All batteries work by converting electrical energy into chemical energy during charging, and then converting it back into electricity as the battery is discharged.
所有电池是靠充电的同时通过将电能转换为化学能而工作，随后，当电池放电的时候，再将化学能转化为电能。
In an industrial process called electrolysis, it changes to chemical energy.
在所谓的电解工业的过程中，它转化成化学能。
Plants naturally take in carbon dioxide they need for photosynthesis, the process of changing light energy to chemical energy.
植物天生吸收二氧化碳来进行光合作用，这是一种将光能转化成化学能的过程。
Electrochemical batteries, lithium ones in particular, are the best option, converting stored chemical energy into electricity with high efficiency and without toxic emissions.
电化学电池，特别是锂电池，成为了最佳选择，因为它们把化学能转变为电能效率很高并且无有毒物质释放。
When a fuel unites with oxygen, we say the fuel burns; what is really happening is that chemical energy (fuel and oxygen) is changing to heat energy.
当燃料与氧气结合，我们就说燃料开始燃烧了，实际发生的是化学能(燃料与氧气)转化成热能。
Chemical energy gasoline, fossil fuel can be burned, converted to heat, converted to electricity.
化学能，汽油，矿物燃料能被燃烧，转化成热量，再转化成电。
Traditional batteries store the chemical energy in two solid electrodes; flow batteries store it in the liquid electrolyte in which the electrodes are immersed.
传统的电池是在两根固定电极中储存化学能的；而流体电池则将其储存在浸入电极，即液体电解质中。
Batteries convert chemical energy to electricity directly.
电池将化学能直接，转化为电能。
That chemical energy is then converted into electrical energy.
这种化学能随后转化成电能。
The drugs target mitochondria, the cellular power generators that provide our bodies with chemical energy.
这种药物作用于线粒体，它是细胞能量的来源，为我们的身体提供化学能量。
Mitochondria convert the chemical energy of carbohydrates and fats into energy forms which the rest of the cell can use when needed.
线粒体可将脂肪与碳水化合物的化学能转化为细胞的其余部分需要时可以利用的能源形式。
Autotroph: an organism capable of synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances using light or chemical energy. green plants algae and certain bacteria are autotrophs.
自养生物：一种能够从无机物质如光或化学能量中合成出自身食物的有机体。绿色植物，海藻及某些细菌都是自养生物。
A diesel engine can not utilize all the chemical energy of the fuel nor can any other heat engine.
柴油机不能利用燃料的全部化学能，任何别的热机也做不到这一点。
Chloroplasts are plant photosynthesis, place, can effectively will be the light of the sun energy into chemical energy.
叶绿体是植物进行光合作用的场所，能有效将太阳的光能量转化成化学能。
The cell lost its autotrophic character and became dependent on added chemical energy sources.
细胞丧失了自养的特性，变成依赖于外加的化学能源生活。
However, some are still not efficient enough to turn chemical energy into mechanical power.
不过，一些仍然没有足够的效率，把化学能转化机械动力。
However, some are still not efficient enough to turn chemical energy into mechanical power.
不过，一些仍然没有足够的效率，把化学能转化机械动力。
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