What is happening
You arrive at a gravity-fed water tower feeding an emergency turbine.
The turbine is stalling. The system holds 500 J in total, stored height energy accounts for 320 J, and the kinetic reading is drifting.
Energy conservationRunning
Total accounted
352J
System energy
500J
Total accounted is short by 148 J
Energy ledger. Kinetic energy at 32 J. Total accounted 352 J, System energy 500 J. Currently total accounted is short by 148 J.
What has to balance