Ebook: Basic Thermodynamics: Software Solutions - Part III (Engines, Refrigerators and Heat pumps, II Law, Entropy and its uses)

BoBoCoAe, 2014, 205 pages, ISBN: 8740306879 9788740306873This is Part III of the book: Basic Thermodynamics: Software Solutions, Second Law of Thermodynamics and Entropy are dealt with.After explaining the concepts of Thermal reservoir, Heat Engine, Refrigerator and Heat Pump and their efficiency / coefficient of performance (COP) , two important statements of II Law, viz. Kelvin – Plank statement and Clausius statement are given. Carnot cycle, its efficiency etc are explained next.
Entropy, being an ‘abstract’ concept, is better studied by seeing how it is applied in the analysis of commonly encountered processes.
We study entropy changes for various processes involving pure substances, incompressible substances and ideal gases.
Entropy principle is used to analyze some practically important cases. ‘Entropy balance’ for various systems is studied.Above topics are illustrated by solving several problems using Mathcad, EES and TEST software.Part III ContentsSecond Law of Thermodynamics
Definitions, Statements and Formulas used
Problems solved with EES
Problems solved with TEST
ReferencesEntropy
Definitions, Statements and Formulas used
Problems solved with EES
Problems solved with MathCad
Problems solved with The Expert System for Thermodynamics (TEST)
References