Ebook: Energy Transfers by Convection

Cover; Half-Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Basic Concepts and Balances; 1.1. Thermal energy and the first law of thermodynamics; 1.2. Thermal energy and the second law of thermodynamics; 1.3. For an energy and mass accounting: balances; 1.3.1. Accounting principles for system inputs and outputs; 1.3.2. Accumulation in the system; 1.3.3. Generation in a system; 1.3.4. Balance equation; 1.4. Fluxes and flux densities; 1.4.1. Energy fluxes; 1.4.2. Mass fluxes; 1.4.3. Flux densities; 1.5. Operating states; 1.5.1. Steady state; 1.5.2. Transient state.