Thermo Final

at low pressures and high temperatures

Boundary Work

1) General
2) Isobaric process

3) Polytropic process of ideal gas approx the same for all gases at the same
reduced temp and reduced pressure

4) Isothermal

for ideal gases

for incompressible substances(liquids and solids)

for a constant pressure process:

the

Thermal Efficiency not valid for processes during which pressure varies

for steady flow processes, heat to system and work by system positive
remember to convert to kilojoules

carnot and other reversible engines

Entropy Ideal Gases

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Entropy Ideal Gases

a. Constant Specific heats (approx treatment)

any process
internally reversible, isothermal process gives

isentropic
isentropic:

Pure Substances

any process
isentropic

Incompressible substances b. Variable Specific heat (exact treatment)

any process any process

isentropic isentropic

steady flow work for a reversible process

for incompressible, simplifies to

work by comp

Isentropic

polytropic
for steady flow

Isothermal

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