3 Technical Concepts and Overview Flashcards
When is an object said to have done work?
When it has been displaced against physical resistance
What it the formula to find work in terms of integrals?
W = β« F*dl
What is a Joule?
Work done moving 1 meter against a force of 1 newton
What is energy?
Capacity to perform work
What are the 3 forms of energy?
- Kinetic
- Potential
- Chemical
What is power?
Power is the rate of doing work
What is a Watt defined as?
Watt, defined as 1 Joule per second
What two quantities does ohms low relate?
Ohms law relates the voltage difference and the electrical current flowing through the resistance
How does heating a wire affect the current?
Heating in wire increases with the square of the current
Whats the maximum solar power at the Earths surface?
1ππ/π^2
Whats the rating of an open cycle gas turbine?
300 ππ
How much is 1 barrel of oil equivalent?
6GJ
How much is 1 cubic meter of gas?
40 MJ
What is the fossil fuel equivalent conversion?
- Is approximate and depends on the reference fuel
- Depends on where the fossil fuel equivalent has come from
Which laws of thermodynamics need to applied?
- The First Law of Thermodynamics
- The Second Law of Thermodynamics
What is the first law of thermodynamics?
Energy is neither created nor destroyed but converted from one from to another
How is energy in a frictionless environment?
π = π + ππππ
What is the second law of thermodynamics?
A device operating continuously cannot export only work from an isolated source of heat
What is a device doing work paired with?
Energy from a higher temperature
What are energy flows associated with in society?
- Static engines
- Chemical process plant
- Keeping warm and cool
- Transport of people and goods
What is an example or the second law of thermodynamics?
Heat engine that extracts mechanical work from a heat source
What does the 2nd law state in terms of q?
q β 0
What happens as energy flows through a process?
Grade deteriorates
What is the theoretical maximum extractable work called?
Exergy
What is a heat source exergy like and what does it depend on?
<100%
- Hot source temperature
- ambient temperature
What happens if heat source tends to infinity?
The source tends to pure exergy and is said to be very high grade