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Chapter 2 Flashcards

1
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As a result of the conversion of electric energy consumed by the device to heat, the room temperature will ___

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Rise

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Total Energy E

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The sum of thermal, mechanical, kinetic, potential, electric, magnetic, chemical and nuclear energy

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Thermodynamics deals only with…

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The change of the total energy

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Those a system possesses as a whole with respect to some outside reference frame

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Macroscopic forms of energy

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Macroscopic forms of energy

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Kinetic and potential energies

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Those related to the molecular structure of a system and the degree of the molecular activity

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Microscopic forms of energy - internal energy

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The energy that a system possesses as a result of its motion relative to some reference from

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Kinetic energy (KE)

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8
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The energy that a system possesses as a result of its elevation in a gravitational field

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Potential Energy (PE)

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9
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The portion of the internal energy if a system associated with the kinetic energies of the molecules

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Sensible energy

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10
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The internal energy associated with the phase of a system

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Latent energy

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The internal energy associated with the atomic bonds in a molecule

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Chemical energy

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12
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The tremendous amount of energy associated with the strong bonds within the nucleus of the atom itself

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Nuclear energy

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13
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Thermal

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Sensible + latent

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14
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Internal

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Sensible + latent + chemical + nuclear

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15
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The total energy of a system, can be contained or stored in a system, and thus can be viewed as the

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Static forms of energy

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16
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The forms of energy not stored in a system can be viewed as the

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Dynamic forms of energy or as energy interactions

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17
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Dynamic forms of energy

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Recognized at the system boundary as they cross it, and they represent the energy gained or lost by a system during a process

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18
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The only two forms of energy interactions associated with a closed system are

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Heat transfer and work

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19
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The difference between heat transfer and work

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An energy interaction is heat transfer if its driving force is a temperature difference. Otherwise it is work.

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20
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The form of energy that can be converted to mechanical work completely and directly by an ideal mechanical device such as an ideal turbine

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Mechanical energy

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21
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The familiar forms of mechanical energy

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Kinetic and potential energies

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22
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The form of energy that is transferred between two systems (or a system and its surroundings) by virtue of a temperature difference

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Heat

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23
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Temperature difference is the driving force for ____

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Heat transfer

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24
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Energy is recognized as heat transfer only as it…

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Crosses the system boundary

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25
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Treats molecules as tiny balls that are in motion and thus possess kinetic energy

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Kinetic theory

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26
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The energy associated with the random motion of atoms and molecules

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Heat

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27
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The transfer of energy from the more energetic particles of a substance to the adjacent less energetic ones as a result of interaction between particles

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Conduction

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28
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The transfer of energy between a solid surface and the adjacent fluid that is in motion, and it involves the combined effects of conduction and fluid motion

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Convection

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29
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The transfer of energy due to the emission of electromagnetic waves (or photons)

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Radiation

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30
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Heat was thought to be an invisible fluid called the _____ that flowed from warmer bodies to the cooler ones

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Caloric

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31
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The energy transfer associated with a force acting through a distance

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Work

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32
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Work interactions

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A rising piston, a rotating shaft, and an electric wire crossing the system boundaries

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33
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Formal sign convention

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Heat transfer to a system (Qin) and work done by a system (Wout) are positive

Heat transfer to a system (Qout) and work done on a system (Win) are negative

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34
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Both heat and work are _____

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Boundary phenomena - recognized at the boundaries of a system as they cross the boundaries

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35
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Systems posses ___

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Energy but not heat or work

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36
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Heat vs. work

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Both are associated with a process not a state

Has no meaning at a state

Both are path functions

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37
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Path functions

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Their magnitudes depend on the path followed during a process as well as the end states

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38
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Properties are ___

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Point functions

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39
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There are two requirements for a work interaction between a system and its surrounds to exist

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There must be a force acting on the boundary

The boundary must move

40
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Work done to raise or to accelerate a body

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  1. The work transfer needed to raise a body is equal to the change in the potential energy of the body
  2. The work transfer needed to accelerate a body is equal to the change in the kinetic energy of the body
41
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Nonmechanical forms of work

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Electrical work
Magnetic work
Electrical polarization work

42
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Electrical work

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Generalized force - voltage (electrical potential)

Generalized displacement - electrical charge

43
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Magnetic work

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Generalized force - magnetic field strength

Generalized displacement - magnetic dipole moment

44
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Electrical polarization work

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Generalized force - electric field strength

Generalized displacement - polarization of the medium

45
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Provides a sound basis for studying the relationships among the various forms of energy and energy interactions

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The first law of thermodynamics (the conversation of energy principle)

46
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The first law of thermodynamics

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Energy can be neither created nor destroyed during a process; it can only change forms

47
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Energy balance

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(Total energy entering the system) - (total energy leaving the system) = (change in the total energy of the system)

48
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Energy change of a system

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Energy change = energy at final state - energy at initial state

49
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Net energy transfer by heat, work, and mass

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Ein- Eout

50
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Change in internal, kinetic, potential, etc. energies

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Change in Esystem

51
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Mechanisms of energy transfer

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Heat transfer
Work transfer
Mass flow

52
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A closed mass involves only

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Heat transfer and work

53
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Is one of the most frequently used terms in thermodynamics, and it indicates how well an energy conversion or transfer process is accomplished

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Efficiency

54
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The amount of heat released when a unit amount of fuel at room temperature is completely burned and the combustion products are cooled to the room temperature

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Heating value of the fuel

55
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Lower heating value (LHV)

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When the water leaves as a vapor

56
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Higher heating value (HHV)

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When the water in the combustion gases is completely condensed and thus the heat of vaporization is also recovered

57
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A device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy

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Generator

58
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The ratio of the electrical power output to the mechanical power input

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Generator efficiency

59
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The ratio of the net electrical power output to the rate of fuel energy input

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Thermal efficiency of a power plant

60
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The amount of light output in lumens per W of electricity consumed

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Lighting efficacy

61
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Using energy-efficient appliances ___

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Conserve energy

62
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The combustion of fuel produces

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Carbon dioxide (global warming)
Nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons (smog)
Carbon monoxide
Sulfur dioxide (acid rain)

63
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The effectiveness of the conversion process between the mechanical work supplied or extracted and the mechanical energy of the fluid is expressed by the

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Pump efficiency and turbine efficiency

64
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There are 3 modes of heat transfer:

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Conduction
Convection
Radiation

65
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All modes require temperature difference between

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Source and sink

66
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Heat transfers how?

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From high temperature to low temperature

67
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Transfer of more energetic particles to less energetic particles

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Conduction

68
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Occurs in solids, liquids, and gasses

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Conduction

69
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Conduction: liquids and gasses

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Collision of molecules during random motion (Brownian motion)

70
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Conduction: solids

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Combination of crystal lattice vibrations and energy transport by free electrons

71
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Heat of conduction is proportional to…

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Temperature difference and area normal to heat transfer

72
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Proportionality constant measures material’s ability to conduct heat

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Thermal conductivity

73
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High k

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Conductors (most metals)

74
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Low k

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Insulators (wood, styrofoam)

75
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Fourier’s law of heat conduction

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Negative sign is used to due to negative temperature

76
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Transfer of energy to/from a solid surface from/to an adjacent moving fluid (liquid or gas)

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Convection

77
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Combination of conduction and fluid motion

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Convection

78
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____ fluid motion results in more heat transfer

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Faster

79
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If fluid is motionless

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Pure conduction occurs

80
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Fluid is forced over surface by external means (fan, pump, wind, etc.)

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Forced convection

81
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Fluid motion is caused by buoyancy force due to changes in density (warmer air rises because it is less dense)

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Free (or natural) convection

82
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Heat transfer in processes that involve phase changes in fluids are considered to be

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Convection - evaporation, condensation

83
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Movement of vapor bubbles through a liquid

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Evaporation

84
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Falling of liquid droplets

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Condensation

85
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Convective heat transfer coefficient

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Not a property of the fluid

Determined experimentally; affected by surface geometry, fluid properties, fluid velocity

86
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Ts

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Surface temperature

Temp of fluid at surface

87
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Tf

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Bulk fluid

88
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Radiation

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Energy is emitted by matter in the form of electromagnetic waves (or photons)

89
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Results from the change of electronic configurations of atoms or molecules

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Radiation

90
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Does not require presence of medium between source and sink; can work in a vacuum

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Radiation

91
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All bodies at a temperature above ____ emit thermal radiation

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Absolute zero

92
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Maximum radiation from a surface

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Stefan-Boltzman’s Law

93
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Surface that emits maximum radiation is called a

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Black body

94
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___ surfaces emit less than the maximum

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Real

95
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Emissivity

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Material property between 0 and 1

1 for blackbodies

96
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Pollutants emitted during the combustion of fossil fuels are responsible for

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Smog, acid rain, global warming

97
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The environmental pollution has reached such high levels that it became a serious threat to

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Vegetation, wild life, human health

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