First Partial Flashcards
The word thermodynamics
From Greek: therme (heat)π₯dynamics (force)πͺπΌ.
Two definitions of Thermodynamics:
The science of energy, it studies the interconversions of heat into work.
~Cengel and Boles
Thermodynamics is a branch of the physics that studies the energy and work associated with a system. It began in XIX with the steam engines.
~NASA Glen Research Center
What does the thermodynamics do in general words?
Q (heat)ππ»W (work)
Fundamental Laws:
- Law zero: thermal equilibrium: The heat goes to the warmer object to the coldest one.
- First law of thermodynamics: energy conservation: The energy is not created or destroyed but it can be transformed.
- Second law of thermodynamics: entropy: the direction of the processes, whether the process is possible or not.
1850, Rankine, Clausius, Kelvin.
Molecules
A substance consists of a large number of particles called molecules.
Microscopic level
(statistical thermodynamics, kinetic theory)
The properties of the substance naturally depend on the behavior of these particles.
Macroscopic level
This approach does not study the behavior of individual particles, but considera the continuum model.
Theory of continuum.
The description of a substance should consider the behavior of each molecule. The equations that describe the behavior should be developed for each equation.
What does the continuum assume?
That it is possible to simplify the granular description of the substance by using averages, and considering adequate control volumes.
IMAGEN CON FORMULA
Adequate control volumes?
IMAGEN
Continuum
An example of the macroscopic approach
It is not possible to know the interactions between each of the different particles, to determine the pressure over a recipient.
Como en cΓ‘lculo diferencial, para hacer una ecuaciΓ³n diferencial, tenemos que asegurar que el proceso sea continuo.
Examples of thermodynamics applications:
Sumo wrestler. A rock falling. A house with solar panels. Gas turbines. Combined cycle plant. Concentrated solar power plants. Eolic turbines.
Measurement units
- International system.
* English Systems.
Force
SI: F = β¦
SI: F = ma = kg m / s2 = Newton
Force
ES: 1 lbf = β¦
ES: 1 lbf = 32.174 lbm pies / s2
Force
1 kgf = β¦
1 kgf = 9.81 N
The weight of 1kg at sea level.