Fundamentals of Thermodynamics
Abstract
In this chapter, thermodynamic fundamentals are revisited from the perspective of energy system analysis and assessment. In the first section, the main thermodynamic concepts and properties are introduced and defined. Basic properties such as temperature, pressure, and specific volume (measurable quantities) and concepts such as thermodynamic system, work, heat, energy, and equilibrium are discussed in detail. A separate section outlines the importance of state equations and the behavior of ideal gas during basic processes such as expansion, compression, and isochoric transformation. Thermodynamic laws and the Carnot cycle are treated in a dedicated section in which the concept of irreversibility, ...
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