Development of the Concept of Entropy: A simpler alternative to Carnot Cycle
Development of the Concept of Entropy: A simpler alternative to Carnot Cycle
Author(s): Jamil AhmadSubject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences, Education, Special Branches of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, School education, Vocational Education, Adult Education, Higher Education , State/Government and Education, Inclusive Education / Inclusion, Distance learning / e-learning, Pedagogy
Published by: Национално издателство за образование и наука „Аз-буки“
Keywords: Thermodynamics; Entropy; reversible work; reversible heat; irreversible process
Summary/Abstract: The relationship between entropy and reversible heat and temperature is developed using a simple cycle, in which an ideal gas is subjected to isothermal expansion and compression and heated and cooled between states. The procedure is easily understood by students if they have knowledge of calculations involving internal energy, reversible work, and heat capacity for an ideal gas. This approach avoids the more time-consuming Carnot cycle. The treatment described here illustrates how the total entropy change resulting from an irreversible process is always positive.
Journal: Обучение по природни науки и върхови технологии
- Issue Year: 30/2021
- Issue No: 6
- Page Range: 630-635
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English
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