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The Second Law of Thermodynamics Chapter 6
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The Second Law The second law of thermodynamics states that processes occur in a certain direction, not in just any direction. Physical processes in nature proceed toward equilibrium spontaneously:
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Water always flows downhill
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Gases always expand from high pressure to low pressure
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Heat always flows from high temperature to low temperature
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We can reverse these processes It requires the expenditure of work The first law gives us no information about the direction in which a process occurs – it only tells us that energy must balance The second law tells us in what direction processes occur
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Work Always Converts Directly and Completely to Heat, But not the Reverse Work and Heat are not interchangeable forms of energy We need a device to convert heat to work
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Some Definitions Heat Reservoir Source Sink Provides heat energy, but does not change temperature
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Some Definitions Thermodynamic Cycle System returns to the initial conditions The initial state is the same as the final state
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Some Definitions Heat Engine A heat engine is a thermodynamic system operating in a thermodynamic cycle to which net heat is transferred and from which net work is delivered This is the device that converts heat to work
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A steam power plant is a heat engine
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Some Definitions Thermal Efficiency Index of performance of a device What you want over what you have to pay for
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For a heat engine
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Sign Conventions When we talk about engines, we generally dispense with our sign conventions All the energy terms are positive We determine the direction of flow based on the situation, and label carefully
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Cyclic heat engines operate between a high temperature source and a low temperature sink
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For a cyclic heat engine
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Even the Most Efficient Heat Engines Reject Most Heat as Waste Heat Steam power plants run at about 40% efficiency
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A Heat-Engine Cycle Must Reject Some Heat to a Low-Temperature Sink 5-5 A heat-engine cycle cannot be completed without rejecting some heat to a low-temperature sink
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Kelvin-Planck Statement of the Second Law It is impossible for any device that operates on a cycle, to receive heat from a single reservoir and produce a net amount of work.
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The Kelvin-Planck statement of the second law of thermodynamics states that no heat engine can produce a net amount of work while exchanging heat with a single reservoir only. In other words, the maximum possible efficiency is less than 100%.
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Some Mechanical Devices accept work as input, and move heat from low to high temperatures Heat Pump Refrigerators and Air Conditioners Heat always flows spontaneously from hot to cold
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Heat pumps and refrigerators differ in their intended use. They work the same
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For a refrigerator or air conditioner For a heat pump
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COP We use coefficient of performance (COP) instead of efficiency ( ) for heat pumps and refrigerators COP can be greater than 1 for refrigerators It is always greater than 1 for heat pumps
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COP Refrigerators But what is W net equal to? Substituting in… Since Q H is always greater than Q L, COP can be greater than one, but only when Q H /Q L is less than 2
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COP Heat Pumps But what is W net equal to? Substituting in… Since Q L is always less than Q H, COP is always greater than 1
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Clausius Statement of the Second Law I t is impossible to construct a device that operates in a cycle and produces no effect other than the transfer of heat from a lower- temperature body to a higher- temperature body.
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Energy from the surroundings in the form of work or heat has to be expended to force heat to flow from a low-temperature media to a high-temperature media. Thus, the COP of a refrigerator or heat pump must be less than infinity.
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Perpetual Motion Machines Any device that violates the first or second law is called a perpetual motion machine If it violates the first law, it is a perpetual motion machine of the first type (PMM1) If it violates the second law, it is a perpetual motion machine of the second type (PMM2)
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Perpetual Motion Machines are not possible
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Reversible Processes Heat pumps, refrigerators and heat engines all work best reversibly Reversible processes don’t have any losses such as Friction Unrestrained expansion of gases Heat transfer through a finite temperature difference Mixing of two different substances Any deviation from a quasistatic process
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Internally Reversible Process The internally reversible process is a quasiequilibrium process, which once having taken place, can be reversed and in so doing leave no change in the system. This says nothing about what happens to the surroundings around the system.
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Totally or Externally Reversible Process The externally reversible process is a quasiequilibrium process, which once having taken place, can be reversed and in so doing leaves no change in the system or surroundings.
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All real processes are irreversible!! So why should we worry about reversible processes? Reversible processes represent the best that we can do.
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Carnot Cycle Named for French engineer Nicolas Sadi Carnot (1769-1832) One example of a reversible cycle
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Nicolas Sadi Carnot French Physicist Developed the theory of heat engines http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/ biography/CarnotSadi.html
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Carnot Cycle Composed of four reversible processes 2 adiabatic expansion or compression 2 reversible isothermal heat transfer
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Carnot Cycle Process 1-2 Reversible isothermal heat addition at high temperature Process 2-3 Reversible adiabatic expansion during which the system does work and the working fluid temperature changes from T H to T L Process 3-4 Reversible isothermal heat exchange takes place while work of compression is done on the system. Process 4-1 A reversible adiabatic compression process increases the working fluid temperature from T L to T H
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Process 1-2 Reversible isothermal heat addition at high temperature, T H > T L to the working fluid in a piston-cylinder device which does some boundary work. Pressure Specific Volume 1 QHQH T H = constant 2
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Process 2-3 Reversible adiabatic expansion during which the system does work as the working fluid temperature decreases from T H to T L. Pressure Specific Volume 1 QHQH T H = constant 2 3
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Process 3-4 The system is brought in contact with a heat reservoir at T L < T H and a reversible isothermal heat exchange takes place while work of compression is done on the system. Pressure Specific Volume 1 QHQH T H = constant 2 3 4 QLQL T L = constant
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Process 4-1 A reversible adiabatic compression process increases the working fluid temperature from T L to T H Pressure Specific Volume 1 QHQH T H = constant 2 3 4 QLQL T L = constant
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Execution of the Carnot Cycle in a Closed System The Carnot cycle is a reversible heat engine The area inside the figure represents the work Isothermal Adiabatic
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Reversed Carnot Cycle A reversed Carnot Cycle is a refrigerator or a heat pump
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Efficiency of a Carnot Engine For a reversible cycle the amount of heat transferred is proportional to the temperature of the reservoir Only true for the reversible case
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COP of a Reversible Heat Pump and a Reversible Refrigerator Only true for the reversible case
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How do Reversible and Real Systems Compare? The efficiency of a reversible heat engine, such as a Carnot engine, is always higher than a real engine The COP of a reversible heat pump is always higher than a real heat pump The COP of a reversible refrigerator is always higher than a real refrigerator
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Carnot Principle The thermal efficiency of all reversible heat engines operating between the same two reservoirs is the same No heat engine is more efficient than a reversible heat engine
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Summary Second Law The second law of thermodynamics states that processes occur in a certain direction, not in any direction. A process will not occur unless it satisfies both the first and the second laws of thermodynamics. Bodies that can absorb or reject finite amounts of heat isothermally are called thermal energy reservoirs or heat reservoirs.
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Summary Heat Engines Work can be converted to heat directly, but heat can be converted to work only by some devices called heat engines.
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Summary Thermal Efficiency The thermal efficiency of a heat engine is defined as where W net, is the net work output of the heat engine, Q H is the amount of heat supplied to the engine, and Q L is the amount of heat rejected by the engine.
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Summary Refrigerators and Heat Pumps Refrigerators and heat pumps are devices that absorb heat from low- temperature media and reject it to higher- temperature ones. The performance of a refrigerator or a heat pump is expressed in terms of the coefficient of performance.
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Summary Kelvin-Plank Statement The Kelvin -Planck statement of the second law of thermodynamics states that no heat engine can produce a net amount of work while exchanging heat with a single reservoir only.
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Summary Clausius Statement The Clausius statement of the second law states that no device can transfer heat from a cooler body to a warmer one without leaving an effect on the surroundings. Any device that violates the first or the second law of thermodynamics is called a perpetual-motion machine.
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Summary Reversible vs. Irreversible A process is said to be reversible if both the system and the surroundings can be restored to their original conditions. Any other process is irreversible.
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Summary Irreversibilities Effects such as friction non-quasi-equilibrium expansion or compression heat transfer through a finite temperature difference render a process irreversible and are called irreversibilities.
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Summary Carnot Cycle The Carnot cycle is a reversible cycle that is composed of four reversible processes, two isothermal and two adiabatic.
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Summary Carnot Principle The Carnot principles state that the thermal efficiencies of all reversible heat engines operating between the same two reservoirs are the same, and that no heat engine is more efficient than a reversible one operating between the same two reservoirs.
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Summary Thermodynamic Temperature Scale Based on heat transfer between a reversible device and the high- and low- temperature reservoirs. The Q H /Q L ratio can be replaced by T H /T L for reversible devices, where T H and T L are the absolute temperatures of the high- and low-temperature reservoirs, respectively.
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Summary Efficiency of a Carnot Engine A heat engine that operates on the reversible Carnot cycle is called a Carnot heat engine. The thermal efficiency of a Carnot heat engine, as well as all other reversible heat engines, is given by … This is the maximum efficiency a heat engine operating between two reservoirs at temperatures T H and T L can have.
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Summary COP of reversible refrigerator and heat engine
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