Chapter 1: Some Introductory Comments

Thermodynamics

Thermodynamics is a funny subject. The first time you go through it, you dont understand it at all. The second time you go through it, you think you understand it, except for one or two points. The third time you go through it, you know you dont understand it, but by that time you are so used to the subject, it dont bother you anymore.
: Arnold Sommerfeld

Thermodynamics

What is Thermodynamics?


Science of energy, which deals with the conversion of energy from one form to another. Deals with various properties of substance and the changes of these properties as a result of energy transformation. Like all sciences, thermodynamics is based on experimental observations. The findings from these observations have been expressed as some basic laws.

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Historically, it grew out of effort to construct more efficient heat engines

Thermodynamics did not emerge as a science until about 1700, when first attempt to build a steam engine were made in England by Thomas Savery and T. Newcomen.

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The name thermodynamics stems from Greek words therme (heat) and dynamics (power), which is most descriptive of the early efforts to convert heat into power.

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In 1849, Lord Kelvin used the thermodynamics for the first time in a publication.

The first thermodynamics text book was written by W. Rankine in 1859. The greatest progress in thermodynamics was made in the early 1900s.

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The Simple Steam Power Plant

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The Vapor Compression Refrigeration Cycle

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The Gas Turbine

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Turbofan
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Turbo-propeller
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Ram jet (subsonic combustion)

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The Chemical Rocket Engine

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