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Thermo Viva
Thermo Viva
Thermo Viva
As per the second law of thermodynamics, any heat input to the system (Heat engine)
cannot be converted completely into useful work. Some energy is lost and that is called
'unavailable work'. The amount of unavailable work increases as the entropy increases.
third law of thermodynamics states that:
“The entropy of a perfect crystal of each element and a compound is zero at absolute
zero.”
Limitations: The entropy of pure carbon dioxide and nitric oxide is zero at 0K.
This law is applicable only to pure compounds. Thus we can say that, this law is not
applicable to glass which is a supercooled liquid. It is also not applicable to amorphous
substance and supercooled solutions.
Importance:
1. This law helps in explaining the behaviour of solids at very low temperature.
These units are widely used because they can be constructed with large heat transfer
surfaces in a relatively small volume, can be fabricated from alloys to resist corrosion, and
are suitable for heating, cooling, evaporating or condensing all kinds of fluids.
Regenerative Heat Exchanger:
A regenerative heat exchanger is an apparatus in which one and the same heating surface
is alternately exposed to the hot and cold fluids. The heat carried by the hot fluid is taken
away by and accumulated in the walls of the apparatus and is then transferred to the cold
fluid flowing through the heat exchanger. Regenerators of open health and glass-melting
furnaces, air preheaters of blast furnaces are some of the specimens of regenerative heat-
exchange equipment.
What is Joule's law.
And.It state that The change of internal energy of a perfect gas is directly
proportional to the change of temperature.