Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • Heat and Work: Comparison Chart

    Uploaded by

    baobeipanda
    187 views3 pages
    Work and heat are the two most important concepts in thermodynamics. While both involve the transfer of energy across systems, heat refers specifically to the transfer of thermal energy due to a temperature difference, whereas work involves the transfer of mechanical energy due to a force acting through a distance. Key differences are that heat is considered low-grade energy while work is high-grade energy, and heat transfer relies solely on temperature difference while work requires both a force and displacement.

    Original Description:

    Original Title

    Heat_and_Work-WPS_Office[1]

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    Work and heat are the two most important concepts in thermodynamics. While both involve the transfer of energy across systems, heat refers specifically to the transfer of thermal energy due to a temperature difference, whereas work involves the transfer of mechanical energy due to a force acting through a distance. Key differences are that heat is considered low-grade energy while work is high-grade energy, and heat transfer relies solely on temperature difference while work requires both a force and displacement.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    187 views3 pages

    Heat and Work: Comparison Chart

    Uploaded by

    baobeipanda
    Work and heat are the two most important concepts in thermodynamics. While both involve the transfer of energy across systems, heat refers specifically to the transfer of thermal energy due to a temperature difference, whereas work involves the transfer of mechanical energy due to a force acting through a distance. Key differences are that heat is considered low-grade energy while work is high-grade energy, and heat transfer relies solely on temperature difference while work requires both a force and displacement.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    of 3

    Heat and Work

    Work and heat are the two most important theories in thermodynamics. Work
    and Heat are highly related but they are not the same. We are going to discuss
    definitions, similarities, and Comparison between heat and work. The Key
    Difference Between Heat and Work is that Heat is the transfer of thermal energy
    between systems, while work is the transfer the mechanical energy between two
    systems.

    Comparison Chart
    HEAT WORK

    Heat is a form of energy Work is the amount of energy transferred


    by a force acting through a distance.

    Requires Temperature difference. Requires Force and Displacement.


    Q > 0 when the environment is at a W > 0 when a gas is compressed.
    higher temperature than the system. Energy is transferred into the system.
    Energy is transferred into the system.
    Q < 0 when the system is at a higher W < 0 when a gas expands. Energy is
    temperature than the environment. transferred out of the system.
    Energy is transferred the t of system.
    Heat is low-grade energy Work is high-grade energy
    The efficiency of the transfer of heat to The efficiency of the transfer of work to
    work is lower. heat is higher.

    Work
     If the work is done by the system on surrounding, e.g. when a fluid expands
    pushing a piston outwards, the work is said to be positive.
     Work output of the system = + W
     If the work is done on the system by surrounding e.g. when a force is
     applied to a piston to compress a fluid, the work is said to be negative.
     Work output of the system = – W

    Heat
     In general, the heat transferred to the system is considered as positive heat
    (+Q) while the heat transferred from the system is considered as negative
    heat (-Q).

    Similarities
     Both are energy interactions.
     Both are transient phenomena.
     Both are boundary phenomena.
     Both represents energy crossing the boundary of the system.
     They are not the property of the system.
     Both are path functions.

    Dissimilarities
     Heat transfer is the energy interaction due to temperature difference only
    while work is not.
     Heat is low grade energy while work is high grade energy.
     Heat is thermal energy transfer while work is mechanical energy transfer
    across the system boundary.

    You might also like