Thermodynamics Skeleton Guide
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Thermodynamics Skeleton Guide Joseph E. Shepherd Division of Engineering and Applied Science California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 91125 December 7, 2019 Copyright California Institute of Technology 2001-2007 The Laws of Thermodynamics 1. You can’t win, you can only break even. 2. You can only break even at the absolute zero. 3. You cannot reach absolute zero. Conclusion: You can neither win nor break even. Quoted by Dugdale on the last page of Entropy and its physical meaning. Warning This is not a textbook on thermodynamics or even a set of notes that you can learn from. There are no figures or derivations, nothing about applications, and no examples. Fur- thermore, it is not logically organized. It is a collection of facts and formulas that represent the essential mathematical framework or “skeleton” that I use when teaching thermodynamics. Some of formulas may be wrong and the notation may be inconsistent. The main purpose is to typeset the equations and symbols so that when the students can’t read my terrible handwriting on the chalk board they have something to fall back on. If you need a text, some suggestions are discussed in SectionA. JES, April 1, 2007. Contents 1 Fundamentals1 1.1 Thermodynamic Systems...............................1 1.2 Equilibrium......................................1 1.3 State Variables....................................2 1.4 Energy.........................................2 1.5 Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics...........................2 2 First Law of Thermodynamics3 2.1 Point vs. Path Function................................3 2.2 Work..........................................3 2.3 Enthalpy........................................3 2.4 Specific Properties..................................4 2.5 Heat Capacity and Specific Heat...........................4 3 Cycles 5 3.1 Thermodynamic Efficiency..............................5 3.2 Carnot Cycle.....................................5 3.2.1 Carnot’s Theorem...............................6 3.2.2 Thermodynamic Temperature........................6 4 Second Law of Thermodynamics - Cycle Version6 4.1 Kelvin-Planck.....................................6 4.2 Clausius........................................6 5 Entropy 7 5.1 Entropy as a State Function..............................7 6 Second Law of Thermodynamics - Entropy Version7 7 Open Systems8 7.1 Mass..........................................8 7.2 Energy.........................................8 7.3 Entropy........................................8 7.4 Steady State, Steady Flow..............................9 7.5 Ideal Stagnation Properties..............................9 7.6 Sound speed and Mach number............................ 10 7.7 Efficiency....................................... 10 8 Availability, Maximum Work and Reversibility 11 8.1 Availability of a Closed System............................ 11 8.2 Second Law analysis of flowing systems....................... 11 i 9 Ideal Gas 13 9.1 Ideal Gas Law..................................... 13 9.2 Internal Energy.................................... 13 9.3 Adiabatic Reversible Compression.......................... 14 9.4 Entropy........................................ 15 9.5 Gas Kinetics...................................... 15 9.5.1 Mean Free Path................................ 16 9.5.2 Distribution of Molecular Velocities..................... 17 9.5.3 Distribution of Molecular Energies...................... 20 9.5.4 Ideal Gas Law................................ 21 9.5.5 Specific Heat Capacity and Partition of Energy............... 21 9.5.6 Molecular Flux................................ 23 9.6 Mixtures........................................ 23 9.6.1 Partial Molar Properties........................... 24 10 Relationships 27 10.1 Thermodynamic potentials and fundamental relations................ 27 10.2 Maxwell relations................................... 27 10.3 Calculus identities................................... 27 10.4 Various defined quantities............................... 28 10.5 Specific heat relationships.............................. 28 10.6 Gruneisen¨ Coefficient................................. 28 10.7 Thermal Pressure Coefficient............................. 29 10.8 Enthalpy, Energy and Entropy............................ 29 11 Equation of State 30 11.1 Constructing Equations of State........................... 30 11.2 Critical Points..................................... 31 11.2.1 Law of corresponding states......................... 31 11.3 Compressibility Factor................................ 32 11.4 van der Waals Equation................................ 32 11.5 Throttling and the Joule-Thompson Coefficient................... 32 11.6 Virial Equation.................................... 32 11.7 Ideal Solid....................................... 33 12 Equilibrium Liquid-Vapor Mixtures 34 12.1 Lever Rule....................................... 34 12.2 Humidity....................................... 34 13 Phase Equilibrium 36 13.1 Clapeyron Equation.................................. 36 13.2 Maxwell’s Construction................................ 36 13.3 Multiple Phases.................................... 37 ii 14 Chemical Transformations 38 14.1 Heat of Reaction................................... 38 14.1.1 Enthalpy................................... 38 14.1.2 Heat of formation............................... 39 14.2 Combustion Reactions................................ 39 14.3 Heat of Combustion.................................. 40 14.4 Flame Temperature.................................. 40 14.5 Explosion Pressure and Temperature......................... 41 15 Chemical Equilibrium 41 15.1 Le Chatelier’s Rule.................................. 43 15.1.1 Pressure.................................... 43 15.1.2 Temperature................................. 44 A Textbooks and references 45 A.1 Introductory...................................... 45 A.2 Many others...................................... 46 A.3 Biography and History................................ 46 B Famous Numbers 47 C Fundamental Dimensions 49 D Ideal Gas Properties up to 4000K 50 iii 1 1 Fundamentals At the most basic level, thermodynamics is concerned with energy and the transformation of en- ergy into different forms such as internal energy, work, and heat. Thermodynamics also provides fundamental limitations on the efficiency of energy transformation processes. On a theoretical level, thermodynamics introduces the concept of entropy, a measure of disorder in physical matter. On a more mathematical level, thermodynamics provides a methodology for describing the prop- erties of matter and the relationship between properties such as internal energy, entropy, pressure, temperature and volume. Thermodynamics is a conceptual framework that is based on empirical observations and the- ories about natural processes. It is not a complete theory of nature or method for computing properties of matter but rather a set of ideas for relating properties of matter and governing energy transformation. Thermodynamics can be applied to a fixed or variable quantity of matter that contains a macro- scopic amount of material that can be considered to be an equilibrium state. Macroscopic means that sufficiently large enough numbers of molecules and atoms are in the system that average prop- erties of matter exist and the fluctuations from the average are negligibly small. Equilibrium means that the system has reached a state that is stable, and free from external influences, will not evolve further. 1.1 Thermodynamic Systems The essential unit that we study in thermodynamics is a system. System A quantity of matter or a region in space that we select to study. Systems can be: closed – no exchange of matter with the surroundings open – exchanges matter with the surroundings isolated – closed and no exchange of energy with the surroundings Control boundary or surface – The envelope surrounding and defining the system. Surroundings – Everything other than the system. State – A well-defined condition of a system described by certain observable macroscopic proper- ties. Process – A sequence of states that describe the evolution of a system. 1.2 Equilibrium Condition of a system that has ceased to evolve after a period of time. Isolated systems reach a state of internal equilibrium. Systems that interact with the surroundings or each other reach a state of external or mutual equilibrium. A system in equilibrium is uniquely described by its equilibrium state. 2 1 FUNDAMENTALS 1.3 State Variables A system in internal equilibrium is uniquely defined by a set of thermodynamic parameters or coordinates such as temperature, pressure, volume, composition, etc. Specifying the values of an independent and complete set of these state variables defines a unique equilibrium state of a system. There are two types of state variables: Extensive Properties that are proportional to the amount of substance in the system. Examples are: M mass, V volume, U internal energy, S entropy, quantity – number of molecules N or moles n Intensive Properties that are independent of the amount of substance in the system. Examples are: pressure P , temperature T , specific energy u, composition measured in mole y or mass fraction x of a component or phase. 1.4 Energy The energy of a system consists of the sum of kinetic energy (KE), potential energy (PE) and the internal energy E = KE + PE + U: (1) The KE and PE are due to the motion of the system as a whole. For a mechanical system of mass M moving with velocity v in a gravitational field with acceleration