PRACTICAL THERMODYNAMICS

By BARBARA PEREZ

CONTENTS CARNOT CYCLE AND HEAT ENGINE: FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS CARNOT-LIKE HEAT ENGINES VERSUS LOW-DISSIPATION MODELS THE HISTORY AND PERSPECTIVES OF EF?CIENCY AT MAXIMUM POWER OF THE CARNOT ENGINE GLOBAL EF?CIENCY OF HEAT ENGINES AND HEAT PUMPS WITH NON-LINEAR BOUNDARY CONDITIONS WHAT IS THE REAL CLAUSIUS STATEMENT OF THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS? PERFORMANCE OF A SIMPLE ENERGETIC-CONVERTING REACTION MODEL USING LINEAR IRREVERSIBLE THERMODYNAMICS PROGRESS IN CARNOT AND CHAMBADAL MODELING OF THERMOMECHANICAL ENGINE BY CONSIDERING ENTROPY PRODUCTION AND HEAT TRANSFER ENTROPY OTEC MAXIMUM NET POWER OUTPUT USING CARNOT CYCLE AND APPLICATION TO SIMPLIFY HEAT EXCHANGER SELECTION ENERGY AND EXERGY EVALUATION OF A TWO-STAGE AXIAL VAPOUR COMPRESSOR ON THE LNG CARRIER SECOND LAW ANALYSIS FOR THE EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCES OF A COLD HEAT EXCHANGER OF A STIRLING REFRIGERATION MACHINE