Second law analysis revisited: a critical look at its past development, a clarification of its terminology, and a demonstration of its use as a design tool through microcomputer programming
dc.contributor.author | Rieves, Regina Dugan | en |
dc.contributor.department | Mechanical Engineering | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-10-26T20:09:58Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2021-10-26T20:09:58Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 1985 | en |
dc.description.abstract | The second law is still rarely used as a design decision tool. However, information obtained from second law analysis is valuable in the design process for thermodynamic systems. This investigation reviews the past development of second law analysis. A clear, operational vocabulary is established. Then two examples of microcomputer-based design procedures are presented. The first is a second law analysis of refrigeration cycles. As a part of this example, the correlation of physical property data by simple methods is demonstrated. The second example is a second law analysis of gas turbine systems. The salient point is that all of this can be done on a microcomputer, and consequently is readily available to any engineer. | en |
dc.description.degree | M.S. | en |
dc.format.extent | xii, 223 leaves | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/106057 | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | en |
dc.relation.isformatof | OCLC# 13047064 | en |
dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
dc.subject.lcc | LD5655.V855 1985.R538 | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Gas-turbines -- Design -- Data processing | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Heat -- Transmission | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery -- Design -- Data processing | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Thermodynamics -- Data processing | en |
dc.title | Second law analysis revisited: a critical look at its past development, a clarification of its terminology, and a demonstration of its use as a design tool through microcomputer programming | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
dc.type.dcmitype | Text | en |
thesis.degree.discipline | Mechanical Engineering | en |
thesis.degree.grantor | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | en |
thesis.degree.level | masters | en |
thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en |
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