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.authorRieves, Regina Duganen
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-26T20:09:58Zen
dc.date.available2021-10-26T20:09:58Zen
dc.date.issued1985en
dc.description.abstractThe 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.degreeM.S.en
dc.format.extentxii, 223 leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/106057en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 13047064en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1985.R538en
dc.subject.lcshGas-turbines -- Design -- Data processingen
dc.subject.lcshHeat -- Transmissionen
dc.subject.lcshRefrigeration and refrigerating machinery -- Design -- Data processingen
dc.subject.lcshThermodynamics -- Data processingen
dc.titleSecond 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 programmingen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineMechanical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameM.S.en

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