Clausius-Rankine Guides d'étude, Notes de cours & Résumés

Topics covered: SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS - Definitions - Intro to heat engines (direct & reversed) - Calculating performances (efficiency, COPs) REVERSIBILITY - What is a reversible process? - Reasons behind irreversibility - Efficiency of reversible heat engine ENTROPY - Basic expression - Property: point function - Planck & Clausius Statement - Why two adiabatic processes cannot intersect in a cycle - Clausius Theorem (proof) - Clausius Inequality (proof) - Change in entropy expression...