ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS

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Debre Markos University

Institute of Technology
School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

 th Edition

Thermodynamics
: An Engineering
Approach
8th Edition

1. Basics of Thermodynamics
 Objectives
• Identify the unique vocabulary associated with
thermodynamics through the precise definition of
basic concepts to form a sound foundation for the
development of the principles of thermodynamics.
• Review the metric SI and the English unit systems.
• Explain the basic concepts of thermodynamics such
as system, state, state postulate, equilibrium,
process, and cycle.
• Review concepts of temperature, temperature scales,
pressure, and absolute and gage pressure.
• Introduce an intuitive systematic problem-solving
technique.

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 THERMODYNAMICS AND ENERGY
 Thermodynamics: The science of energy.
 Energy: The ability to cause changes.
 The name thermodynamics stems from
the Greek words therme (heat) and
dynamics (power).
 Conservation of energy principle:
During an interaction, energy can change
from one form to another but the total
amount of energy remains constant.
 Energy cannot be created or destroyed.
 The first law of thermodynamics: An
expression of the conservation of energy
principle.
 The first law asserts that energy is a
thermodynamic property.

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 The second law of thermodynamics:
It asserts that energy has quality as
well as quantity, and actual
processes occur in the direction of
decreasing quality of energy.
 The third law of thermodynamics
The entropy of the system
approaches a constant value as the
temperature goes to absolute zero.
For substances in internal
equilibrium, undergoing an
isothermal process, the entropy
change goes to zero as T (in K) goes
to zero.
lim S  0
T 0
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 Macroscopic & Microscopic variables
 Classical thermodynamics: A macroscopic approach to the
study of thermodynamics that does not require a knowledge of
the behavior of individual particles. It provides a direct and easy
way to the solution of engineering problems.
 (A state variable is a precisely measurable physical property
which characterizes the state of the system- It does not matter as
to how the system reached that state). Pressure (P), Volume (V),
Temperature (T), Entropy (S) are examples of state variables.
 Statistical thermodynamics: A microscopic approach, based
on the average behavior of large groups of individual particles.
 variables associated with a system. I.e. these are associated
with the description of the system, via states of individual
particles (like position, velocity, kinetic energy, etc.).
 These variable change continuously, even for a system in
equilibrium (and hence are typically not considered in classical
thermodynamics).
 Application Areas of Thermodynamics

All activities in nature involve some interaction between

energy and matter; thus, it is hard to imagine an area
that
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 IMPORTANCE OF DIMENSIONS AND UNITS
 Any physical quantity can be characterized by dimensions.
 The magnitudes assigned to the dimensions are called
units.
 Some basic dimensions such as mass m, length L, time t,
and temperature T are selected as primary or fundamental
dimensions, while others such as velocity V, energy E, and
volume V are expressed in terms of the primary dimensions
and are called secondary dimensions, or derived
dimensions.
 Metric SI system: A simple and logical system based on a
decimal relationship between the various units.
 English system: It has no apparent systematic numerical
base, and various units in this system are related to each
other rather arbitrarily.

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 Dimensions & standard prefixes

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 Some SI and English
Units

Work = Force  Distance

1 J = 1 N∙m
1 cal = 4.1868 J
1 Btu = 1.0551 kJ
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 W weight
m mass
g gravitational
acceleration

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 Specific weight : The weight of
a unit volume of a substance.

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 Dimensional homogeneity
All equations must be dimensionally homogeneous.

Unity Conversion Ratios

All nonprimary units (secondary units) can be
formed by combinations of primary units.
Force units, for example, can be expressed as

They can also be expressed more conveniently

as unity conversion ratios as

Unity conversion ratios are identically equal to 1 and are unitless,

and thus such ratios (or their inverses) can be inserted conveniently
13into any calculation to properly convert units.
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Languages of Thermodynamics
 SYSTEMS AND CONTROL VOLUMES
 System: A quantity of matter or a region in space chosen for study.

 Surroundings: The mass or region outside the system

 Boundary: The real or imaginary surface that separates the system

from its surroundings.
 The boundary of a system can be fixed or movable.

 Systems may be considered to be closed or open.

 Closed system (Control mass): A fixed amount of mass, and no mass

can cross its boundary

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  Open system (control volume): A properly selected
region in space.
 It usually encloses a device that involves mass flow
such as a compressor, turbine, or nozzle.
 Both mass and energy can cross the boundary of a
control volume.
 Control surface: The boundaries of a control volume.
It can be real or imaginary.

A control volume can involve

fixed, moving, real, and imaginary
boundaries.

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 PROPERTIES OF A SYSTEM
 Property: Any characteristic of a
system.
 Some familiar properties are
pressure P, temperature T, volume
V, and mass m.
 Properties are considered to be
either intensive or extensive.
 Intensive properties: Those that
are independent of the mass of a
system, such as temperature,
pressure, and density.
 Extensive properties: Those whose
values depend on the size—or
extent—of the system.
 Specific properties: Extensive
properties per unit mass.

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 Continuum
 Matter is made up of atoms that are
widely spaced in the gas phase. Yet it is
very convenient to disregard the atomic
nature of a substance and view it as a
continuous, homogeneous matter with
no holes, that is, a continuum.
 The continuum idealization allows us to
treat properties as point functions and to
assume the properties vary continually
in space with no jump discontinuities.
 This idealization is valid as long as the
size of the system we deal with is large
relative to the space between the
molecules.
 This is the case in practically all
problems.
 In this text we will limit our consideration
to substances that can be modeled as a
continuum.
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 DENSITY AND SPECIFIC GRAVITY
Density Specific gravity: The ratio
of the density of a
substance to the density of
some standard substance at
a specified temperature
Specific volume
(usually water at 4°C).

Specific weight: The

weight of a unit volume
of a substance.

Density is
mass per unit
volume;
specific volume
is volume per
unit mass.
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 STATE AND EQUILIBRIUM
 Thermodynamics deals with equilibrium
states.
 Equilibrium: A state of balance.
 In an equilibrium state there are no
unbalanced potentials (or driving forces)
within the system.
 Thermal equilibrium: If the temperature is
the same throughout the entire system.
 Mechanical equilibrium: If there is no
change in pressure at any point of the
system with time.
 Phase equilibrium: If a system involves
two phases and when the mass of each
phase reaches an equilibrium level and
stays there.
 Chemical equilibrium: If the chemical
composition of a system does not change
with time, that is, no chemical reactions
occur.
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 The State Postulate
 The number of properties
required to fix the state of a
system is given by the state
postulate:
The state of a simple
compressible system is
completely specified by two
independent, intensive
properties.
 Simple compressible
system: If a system involves
no electrical, magnetic,
gravitational, motion, and
surface tension effects.

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PROCESSES AND CYCLES
Process: Any change that a system undergoes from one equilibrium state to
another.
Path: The series of states through which a system passes during a process.
To describe a process completely, one should specify the initial and final states, as
well as the path it follows, and the interactions with the surroundings.
Quasistatic or quasi-equilibrium process: When a process proceeds in such a
manner that the system remains infinitesimally close to an equilibrium state at all
times.
The process occurs so gradually, that the system is in internal equilibrium
throughout the process

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 Process diagrams plotted by
employing thermodynamic properties
as coordinates are very useful in
visualizing the processes.
 Some common properties that are
used as coordinates are temperature
T, pressure P, and volume V (or
specific volume v).
 The prefix iso- is often used to
designate a process for which a
particularproperty remains constant.
 Isothermal process: A process during
which the temperature T remains
constant.
 Isobaric process: A process during
which the pressure P remains
constant.
 Isochoric (or isometric) process: A
process during which the specific
volume v remains constant.
 Cycle: A process during which the
initial and final states are identical.
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 Transient process → the process occurs so fast, that the internal equilibrium
is not maintained during the process. The macroscopic state variables (like P & T) are
not well defined during the process. This process is not part of the realm of equilibrium TD.
(e.g. expansion of a gas from one part of a system to another, when the partition is removed)
 Reversible process → the system is close to equilibrium at all
times (and infinitesimal alteration of the conditions can restore
the universe (system + surrounding) to the original state. Most
quasi-static processes are reversible.
 Cyclic process → the final and initial states are the same.
However, q and w need not be zero.
 Adiabatic process → dq is zero during the process (no heat is
added/removed to/from the system during the process). A
system undergoing an adiabatic process is thermally isolated by
adiabatic walls.
 The Steady-Flow Process
 The term steady implies no change
with time. The opposite of steady is
unsteady, or transient.
 A large number of engineering
devices operate for long periods of
time under the same conditions, and
they are classified as steady-flow
devices.
 Steady-flow process: A process
during which a fluid flows through a
control volume steadily.
 Steady-flow conditions can be closely
approximated by devices that are
intended for continuous operation
such as turbines, pumps, boilers,
condensers, and heat exchangers or
power plants or refrigeration systems.

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 TEMPERATURE AND THE ZEROTH
LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
 The zeroth law of
thermodynamics: If two
bodies are in thermal
equilibrium with a third
body, they are also in
thermal equilibrium with
each other.
 By replacing the third body
with a thermometer, the
zeroth law can be restated
as two bodies are in thermal
equilibrium if both have the
same temperature reading
even if they are not in
contact.
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 Temperature Scales
 All temperature scales are based on some easily reproducible
states such as the freezing and boiling points of water: the ice
point and the steam point.
 Ice point: A mixture of ice and water that is in equilibrium with air
saturated with vapor at 1 atm pressure (0°C or 32°F).
 Steam point: A mixture of liquid water and water vapor (with no
air) in equilibrium at 1 atm pressure (100°C or 212°F).
 Celsius scale: in SI unit system

 Fahrenheit scale: in English unit system

 Thermodynamic temperature scale: A temperature scale that is

independent of the properties of any substance.
 Kelvin scale (SI) Rankine scale (E)

 A temperature scale nearly identical to the Kelvin scale is the

ideal-gas temperature scale. The temperatures on this scale are
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measured using a constant-volume gas thermometer.
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 Comparison of
temperature
scales.

Comparison of
magnitudes of
various
temperature
units.

• The reference temperature in the original Kelvin scale was the ice point,
273.15 K, which is the temperature at which water freezes (or ice melts).
• The reference point was changed to a much more precisely reproducible
point, the triple point of water (the state at which all three phases of water
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 The International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90)
The International Temperature Scale of 1990 supersedes the International
Practical Temperature Scale of 1968 (IPTS-68), 1948 (ITPS-48), and 1927 (ITS-
27).
The ITS-90 is similar to its predecessors except that it is more refined with
updated values of fixed temperatures, has an extended range, and conforms
more closely to the thermodynamic temperature scale.
On this scale, the unit of thermodynamic temperature T is again the kelvin (K),
defined as the fraction 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple
point of water, which is sole defining fixed point of both the ITS-90 and the
Kelvin scale and is the most important thermometric fixed point used in the
calibration of thermometers to ITS-90. The unit of Celsius temperature is the
degree Celsius (°C).
The ice point remains the same at 0°C (273.15 K) in both ITS-90 and ITPS-68,
but the steam point is 99.975°C in ITS-90 whereas it was 100.000°C in IPTS-68.
The change is due to precise measurements made by gas thermometry by
paying particular attention to the effect of sorption (the impurities in a gas
absorbed by the walls of the bulb at the reference temperature being desorbed
at higher temperatures, causing the measured gas pressure to increase).

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 PRESSURE
Pressure: A normal force exerted by a
fluid per unit area

Some basic
pressure
gages.
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 Absolute pressure: The actual pressure at a given position. It is
measured relative to absolute vacuum (i.e., absolute zero pressure).
 Gage pressure: The difference between the absolute pressure and
the local atmospheric pressure. Most pressure-measuring devices are
calibrated to read zero in the atmosphere, and so they indicate gage
pressure.
 Vacuum pressures: Pressures below atmospheric pressure.

Throughout this
text, the pressure
P will denote
absolute
pressure unless
specified
otherwise.

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 Variation of Pressure with Depth
When the variation of density
with elevation is known

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Pascal’s law: The pressure applied to
a confined fluid increases the pressure
throughout by the same amount.

The area ratio A2/A1 is

called the ideal mechanical
advantage of the hydraulic
lift.

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PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICES
The Barometer
• Atmospheric pressure is measured
by a device called a barometer;
thus, the atmospheric pressure is
often referred to as the barometric
pressure.
• A frequently used pressure unit is
the standard atmosphere, which is
defined as the pressure produced
by a column of mercury 760 mm in
height at 0°C (Hg = 13,595 kg/m3)
under standard gravitational
acceleration (g = 9.807 m/s2).

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 The Manometer
It is commonly used to measure small
and moderate pressure differences. A
manometer contains one or more fluids
such as mercury, water, alcohol, or oil.

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 Other Pressure Measurement
Devices
• Bourdon tube: Consists of a hollow metal
tube bent like a hook whose end is closed
and connected to a dial indicator needle.
• Pressure transducers: Use various
techniques to convert the pressure effect to
an electrical effect such as a change in
voltage, resistance, or capacitance.
• Pressure transducers are smaller and faster,
and they can be more sensitive, reliable, and
precise than their mechanical counterparts.
• Strain-gage pressure transducers: Work by
having a diaphragm deflect between two
chambers open to the pressure inputs.
• Piezoelectric transducers: Also called solid-
state pressure transducers, work on the
principle that an electric potential is generated
in a crystalline substance when it is subjected
to mechanical pressure.
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 PROBLEM-SOLVING TECHNIQUE
 Step 1: Problem Statement
 Step 2: Schematic
 Step 3: Assumptions and Approximations
 Step 4: Physical Laws
 Step 5: Properties
 Step 6: Calculations
 Step 7: Reasoning, Verification, and Discussion

EES (Engineering Equation Solver) (Pronounced as ease):

EES is a program that solves systems of linear or nonlinear
algebraic or differential equations numerically. It has a large
library of built-in thermodynamic property functions as well as
mathematical functions. Unlike some software packages, EES
does not solve engineering problems; it only solves the equations
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