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Advanced Thermodynamics for Engineers, 2nd Edition
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Advanced Thermodynamics for Engineers, 2nd Edition

by Ali Turan, D. Winterbone
February 2015
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
578 pages
19h 27m
English
Butterworth-Heinemann
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process would be depicted by Fig. 2.7. This is directly analogous to the marble in the dish, which was
discussed in Sect ion 2.9.
The formation of equilibrium mixtures by dissociation is considered in much more depth in
Chapter 12, where the combustion proce sses in engines are evaluated. Dissociation and equilibrium are
the driving forces in the formation of pollution from all combustion processes.
2.14 CONCLUDING REMARKS
This chapter has revised the important features resulting from the Second Law of Thermodynamics,
and introdu ced some new ideas relating to equilibrium. The concepts of the heat engine and Carnot
cycle have been introduced, and
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