August 2020
Intermediate to advanced
528 pages
22h 16m
English
In this chapter we are going to restrict the working fluid involved in the processes to that of gases and gas mixtures, with a subsequent chapter also only considering gas cycles and systems. This restriction has been necessary in the interest of space within this book. However, you will find a separate chapter on the subject of vapours, their properties, processes, cycles and systems, including steam plant, on the website that accompanies this book, at http://www.key2engineeringscience.com
We start by considering the subject of reversibility and the stringent requirements needed for reversibility to be possible. We then look at the reversible displacement work transfer that may occur during the process. ...
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