Comparison of Shaft and Boundary Work
The purpose of
Recall that areas on PV Diagrams can be interpreted as boundary or shaft work for certain types of systems.
power cycles
is to convert heat into work as efficiently as possible.Recall that areas on PV Diagrams can be interpreted as boundary or shaft work for certain types of systems.
Closed Systems
Internally Reversible Processes
Wb = 0 for constant V Processes
Open Systems
Internally Reversible Processes
SS, SISO, ΔEpot = ΔEkin = 0
for constant P processes
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