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Chapter 3 C PDF
Chapter 3 C PDF
Nonisothermal Systems
INTRODUCTION
In this chapter we generalize the shell energy balance and
obtain the equation of energy, a partial differential equation
that describes the transport of energy in a homogeneous fluid
or solid.
THE ENERGY EQUATION
The equation of change for energy is obtained by applying the
law of conservation of energy to a small element of volume
∆x ∆y ∆z.
Heat may enter and leave the system by heat conduction as well.
As we saw in Chapter 9, heat conduction is fundamentally a
molecular process.
Work may be done on the moving fluid by the stresses, and this,
too, is a molecular process. This term includes the work done by
pressure forces and by viscous forces.
Finally, we get: