CHRISTIAN RENZ C.

GALLARDO
STEM 12 P4
General Chemistry II
Ms. Jenny Lyn Operario

Thermochemistry in the field of Technology

Thermochemistry is the study of the heat released or absorbed as a result of chemical reactions. It is a
branch of thermodynamics and is utilized by a wide range of scientists and engineers. For example,
biochemists use thermochemistry to understand bioenergetics, whereas chemical engineers apply
thermochemistry to design manufacturing plants. (Julio (2002).

In the field of technology the Otto Cycle can be used to describe how an internal combustion engine
works. It explains how your car can run by just filling it up with gas. The first thing to know is this cycle
is based on what we call the ideal gas law. It is written as PV=NkT, where P is pressure, V is volume, T is
the temperature, N is the number of molecules. K is the Boltzmann constant (an observed quantity). We’ll
only be worrying about the pressure, volume and temperature; notice if pressure increases, then to keep
the equality true, either volume must decrease or temperature must increase (or a combination of both).
Similar relations are true for changing volume and for changing temperature.
These relations are important for understanding an internal combustion engine because the engine’s main
component is a piston. The piston a metal piece that moves up and down inside a cylinder, compressing
and expanding the gas. (Florida Tech 2014).