18ME303 – ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS

NICOLAS LEONARD SADI

CARNOT

N.BHUVANESH,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
BIT-SATHY.
Applications of Thermodynamics
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 Thermodynamics
 Thermodynamics is a combination of 2 greek words:
1) Therme means Heat
2) Dynamics means Power

 Thermodynamics is a branch of engineering science &

engineering that deals with interaction of energy
mainly in the form of Heat and Work.

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 Thermodynamics
Thermodynamics is concerned with thermal behaviour
of a matter and its interaction with other physical
behaviour of the matter.

Thermodynamics is studied in two forms.

1) Classical Thermodynamics
Macrostructure of matter
It addresses the major characteristics of Large
aggregation of molecules not the behaviour of
individual molecules.

2) Statistical Thermodynamics
Microstructure of matter
It addresses the individual behaviour of matter.
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 Macroscopic Approach Vs Microscopic Approach

BASIS OF
MACROSCOPIC APPROCH MICROSCOPIC APPROACH
COMPARISON

Microscopic approach considers that the

In macroscopic Approach a certain quantity
system is made up of very large number of
of matter is considered without taking into
discrete particles referred to as molecules.
Description account the events occurring at molecular
These molecules have different velocities and
level. It is more concerned with gross or
energies. The values of these energies are
overall behavior.
constantly changing with time.

Also Referred Can also be referred to as classical Can also be referred to as statistical
To As thermodynamics. thermodynamics.
The behavior of the system is found by
involving statistical methods because the
The analysis of macroscopic system requires number of molecules is large. Consequently,
Analysis
elementary mathematics formulas. both complex mathematics and statistical
methods are required to analyze the changes in
the system.

When describing a system Using macroscopic When describing a system using microscopic
Description Of
approach, only a few properties are required. approach, large numbers of variables are
System
This makes the approach simple. needed and this makes the approach complex.
It is an average value of activities happening at These are real values and hence difficult to
Values
molecular level. measure.
No assumptions are to be made regarding
Assumptions
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Molecular theory of matter is assumed.
structure of matter.
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