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Instructor: Dr. M.H. Kaye
Matthew.Kaye@ontariotechu.ca
Chapter 2 – Energy
Chapter 2 – Introduction to Energy
• From Chapter 1:
• Fundamental Law: Conservation of Energy.
• Energy can’t be created or destroyed
• Forms of Energy:
• Thermal, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Nuclear
• Potential Energy (energy of position) and Kinetic Energy (energy of motion)
• Energy can be transferred by either Heat or Work (closed system)
Forms of Energy (2.2)
• So, the total energy (E) of a system is the sum of the various forms of
energy:
• In other words, the sum of:
• Thermal, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Nuclear, Potential, and Kinetic Energy
• And if we want the total energy of a system on a unit mass basis (e):
𝐸𝐸
𝑒𝑒 = 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 � 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘−1
𝑚𝑚
References
• One of the limitations of Thermodynamics is that it does not provide
information about the absolute value of the total energy;
• Thermodynamics deals with the change of the total energy with
reference to some convenient reference value, which we assign.
• As an analogy, consider the potential energy of dropping a brick off the
ERC. The potential energy that the brick has is related to the height of
the ERC. We don’t need to know the elevation above sea-level that the
building has…
Macroscopic vs Microscopic Forms of Energy
• Macroscopic forms of energy are those the system has as a whole with
respect to some outside reference – e.g., potential or kinetic energy
• Potential Energy: 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 = 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 (kJ)
1
• Kinetic Energy: 𝐾𝐾𝐾𝐾 = 𝑚𝑚𝑣𝑣 2 (kJ)
2
• Microscopic forms of energy are related to the molecular structure and
the molecular activity and are independent of the outside reference
frames. The sum of these is called the internal energy (U).
1
• Thus: 𝐸𝐸 = 𝑈𝑈 + 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 + 𝐾𝐾𝐾𝐾 = 𝑈𝑈 + 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 + 𝑚𝑚𝑣𝑣 2 (kJ)
2
So, what???
• Well, usually a system that we are interested in is a stationary system,
so the potential energy and kinetic energy terms are 0. This means
that the total energy is the internal energy of the system.
• So: ∆E = ∆U
𝐸𝐸𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼 − 𝐸𝐸𝑂𝑂𝑂𝑂𝑂𝑂 = 𝑄𝑄𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼 − 𝑄𝑄𝑂𝑂𝑂𝑂𝑂𝑂 + 𝑊𝑊𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼 − 𝑊𝑊𝑂𝑂𝑂𝑂𝑂𝑂 + 𝐸𝐸𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚, 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 − 𝐸𝐸𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚, 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 = ∆𝐸𝐸𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆
Energy Conversion Efficiencies
• Efficiency indicates how well an energy conversion or transfer process is
accomplished.
𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 𝑂𝑂𝑂𝑂𝑂𝑂𝑂𝑂𝑂𝑂𝑂𝑂
𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸, 𝜂𝜂 =
𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼
This is section 2.7 – I suggest you read the 8 pages (there are sample problems so it is
pretty easy reading). It talks about efficiency and also about misconceptions
surrounding the term.
Other Types of Efficiencies and Terms
• Heating Value of the fuel is the amount of heat released when a unit of
fuel at room temperature is completely burned and the combustion
products are cooled to the room temperature.
• This leads to the efficiency of combustion equipment: