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Heat Engine: - Sources of Heat Include The Combustion of Coal, Petroleum or Carbohydrates and Nuclear Reactions
Heat Engine: - Sources of Heat Include The Combustion of Coal, Petroleum or Carbohydrates and Nuclear Reactions
Q1
E W
Q2
Cold Body
(absorbs heat)
Open system
HE2 Thermal Physics
Internal Combustion
Engine
d
a
Q=0
Q=0
Q1
E W
Q2
Cold Body
(absorbs heat)
Substituting: W Q1 Q2 1 Q2
Q1 Q1 Q1
isothermal (TH - TC ) is
proportional to the
amount of work
Heat
that is done in a
in cycle.
= air temp
=hot
water
2
isotherma Heat
l out
HE2 Thermal Physics
HE2 Thermal Physics
Carnot Cycle
Hot Reservoir
T1
Q1
C W
Q2
Cold Reservoir
T2
HE2 Thermal Physics
Carnot Cycle
Pressure
a
nRT1
Q1 P=
V
b
T1
Q=0
Q=0 const .
P=
V
nRT2 d
P=
V Q2 c T2
Volume
HE2 Thermal Physics
Carnot Cycle
Pressure
a
nRT1
Q1 P=
V
b
T1
W
Q=0
Q=0 const .
P=
V
nRT2 d
P=
V Q2 c T2
Volume
HE2 Thermal Physics
Carnot Cycle
From a to b: isothermal, so that U = 0 and Q = -
W
Thus, Q1 = +nRT1ln(Vb/Va) (+ve quantity)
From b to c: adiabatic, Q = 0, so that TV-1 is
constant. 1
T1 Vc
Thus, T1Vb = T2Vc or
-1 -1
T2 Vb
Similarly, from c to d: isothermal, so that U = 0
and Q = - W
Thus, Q2 = +nRT2ln(Vd/Vc) = -nRT2ln(Vc/Vd) (-
Similarly,
ve) d to a: adiabatic, Q = 0, so that TV -1
is
constant. 1
Thus, T2Vd-1 = T1Va-1 or T1 Vd
T2 Va HE2 Thermal Physics
Carnot Cycle
1 1
T1 Vc V
We see that: d
T2 Vb Va
But as the Q1 T1
volume ratios Q2 T2
are equal:
This is an important result. Temperature can be
defined (on the absolute (Kelvin) scale) in terms of
the heat flows in a Carnot Cycle. HE2 Thermal Physics
Whats Special about a
Carnot Cycle?
E W= -Q1
Q2 = 0
Cold Body
(absorbs heat)
HE2 Thermal Physics
Heat Engine
Hot Body
(source of heat)
Q1= 0 Examples:
friction creating
W heat; isothermal
POSSIBLE! E compression of
ideal gas
Q2 = W
Cold Body
(absorbs heat)
HE2 Thermal Physics
Refrigerator: A heat engine operating in
reverse
Hot Body
Q1
Refrigerator Efficiency:
heat out Q2 E W
R
work in W
Q2
Cold Body
(applies to refrigerators)