A novel approach to the teaching of entropy based on a recent single particle heat engine model

John Dartnall, W; Reizes, J

A novel approach to the teaching of entropy based on a recent single particle heat engine model

John Dartnall, W Reizes, J

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Citation:: Proceedings of 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2006 - Mechanical Engineering Education, 2006
Issue Date:: 2006-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	John Dartnall, W	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Reizes, J	en_US
dc.date.issued	2006-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2006 - Mechanical Engineering Education, 2006	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	0791837904	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9780791837900	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/2135
dc.description.abstract	In a recently developed simple particle mechanics model in which a single particle represents the working fluid (gas) in a heat engine (exemplified by a piston engine) a new approach was outlined for the teaching of concepts to thermodynamic students. By mechanics reasoning a model was developed that demonstrates the connection between the Carnot efficiency limitation of heat engines and the Kelvin-Planck statement of Second Law requiring only the truth of the Clausius statement. In this paper the model is extended to introduce entropy. Here the particle's entropy is defined as a function of its kinetic energy and the space that it occupies that is analogous to that normally found in classical macroscopic analyses. Copyright © 2006 by ASME.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2006 - Mechanical Engineering Education	en_US
dc.title	A novel approach to the teaching of entropy based on a recent single particle heat engine model	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.for	0913 Mechanical Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	0905 Civil Engineering	en_US
dc.location.activity	Chicago, USA	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/Institute For Sustainable Futures
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Electrical and Data Engineering
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US

Abstract:

In a recently developed simple particle mechanics model in which a single particle represents the working fluid (gas) in a heat engine (exemplified by a piston engine) a new approach was outlined for the teaching of concepts to thermodynamic students. By mechanics reasoning a model was developed that demonstrates the connection between the Carnot efficiency limitation of heat engines and the Kelvin-Planck statement of Second Law requiring only the truth of the Clausius statement. In this paper the model is extended to introduce entropy. Here the particle's entropy is defined as a function of its kinetic energy and the space that it occupies that is analogous to that normally found in classical macroscopic analyses. Copyright © 2006 by ASME.

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