Simulation with Entropy in Engineering Thermodynamics

Cover -- Contents -- Ch 1 Thermodynamics as a Universal Science -- 1.1 Transmission of thermal power -- Accumulation equation -- 1.2 Examples of oneport-C's and multiport-C's -- Oneports -- Twoports and multiports -- Mechanical example of a table with leg fixed to the ground -- Moving plates capacitor as an electromechanical example -- 1.3 Thermal multiport-C and the laws of thermodynamics -- 1.3.1 General -- 1.3.2 Control engineering block diagrams -- 1.3.3 Entropy after Clausius -- 1.3.4 Principles or laws of thermodynamics -- 1.4 Thermodynamics in pictures -- 1.5 Case of an ideal gas -- 1.6 Equilibrium in thermodynamics and electricity -- 1.7 Thermal radiation -- Ch 2 Frictions and Irreversibilities -- 2.1 Frictions of all kinds -- 2.2 Heat conduction over a finite temperature drop, and combined conduction -- Combined entropy and electric conduction -- 2.3 Carnot cycle between two sources with friction -- 2.4 Heat flux and entropy flow -- Ch 3 Mass Flows -- 3.1 Flow processes -- 3.2 Enthalpy and entropy in fluids pipes -- 3.3 Heat exchangers -- 3.4 Thermal turbo machines -- 3.5 Gas flow between two vessels with scavenging -- 3.6 Two-phase flow in boilers and condensers -- 3.7 Units and overvalues in thermodynamics -- Origins of entropy and enthalpy -- 3.8 Exergy, an accountant's reserve -- 3.9 High velocity turbomachines -- Ch 4 Chemical Reactions and Osmosis -- 4.1 Chemical equilibria and entropy stripping Entropy Stripping -- Entropy Stripping -- 4.2 Chemical reactions -- 4.3 Near to and far from equilibrium -- 4.4 Parallel and competing reactions -- 4.5 Osmosis as a bridge between physical, chemical and biological effects -- 4.6 Reversible mixing and Gibb's paradox -- 4.7 Tellegen's theorem and chemical inductance -- Tellegen's theorem: -- Chemical inductance -- Ch 5 Entropy and Information Theory -- 5.1 Orders of magnitude and microscopic entropy -- 5.2 Entropy of a message after Shannon -- 5.3 Micro-information and negentropy -- 5.4 Information theory, noise and organization -- 5.5 Applications -- 5.5.1 Brusselator and Prigogine's minimum entropy principle -- 5.5.2 Bhopalator -- 5.5.3 Information theory, diesel locomotives and capital -- 5.5.4 Solar energy and thermal balance of the earth -- 5.5.5 Philosophical questions -- Bibliography -- Appendix 1 Understanding with Bond Graphs -- A1.1Elements -- A1.1.1 Bonds and connections -- A1.1.2 One port elements or one ports -- A1.1.3 One and a half ports -- A1.1.4 Two port elements or two ports -- A1.1.5 Junctions elements or three ports -- A1.1.6 Multiport elements or multiports -- A1.2 Energy and power conservation -- A1.3 Power signs -- A1.4 Negative resistances and negative C-elements -- A1.5 Compact units in pneumatics and hot gas -- A1.6 Multiport-C signs in thermodynamics and Maxwell relations -- Appendix 2 Control Systems with Bond Graphs -- Appendix 3 Historical Notes -- Epilogue -- Concepts -- Symbols -- Index -- Last Page.