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Lecture 31

The document discusses the concepts of reversibility and irreversibility in thermodynamic engines, focusing on the thermal efficiency of both reversible and irreversible heat engines. It introduces the Clausius Inequality as a measure of irreversibility and presents entropy as a new property or state variable related to these concepts. The lecture is part of a thermodynamics course (ME 231) from Fall 2015.

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Lecture 31

The document discusses the concepts of reversibility and irreversibility in thermodynamic engines, focusing on the thermal efficiency of both reversible and irreversible heat engines. It introduces the Clausius Inequality as a measure of irreversibility and presents entropy as a new property or state variable related to these concepts. The lecture is part of a thermodynamics course (ME 231) from Fall 2015.

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ME 231

Thermodynamics-I

Lecture 31
Fall 2015
Checking Reversibility and Irreversibility of Engine
The thermal efficiency of any heat
engine, reversible or irreversible

The efficiency of a Carnot engine, or


any reversible heat engine

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Clausius Inequality

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Clausius Inequality (2)

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Clausius Inequality for Reversible Cycle

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Clausius Inequality: A measure of irreversibility

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Clausius Inequality for Process Path

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A new property or state variable

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The New Property: Entropy

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