A Connection between Transport Phenomena and Thermodynamics

Although students take courses in transport phenomena and thermodynamics, they probably do not ask whether these two subjects are related. Here we give an answer to that question. Specifically we give relationships between the equations of change for total energy, internal energy, and entropy of tra...

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Published inChemical engineering education Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 83 - 87
Main Authors Swaney, Ross, Bird, R. Byron
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chemical Engineering Education, Chemical Engineering Division of ASEE 2017
Subjects
Chemistry
Energy
Equations (Mathematics)
Heat
Science Instruction
Scientific Concepts
Thermodynamics
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Summary:Although students take courses in transport phenomena and thermodynamics, they probably do not ask whether these two subjects are related. Here we give an answer to that question. Specifically we give relationships between the equations of change for total energy, internal energy, and entropy of transport phenomena and key equations of equilibrium thermodynamics. It is revealing to see how the irreversible processes of heat conduction and viscous flow in going from one thermodynamic state to another are accommodated in the derivation of dU TdS pdV.
ISSN:0009-2479