Lost work: A measure of thermodynamic efficiency

Noel de Nevers and J.D. Seader

Energy, 1980, vol. 5, issue 8, 757-769

Abstract: The introduction of “lost work” into the statement of the second law of thermodynamics allows us to combine it with the first law to obtain a statement of extreme breadth and generality. Because the combined first- and second-law statement defines reversible work, all other widely used statements of minimum or maximum work can be shown to be restricted cases of this combined statement.

Date: 1980
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(80)90094-8

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