New Thermodynamics: Inefficiency of a Piston-Cylinder

Kent W. Mayhew

European Journal of Engineering and Technology Research, 2020, vol. 5, issue 2, 187-191

Abstract: Inefficiencies of expanding systems are traditionally taught in terms of entropy, and the second law. Herein, it will be shown that such traditional explanations are an over-complication of reality. This will be accomplished by providing a simpler understanding as to why such inefficiencies exist in a piston-cylinder apparatus. This introduces many to a new perspective which is founded on lost work, and the inherent inefficiencies when converting a gas’s kinetic energy into actual work.

Keywords: Efficiency; Lost Work; Second Law; New Thermodynamics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.24018/ejeng.2020.5.2.1765

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