Forging New Generations of Engineers

Forging new generations of engineers
Thermodynamics
• Thermodynamics is the study of energy.
OR
• Thermodynamics is the study of the
movement of heat from one body to
another and the relations between heat
and other forms of energy.
OR
• Thermodynamics is the study of the
connection between heat and work and
the conversion of one into the other.
• Energy – ability to do work.
• Work – Force exerted over a distance.
Units of Energy & Work
• What are the units for Energy?
• What are the units for Work?
• Research and record your findings and tell
the class
Heat and Temperature
• Heat—A form of energy that flows from
a warmer object to a cooler object.
• Calorie—the amount of heat energy
needed to raise the temperature of one
gram of water one degree Celsius in
temperature.
• Temperature—a relative term reflecting
how vigorously the atoms of a
substance are moving and colliding.
Units of Heat
• Calorie
• A calorie is
– the amount of heat required to raise the
temperature of one gram of water 1oC.
– 1 kcal = 1000 cal
– The calorie is outdated and commonly replaced by
the SI-unit Joule.
• Joule
– The unit of heat in the SI-system the Joule is
– The mechanical energy which must be expended
to raise the temperature of a unit weight (2 kg) of
water from 0oC to 1oC, or from 32oF to 33oF.
– 1 J (Joule) = 9.478 10-4 Btu
Why is the study of
Thermodynamics important?
The study of thermodynamics is important
because many machines and modern
devices change heat into work, such as an
automobile engine or turn work into heat
or cooling, such as with a refrigerator.
Understanding how thermodynamics works
helps you understand how machines that
use thermodynamics work.
HW – Due Oct 1 st
Investigate and determine the answer to

these questions:
1. How can I take the energy from a camp
fire and use it to cool my ice chest?
2. How does a jet engine move an
airplane?
What are the different forms of
energy?
• Energy has a number of different forms,
all of which measure the ability of an
object or system to do work on another
object or system.
• In other words, there are different
ways that an object or a system can
possess energy.
Basic Forms of Energy
• Kinetic Energy:
– Consider a baseball flying through the air. The ball
is said to have "kinetic energy" by virtue of the
fact that its in motion relative to the ground.
• Potential Energy:
– Consider a book sitting on a table. The book is said
to have "potential energy" because if it is nudged
off, gravity will accelerate the book, giving the
book kinetic energy. Therefore, it has “potential.”
Basic Forms of Energy cont’d …
• Thermal or Heat Energy:
– Consider a hot cup of coffee. The coffee
is said to possess "thermal energy", or
"heat energy," which is really the
collective, microscopic, kinetic, and
potential energy of the molecules in the
coffee.
• Chemical Energy:
– Consider the ability of your body to do work. The glucose
(blood sugar) in your body is said to have "chemical
energy" because the glucose releases energy when
chemically reacted (combusted) with oxygen.
Basic Forms of Energy cont’d
• Electrical Energy
– All matter is made up of atoms, and atoms are made
up of smaller particles, called protons, neutrons,
and electrons. Electrons orbit around the center, or
nucleus, of atoms, just like the moon orbits the
earth. The nucleus is made up of neutrons and
protons.
– Material, like metals, have certain electrons that are
only loosely attached to their atoms. They can easily
be made to move from one atom to another if an
electric field is applied to them. When those
electrons move among the atoms of matter, a
current of electricity is created.
• Electrochemical Energy:
– Consider the energy stored in a battery. Like the
example above involving blood sugar, the battery also
stores energy in a chemical way. But electricity is also
involved, so we say that the battery stores energy
"electro-chemically". Another electron chemical
device is a "fuel-cell".
• Sound Energy:
– Sound waves are compression waves
associated with the potential and kinetic
energy of air molecules. When an object
moves quickly, for example the head of
drum, it compresses the air nearby, giving
that air potential energy. That air then
expands, transforming the potential energy
into kinetic energy (moving air). The moving
air then pushes on and compresses other air,
and so on down the chain.
• Electromagnetic Energy (light):
– Consider the energy transmitted to the Earth from
the Sun by light (or by any source of light). Light,
which is also called "electro-magnetic radiation".
Why the fancy term? Because light really can be
thought of as oscillating, coupled electric and
magnetic fields that travel freely through space
(without there having to be charged particles of
some kind around).
– It turns out that light may also be thought of as little
packets of energy called photons (that is, as
particles, instead of waves). The word "photon"
derives from the word "photo", which means "light".
• Nuclear Energy:
– The Sun, nuclear reactors, and the interior of
the Earth, all have "nuclear reactions" as the
source of their energy, that is, reactions that
involve changes in the structure of the nuclei
of atoms.
Ideas that Students Have Shared:
• Thermal or Heat Energy: Kinetic energy due to disordered motions of
microscopic as molecules or atoms.
• Chemical Energy: Energy held in the covalent bonds between atoms in a
molecule.
• Electrical Energy: Energy made available by the flow of electric charge through
• Electrochemical Energy: A combination of electrical and chemical energy where
energy is stored in a chemical way.
• Sound Energy: Energy transmitted by pressure waves through air or other
material.
• Electromagnetic Energy: The energy that travels in waves, such as ultra-violet
radiation. It can be thought of as combination of electric and magnetic energy.
• Nuclear Energy: Energy that is created by splitting atoms of radioactive material
such as uranium.
How is energy transported from place to
place and transferred between objects?
• The most obvious and trivial way in which energy

is transported is when an object that possesses
energy simply moves from one place to another.
For example, a baseball flying through the air is a
simple form of energy transport.
Energy Transfer continued
• Kinetic energy can also be transferred
from one object to another when objects
collide. This is also pretty trivial, except
that we also know that the total energy,
including any heat or other forms of
energy generated during the collision, is
conserved in this process, regardless of
the relative sizes, shapes, and materials
of the objects.
HEAT
• There are three important ways that heat
energy can be transported or transferred,
called conduction, convection, and radiation.
• The first two refer to transfer of the thermal
energy, whereas the last is really a
conversion of energy to a different form,
(photons of light) and the subsequent travel
(transport) of those photons.
Conduction
• The "diffusion" of thermal energy (heat) through a
substance, which occurs because hotter molecules
(those that are vibrating, rotating, or traveling
faster), interact with colder molecules, and in the
process transfer some of their energy.
• Metals are excellent conductors of heat energy,
whereas things like wood or plastics are not good
conductors of heat. Those that are not so good
conductors are called insulators.
Convection
• The transfer of heat energy by the
movement of a substance, such as a
heated gas or liquid from one place to
another.
• For example, hot air rising to the ceiling
is an example of convection (in this case
called a convection current).
Radiation
• In the context of heat transfer, however, the
term "radiation" refers just to light (electro-
magnetic waves), and in particular, to the
surprising fact that all objects, even those
that are in equilibrium (at equal
temperature) with their surroundings,
continuously emit, or radiate electromagnetic
waves (that is, light waves) into their
surroundings.
• The source of this radiation is the thermal
energy of the materials, that is, the
movement of the object's molecules.
• Conduction—scorching your hand when
you grab the handle of a hot pot
• Convection—boiling water
• Radiation—standing in front of your
fireplace
First Law of Thermodynamics
• Energy can be changed from one form to
another, but it cannot be created or destroyed.
• The total amount of energy and matter in the
Universe remains constant, merely changing
from one form to another.
• The First Law of Thermodynamics
(Conservation) states that energy is always
conserved, it cannot be created or destroyed.
Second Law of
Thermodynamics
• Statement: “In all energy exchanges, if no

energy enters or leaves the system, the
potential energy of the state will always be
less than that of the initial state.“

Forging New Generations of Engineers

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Forging New Generations of Engineers

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Forging New Generations of Engineers

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Forging new generations of engineers

Investigate and determine the answer to

• The most obvious and trivial way in which energy

• Statement: “In all energy exchanges, if no

You might also like