Introduction to thermodynamics

This is the introduction course for thermodynamics, which is located in the topic of thermodynamics.

Thermodynamics is the study of energy, energy transformation and their interactions with matter. The application of thermodynamics enables analysis of a wide range of technologies such as steam engines, refrigerators and turbines. "Thermodynamics" comes from the Greek words "therme" which means heat and "dynamikos" which means force, or power. So, "Thermodynamics" is the study of forces due to heat or heat due to forces. It deals with the conversion of energies through various forms and to various systems, as well as energies' relationships with the properties of a system, process and cycles.

Chapters

1. Basic concepts and definitions
   1. Introduction
   2. What is thermodynamics?
   3. System and surroundings
   4. Extensive and intensive properties
   5. State postulate
   6. State, process, and cycle
   7. Temperature and heat
   8. Chapter review
2. Thermodynamic properties of a pure substance
   1. Chapter introduction and learning objectives
   2. Pure substances
   3. Thermodynamic properties
   4. Phase diagrams
   5. Thermodynamic tables
   6. Chapter review
   7. Key Equations
3. Real and ideal gases
   1. Introduction to real and ideal gases
   2. Ideal gas and ideal gas equation of state
   3. Real gas and compressibility factor
   4. Chapter review
   5. Key equations
4. First law of thermodynamics for closed systems
   1. [[Chapter introduction and learning objectives
   2. Internal energy in a system
   3. Heat transfer across a boundary
   4. Work
   5. The first law of thermodynamics for closed systems
   6. Chapter review
   7. Key equations
5. The first law of thermodynamics for a control volume
   1. Chapter introduction and learning objectivews
   2. Enthalpy
   3. Mass and energy conservation equations in a control volume
   4. Applications of a the mass and energy conservation equations in steady flow devices
   5. Chapter review
   6. Key equations
6. Entropy and the second law of thermodynamics
   1. Chapter introduction and learning objectives
   2. Heat engine
   3. Refrigerator and heat pump
   4. The second law of thermodynamics: Kelvin-Planck and Clausius statements
   5. Carnot cycles
   6. Entropy and entropy generation
   7. The second law of thermodynamics for closed systems
   8. Specific entropy of a state
   9. Applications of the second law of thermodynamics in closed systems
   10. The second law of thermodynamics for open systems
   11. Applications of the second law of thermodynamics in open systems
   12. Chapter reivew
   13. Key equations
7. Absolute zero and the third law of thermodynamics
   1. Chapter introduction and learning objectives
   2. The third law of thermodynamics: Nernst principle
   3. Applications of the third law of dynamics

Attribution

Parts of this course incorporate material from the Introduction to Engineering Thermodynamics course published by Pressbooks.