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General Engineering and Science
P
=
absolute pressure, Ib,/ft2
Pq
=
entropy production rate, Btu/”R*s
Q=
heat transferred
to
system across a system boundary, Btu/lb, or Btu
Q
=
rate of heat transfer, Btu/s
R
=
universal gas constant, lb,-ftg/mole*”R
T
=
absolute temperature,
“R
V
=
volume, ft’/lb, or ft’
v
=
flow velocity, ft/s
W
=
work done by a system against its surroundings, Btu/lb, or Btu
Z
=
height from center
of
gravity
of
a fluid mass to
a
fixed base level, ft
s,
S
=
entropy, Btu/lbmoR
or
Btu/”R
u,
U
=
internal energy, Btu/lb, or Btu
The First
Law of
Thermodynamics
The differrential form of the first law as applied to
a
closed
system, for which there
is no exchange
of
matter between the system and its surroundings, is given by
dU
=
SQ
-
6W
(2-102)
where
dU
represents an infinitesimal increase in the internal energy
of
the system,
6Q
is the heat absorbed by the system from its surroundings, and
6W
is the work
done by the system on its surroundings. The state
of
a system is defined by its
temperature, pressure, specific volume, and chemical composition. The change in
internal energy expressed by Equation
2-102
depends only upon the difference between
the final and initial states and not upon the process or processes that occurred during
the change. The heat and work terms, on the other hand, are dependent upon the
process path. For a change from a state
A
to a state
B,
the first law becomes
AU=U,-
U,=Q-
W
(2-103)
Work interchange between a system and its surroundings can take on any of a variety
of
forms including mechanical shaft work, electrical work, magnetic work, surface tension,
etc. For many applications, the only work involved is that
of
compression or expansion
against the surroundings, in which case the work term in Equation
2-102
becomes
6W
=
PdV
or
W
=
I’”
P
dV
”a
(2-104)
where
V,
is the final volume and
V,
the initial volume of the system, and
P
is the
system pressure. Thus, for a
constant pressure
process:
W
=
PAV
=
P(V,
-
V,)
(constant pressure process)
(2-105)
or,
combining Equations
2-103
and
2-104:
AU
=U,
-
U,
=
Q-
PV,
+
PV,
or
Q
(U,
+
PV,)
-
(U,
+
PV,)
(2-
106)
(2-107)
The combination
of
properties
(U
+
PV)
occurs
so
frequently in thermodynamics
that it is given a special symbol,
H,
and termed the “enthalpy” or “heat content” of
the system. Thus Equation
2-107
can be written as