Open AccessNew Thermodynamics: Inefficiency of a Piston-Cylinder
Author(s) -
Kent W. Mayhew
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of engineering and technology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2506-8016
DOI - 10.24018/ejers.2020.5.2.1765
Subject(s) - inefficiency , laws of thermodynamics , work (physics) , entropy (arrow of time) , cylinder , piston (optics) , second law of thermodynamics , thermodynamics , mechanical engineering , mathematical economics , statistical physics , engineering , mathematics , physics , economics , microeconomics , non equilibrium thermodynamics , wavefront , optics
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 the reader to a new perspective which is founded on lost work, and the inherent inefficiencies when converting a gas’s kinetic energy into work.
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