The Second Law of Thermodynamics

Name: The Second Law of Thermodynamics
Keywords: 7. Clean energy

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Part of book or chapter of book , Other literature type 01 Jan 1993 English Publisher:Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Authors: Dimitrios P. Tassios; Dimitrios P. Tassios;

doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-01645-9_3

The Second Law of Thermodynamics

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The origin of the Second Law lies with Sadi Carnot’s work: Reflexions sur la Puissance Motrice du Feu, published in 1824, dealing with the establishment of the maximum amount of work that can be obtained from a steam engine. Thus, its efficiency could be rigorously expressed, instead of the method used then: “work (ftlbf) per bushel of good coal(!)”.

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