Understanding Energy: Energy, Entropy And Thermodynamics For Everyman

ISBN: 9789810203429 出版年：1991 页码：234 R Stephen Berry World Scientific Publishing Company

This book begins with primary concepts of atomic and molecular structure and of how atoms, molecules and bulk matter store and exchange energy. In the next stage, the macroscopic properties of energy and entropy, and of the constitutive properties of heat capacities are examined. From these, the concept of thermodynamic efficiency is developed. Then the notions of thermodynamic potentials and availability are introduced. With this set of concepts, the analysis of efficient energy use is presented.