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Thermodynamics I
  • Asst.Prof.Dr.Denpong Soodphakdee
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Thermodynamics and Energy
  • Thermodynamics = Therme + dynamis
  • Therme = heat
  • Dynamis = power


  • Thermodynamics is most descriptive of the early efforts to convert heat to power.
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Application Areas of Thermodynamics
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Dimensions and Units
  • Any physical quantit:y can be characterized by dimensions.
  • The arbitrary magnitudes assigned to the dimensions are called units.


  • Primary (fundamental) dimensions :- basic dimension such as mass, length, time, and temperature
  • Secondary (derived) dimensions :- dimensions that expressed in term of primary dimensions
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Systems of Unit
  • Two systems of units that are widely used in engineering are the British Gravitational (BG) System and the International System (SI).
  • British Gravitational System (BG)
    • Length (foot, ft), Time (second, s), Force (pound, lb),
      Temperature (Fahrenheit °F, Rankine °R)
  • International System (SI)
    • Length (meter, m), Time (second, s),
      mass (kilogram, kg), Temperature (Kelvin, K)
  • When solving problems it is important to use a consistent system of units, e.g., don’t mix BG and SI units
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Systems of Unit
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Thermodynamic System
  • System :- a quantity of matter or a region in space chosen for study
  • Surroundings :- the mass or region outside the system
  • Boundary :- the real or imaginary surface that separates the system from its surroundings
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Closed System (Control Mass)
  • Consist of a fixed amount of mass
  • No mass can cross its boundary
  • Energy, in form of heat and work, can cross the boundary
  • Also called isolated system
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Open System
(Control Volume)
  • A properly selected region in space.
  • It usually encloses a device that involves mass flow such as a compressor, turbine, nozzle.
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Properties of a System
  • Density, r :- mass per unit volume
  • Specific volume, v :- volume per unit mass
  • Specific gravity, SG :- the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of some standard substance at a specified temperature
  • Intensive properties :- independent of the size of the system
  • Extensive properties :- depend on the size of thesystem
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State and Equilibrium
  • State :- a set of properties that completely describes the condition
  • Equilibrium :- a state of balance, no unbalance potential in the system
    • Thermal equilibrium, T = const.
    • Mechanical equilibrium, P = const.
    • Phase equilibrium
    • Chemical equilibrium
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Processes
  • System undergoes from one equilibrium state to another.
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Processes and Cycle
  • Iso-Process
  • Isothermal process
      T = constant
  • Isobaric process
      P = constant
  • Isochoric process
      v = constant
  • Cycle
  • System undergoes and return to the initial state at the end of processes
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The Steady-Flow Process
  • Steady :- no change with time
  • Uniform :- no change with location


  • Steady-flow process :- a process during which a fluid flows through a control volume steadily.
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Forms of Energy
  • Thermal, mechanical, kinetic, potential, electric, magnetic, chemical, and nuclear
  • Total energy, E :- sum of all energy of the system
  • Total energy per unit mass, e
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Macroscopic and Microscopic
  • Macroscopic energy :- consider energy as a whole of system such as kinetic and potential energy.
  • Microscopic energy :- relate to the molecular structure of a system and degree of molecular activity


  • Internal energy, U :- sum of macroscopic energy and microscopic energy
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Kinetic and Potential Energy
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Forms of Energy
  • The magnetic, electric, and surface tension effects can be ignored in most systems.
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Some Physical Insight to Internal Energy
  • Sensible energy
  • Latent energy
  • Chemical energy
  • Nuclear energy
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Energy and Environment
  • Ground-level ozone, which is the primary component of smog, forms when HC and NOx react in the presence of sunlight in hot calm days.
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Energy and Environment
  • Sulfuric acid and nitric acid are formed when sulfur oxides and nitric oxides react with water vapor and other chemicals high in the atmosphere in the presence of sunlight.
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Energy and Environment
  • The greenhouse effect on earth.
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Temperature
  • A measure of hotness and coldness.
  • Hard to have an exact definition.
  • Heat is transfer from the body at higher temperature to the one at lower temperature.
  • At the point, where two bodies attain sam temperature, heat transfer stops called thermal equilibrium.
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The Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
  • If two bodies are in thermal equilibrium with the third body, they are also in thermal equilibrium with each other.


  • Two bodies are in thermal equilibrium if both have the same temperature reading even if they are not in contact.
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Temperature Scales
  • Celsius and Fahrenheit are scales that based on some easily reproducible states of a substance.
  • Temperature scale that independent for any state of any substance or substances is called thermodynamic temperature scale.
  • Kelvin and Rankine are thermodynamic temperature scales.
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Thermodynamic Temperature Scale
  • P versus T plots of the experimental data obtained from a constant-volume gas thermometer using four different gases at different (but low) pressures.
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Temperature Scale
  • Comparison of temperature scale
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Pressure
  • Pressure :- the force exerted by a fluid per unit area
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Manometer
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Basic Barometer