2.43 | Spring 2024 | Graduate

Advanced Thermodynamics

Lecture 2: Second Law and Entropy; Adiabatic Availability; Maximum Entropy Principle

Reversible process. Statement of the Second Law. Adiabatic availability. Mutual equilibrium. Temperature of a thermal reservoir. Definition of entropy. Entropy balance. Available energy. Maximum entropy principle. Fundamental stable equilibrium relation.

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