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A New Entropy Function to Analyze Isentropic Processes of Ideal Gases with Variable Specific Heats
Authors:Yunus A. Ç  engel,Mehmet Kanoğ  lu
Affiliation:1.Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA;2.Department of Mechanical Engineering, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, 07425 Antalya, Turkey
Abstract:A new entropy function s+ is defined in terms of the existing entropy function s° and temperature as s+ = s° − R lnT to facilitate the analysis of isentropic processes of ideal gases with variable specific heats. The function s+ also makes it possible to calculate the entropy changes of ideal gases during processes when volume information is available instead of pressure information and the variation of specific heats with temperature is to be accounted for. The introduction of the function s+ eliminates the need to use the dimensionless isentropic functions relative pressure Pr and relative specific volume vr of ideal gases and to tabulate their values. The Pr and vr data are often confused with pressure and specific volume, with an adverse effect on the study of the second law of thermodynamics. The new s+ function nicely complements the existing s° function in entropy change calculations: the former is conveniently used when volume information is given while the latter is used when pressure information is available. Therefore, the introduction of the new entropy function s+ is expected to make a significant contribution to the thermodynamics education and research by streamlining entropy analysis of ideal gases.
Keywords:thermodynamics   entropy   entropy functions   isentropic process   ideal gases   variable specific heats   second-law analysis
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