Thermodynamics

Thermodynamics

The science of energy and its ability to cause changes.

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multistage compression with intercooling

Physics; Thermodynamics

A process that carries out the compression in a compressor in stages and cools the gas in between each stage. This process deceases the required work to compress a gas between two specified ...

scramjet engine

Physics; Thermodynamics

A ramjet in which air flows through at supersonic speeds or above the speed of sound.

propulsive power

Physics; Thermodynamics

The thrust power of the aircraft gas turbines which is the propulsive force (thrust) times the distance this force acts on the aircraft per unit time, that is, the thrust times the aircraft velocity.

multistage expansion with reheating

Physics; Thermodynamics

A process that carries out the expansion in a turbine in stages and reheats the gas between the stages such that the work output of a turbine operating between two pressure levels can be increased.

ideal mixture

Physics; Thermodynamics

A mixture where the effect of dissimilar molecules on each other is negligible and the chemical potential of a component in such a mixture is simply taken to be the Gibbs function of the pure ...

ideal solution

Physics; Thermodynamics

A mixture where the effect of dissimilar molecules on each other is negligible and the chemical potential of a component in such a mixture is simply taken to be the Gibbs function of the pure ...

The process in which a steady stream of unsaturated air of unknown specific humidity is passed through a long insulated channel that contains a pool of water. As the air flows over the water, some ...