Thermodynamics

Thermodynamics

The science of energy and its ability to cause changes.

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incomplete combustion

Physics; Thermodynamics

A combustion process in which the combustion products contain unburned fuel or components such as C, H2, CO, or OH.

The amount of heat released when a fuel is burned completely in a steady-flow process and the products are returned to the state of the reactants. This means heating value of a fuel is equal to the ...

fuel cells

Physics; Thermodynamics

Electrolytic cells in which the chemical energy of the fuel is directly converted to electric energy, and electrons are exchanged through conductor wires connected to a load. Fuel cells are not heat ...

natural gas

Physics; Thermodynamics

Found in gas wells or oil wells, natural gas is composed mainly of methane and small amounts of ethane, propane, hydrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen sulfate, and water vapor. It is ...

diffuser efficiency

Physics; Thermodynamics

A measure of a diffuser's ability to increase the pressure of a fluid. It is expressed as the ratio of the kinetic energy that can be converted to pressure rise if the fluid is discharged at the ...

supersaturation

Physics; Thermodynamics

The phenomenon caused by steam flowing through a nozzle at high velocities and exiting it in the saturated region. Since the duration of the steam in the nozzle is small, and there may not be ...

mean effective pressure (MEP)

Physics; Thermodynamics

A theoretical pressure that, if acted on the piston during the entire power stroke, would produce the same amount of net work as that produced during the actual cycle. The mean effective pressure can ...