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Heat Engines and Refrigerators: Principles, Efficiency, and Thermodynamic Limits

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Heat Engines and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

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    Introduction to Heat Engines
    07:35
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    Efficiency of a Nuclear Power Plant
    03:55
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    Power Output of a Gasoline Engine
    06:58

Heat Engines and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

  • Guided course
    Introduction to Heat Engines
    07:35
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    Efficiency of a Nuclear Power Plant
    03:55
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    Power Output of a Gasoline Engine
    06:58

First Law of Thermodynamics

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    The First Law of Thermodynamics
    08:04
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    Alternate Equation of the First Law of Thermodynamics
    05:37
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    Calculating Work Done on Monoatomic Gas
    03:47

PV Diagrams & Work

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    Finding Value of V on Axis
    04:07
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    Work and PV Diagrams
    08:07

The Carnot Cycle

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    Lifting Mass with a Heat Engine
    06:25
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    The Carnot Cycle and Maximum Theoretical Efficiency
    06:28

Heat Engines and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

  • Guided course
    Introduction to Heat Engines
    07:35
  • Guided course
    Efficiency of a Nuclear Power Plant
    03:55
  • Guided course
    Power Output of a Gasoline Engine
    06:58

Refrigerators

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    Refrigerators
    06:47
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    Heat Pumps
    06:15
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    How long to freeze water?
    05:55

Heat Engines and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

  • Guided course
    Introduction to Heat Engines
    07:35
  • Guided course
    Efficiency of a Nuclear Power Plant
    03:55
  • Guided course
    Power Output of a Gasoline Engine
    06:58