Triadic relations in thermodynamics

Before the advent of steam engines, physics had discovered that mechanical energy is the capacity of a system for doing work. Then, Joule discovered the equivalence theorem, the equivalence of heat and work, that heat was also a form of energy capable of producing work. This was the discovery that m...

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Main Author: Lin-shu Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-08-01
Series:Energy Conversion and Management: X
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590174522000563