Thomson's formulation of the second law for macroscopic and finite work sources
Abstract: Thomson's formulation of the second law states: no work can be extracted from an equilibrium system through a cyclic process. A simple, general proof is presented for the case of macroscopic sources of work. Next the setup is generalized towards situations, where the corresponding wor...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2004-03-01
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| Series: | Entropy |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/6/1/30/ |