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    Phys3 Chap15 Laws of Thermodynamics

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    The document summarizes key concepts relating to energy transformations in the human body and thermodynamic processes: 1) It provides equations to calculate the minimum heat a person must absorb based on the work done during different daily activities like sleeping, light activity, and work. 2) It discusses thermodynamic concepts like heat engines, noting that natural processes are irreversible, and provides equations to calculate work done and efficiency. 3) It also discusses heat pumps and provides the equation to calculate the coefficient of performance for refrigerators and air conditioners.

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    The document summarizes key concepts relating to energy transformations in the human body and thermodynamic processes: 1) It provides equations to calculate the minimum heat a person must absorb based on the work done during different daily activities like sleeping, light activity, and work. 2) It discusses thermodynamic concepts like heat engines, noting that natural processes are irreversible, and provides equations to calculate work done and efficiency. 3) It also discusses heat pumps and provides the equation to calculate the coefficient of performance for refrigerators and air conditioners.

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    12/2/2011

    -> broad statement of the law of conservation of energy

    -> sum of all the energy of the molecules of a body/system

    HEAT (Q)
    Ui WORK (W)
    Uf

    U Q W
    2

    -> energy-transforming processes occurring within the


    human body
    ACTIVITY RATE (kcal/h)
    Sleeping 60 How much work is done in 24h by a
    -> chemically stored energy which can be converted Sitting Upright 100 65-kg person who spends 8h sleeping,
    to heat in order for the body to do work 1h at moderate physical labor, 4h in
    Light Activity light activity and 11h working at a
    (eating, dressing, 200 desk or relaxing? Assuming his
    household chores) internal energy doesnt change, what

    U Q W
    Moderate work is the minimum heat that he must
    400 absorb in order to do these work?
    (tennis, walking)
    Running 1000
    Bicycling 1100

    3 4

    1
    12/2/2011

    -> statement about which processes occur in nature and which do not -> any device that converts heat into work
    by absorbing heat from a hot region and
    -> natural thermodynamic processes are irreversible
    releasing some of the heat to a cold
    Low region
    temperature

    H
    W QH QC work done BY a
    heat engine

    E
    A W efficiency of a
    T e heat engine

    High
    QH
    temperature

    5 6

    A heat engine exhausts 8200 J of heat while performing 3200 J of useful work. What is
    the efficiency of this engine?

    A heat engine does 9200 J of work per cycle while absorbing 22 kcal of heat from a high
    temperature region. What is the efficiency of this engine?

    7 8

    2
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    -> any device that pumps heat from a cold


    region to a hot region by doing work
    (Ex. refrigerator, air conditioner)

    W QH QC work done ON a
    heat pump

    TC coefficient of
    K performance of
    a heat pump
    TH TC

    9 10

    The low temperature of a freezer cooling coil is -15oC, and the discharge temperature is
    30oC. What is the theoretical coefficient of performance?

    An ideal refrigerator operates with a coefficient of performance of 7.0 in a 24oC room.


    What is the temperature inside the refrigerator?

    11 12

    3
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    -> degree of disorder of a system

    13

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