Heat Engines and the Second Law of Thermodynamics |  |
Understand
- How heat engines, refrigerators, and heat pumps operate.
- How the second law of thermodynamics limits the efficiency of heat engines.
- How thermal processes lead to an increase in entropy.
- The difference between low-grade and high-grade energy.
- How the laws of thermodynamics prohibit perpetual motion machines.
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