Thermodynamics - Laws

S.Gunabalan
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering Department
Bharathiyar College of Engineering & Technology
Karaikal - 609 609.
e-mail : gunabalans@yahoo.com

1. First law of Thermodynamics
First law of Thermodynamics
The first law of thermodynamics considered the
heat/work/energy involved in reactions,
Definition
In a thermodynamic Cycle, net heat supplied to the system
is equal to net work done by the system
_J = _Jw
First law of thermodynamics is based on principle of
conservation of energy
Energy is neither created not destroyed, but get
transformed from one form to another.
Perpetual Motion Machine 1
(PMM-1)
No mocinc con supply mcconicl work co
ntinuously witout somc orm o cncrgy
Jisoppcoring simultoncously
Internal Energy
Net stored Energy of the system

u = w
Reference
Rajput, R. K. 2010. Engineering thermodynamics. Jones and Bartlett
Publishers, Sudbury, Mass.
Nag, P. K. 2002. Basic and applied thermodynamics. Tata McGraw-Hill, New
Delhi.