This review is devoted to the introduction of second-law analysis in heat transfer and entropy generation minimization in thermal design. The presentation proceeds from the derivation of the Gouy-Stodola theorem, the basis for entropy generation minimization in the conceptual design of heat transfer equipment. Appropriate analytical tools, such as the entropy generation number, are devised for the task of estimating the destruction of available work in the processes involving heat transfer. However, the entropy generation number concept is considerably more general, since it can be used to quantitatively describe the degree of irreversibility of engineering components and processes which do not draw their irreversibility solely from heat transfer. The examples considered in this article range from the irreversibility associated with some of the most fundamental convective heat transfer processes to the minimum irreversibility design of one-dimensional insulations such as the main counterflow heat exchanger of a helium liquefaction plant.

Second-Law Analysis in Heat Transfer and Thermal Design

[1] The role of evapotranspiration (ET) in the global, continental, regional, and local water cycles is reviewed. Elevated atmospheric CO2, air temperature, vapor pressure deficit (D), turbulent transport, radiative transfer, and reduced soil moisture all impact biotic and abiotic processes controlling ET that must be extrapolated to large scales. Suggesting a blueprint to achieve this link is the main compass of this review. Leaf-scale transpiration (fe) as governed by the plant biochemical demand for CO2 is first considered. When this biochemical demand is combined with mass transfer formulations, the problem remains mathematically intractable, requiring additional assumptions. A mathematical “closure” that assumes stomatal aperture is autonomously regulated so as to maximize the leaf carbon gain while minimizing water loss is proposed, which leads to analytical expressions for leaf-scale transpiration. This formulation predicts well the effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 and increases in D on fe. The case of soil moisture stress is then considered using extensive gas exchange measurements collected in drought studies. Upscaling the fe to the canopy is then discussed at multiple time scales. The impact of limited soil water availability within the rooting zone on the upscaled ET as well as some plant strategies to cope with prolonged soil moisture stress are briefly presented. Moving further up in direction and scale, the soil-plant system is then embedded within the atmospheric boundary layer, where the influence of soil moisture on rainfall is outlined. The review concludes by discussing outstanding challenges and how to tackle them by means of novel theoretical, numerical, and experimental approaches.

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Evapotranspiration: A process driving mass transport and energy exchange in the soil‐plant‐atmosphere‐climate system

Thermophysical and transport properties of humid air at temperature range between 0 and 100 °C

Design and experimental study of ORC (organic Rankine cycle) and radial turbine using R245fa working fluid

Optimization of thermal systems based on finite-time thermodynamics and thermoeconomics

Concepts and Definitions Properties of a Pure Substance Work and Heat The First Law of Thermodynamics The Second Law of Thermodynamics Entropy Irreversibility and Availability Some Power and Refrigeration Cycles Thermodynamic Relations Mixtures and Solutions Chemical Reactions Introduction to Phase and Chemical Equilibrium Flow Through Nozzles and Blade Passages.

Gordon John Van Wylen

Papers

Fundamentals of classical thermodynamics