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🧊Thermodynamics II
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204 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your Thermodynamics II exam

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B

Boiler
Bomb calorimeter

C

Calorimetry
Carbon capture
Carnot Cycle
Carnot Efficiency
Carnot Theorem
Cascade arrangement
Cetane number
Chemical exergy
Chilled Water Coil
Classical Entropy
Clausius Inequality
Clausius Statement
Coefficient of performance
Coefficient of performance (COP)
Coexistence Curve
Coffee cup calorimeter
Cogeneration systems
Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
Combined heat and power systems
Complete combustion
Compressibility effects
Compression ratio
Compressor performance
Constant pressure process
Constant specific heats
Constant volume heat rejection
Converging-Diverging Nozzle
Cooling Load
Critical Constants
Critical Mach Number
Critical Pressure
Critical Pressure Ratio
Critical temperature
Cubic equations of state
Cut-off ratio

D

Direct Expansion Coil

E

Energy conversion efficiency
Energy Density
Energy Efficiency Ratio (EER)
Energy equation
Energy Quality
Engine load
Enthalpy
Entropy in Chemical Reactions
Entropy in Refrigeration
Entropy in Thermodynamic Cycles
Entropy increase
Entropy of fusion
Exact Differentials
Excess gibbs free energy
Exergetic efficiency
Exergoeconomic analysis
Exergoeconomic factor
Exergy Costing Method
Exergy Destruction Ratio
Exergy Efficiency
Exergy Flow
Exergy loss
Exhaust Gas Recirculation

F

Flame Speed
Flash Point
Flue Gases
Fuel-air mixture
Fusion curve

G

Gas Chromatography
Gas Diffusion
Gibbs-Helmholtz Equation
Global warming potential
Ground-source heat pump

H

Heat addition
Heat Death
Heat engines
Heat exchanger