Energy Conversion Statics

Energy Conversion Statics deals with equilibrium situations and processes linking equilibrium states. A development of the basic theory of energy conversion statics and its applications is presented. In the applications the emphasis is on processes involving electrical energy.
The text commences by introducing the general concept of energy with a survey of primary and secondary energy forms, their availability, and use. The second chapter presents the basic laws of energy conversion. Four postulates defining the overall range of applicability of the general theory are set out, demonstrating the basic importance of the stored energy function. Subsequent chapters extend the concept of the energy function as a state function; introduce transformed functions like coenergy; describe the concept of quasi-static processes; and develop general theorems for one-way and cyclic processes. The remainder of the text deals with specific fields of energy conversion and the basic theory developed in the first four chapters is used.
The book is intended for students in the final year of an undergraduate course and it can be used as the basis for graduate courses in energy conversion. It may also be used as a basic text for courses in thermodynamics and electromechanics.

Contenu

Preface
List of Notation
List of Postulates
List of Theorems
I. Energy

1. Introduction
2. Energy Forms
3. Primary Energy Resources
4. Availability of Energy
   II. Postulates and Laws
5. Introduction
6. Work and Energy Flow
7. Postulates
8. Laws
9. Extensive Quantities and Entropy
   III. State Functions
10. Introduction
11. Coenergy and Helmholtz Functions
12. Partial Derivatives
13. Equilibrium States
14. Stability
    IV. Quasi-Static Processes
15. Introduction
16. Quasi-Static Processes
17. Free Energy
18. Qne-Way Processes and Constraints
19. Cyclic Processes
20. Conclusion
    V. Internal Energy
21. Introduction
22. Heat Capacity
23. Magnetocalorics
24. Superconductivity
25. Electrocalorics
26. The Piezoelectric Converter
27. Conclusion
    VI. Chemical Energy Storage and Conversion
28. Introduction
29. Thermochemical Conversion
30. Gibbs Function and Chemical Potentials
31. Electrochemical Processes
32. Electrochemical Cells
33. Electrochemical Process Kinetics
34. Conclusion
    VII. Dynamics
35. Introduction
36. One-Port Components
37. Interconnected Systems of One-Port Elements
38. Dynamic Equations
39. Nonconservative Systems
40. Multi-Port Elements
41. Conclusion
    Appendix The Lagrangian State Function
    A.1. General Form of the Lagrangian
    A.2. Change of Variables
    Problems
    References
    Index