Reversible heat source

Among the three heat-generation terms, the irreversible and reversible heat sources of ORR are dominant. For a straight-channel cell shown in Figure 12, the total amount of heat release is 2.57 W, of which the irreversible heat is 55.3%, the reversible heat 35.4%, and the Joule heat only 9.3% The total heat released from the fuel cell can also be estimated from the overall energy balance, i.e. 

T0 compute the maximum work, we need tw o other idealizations. A reversible work source can change volume or perform work of any other kind quasi-statically, and is enclosed in an impermeable adiabatic waU, so 6g = TdS = 0 and dU = S w. A reversible heat source can exchange heat quasi-statically, and is enclosed in a rigid wall that is impermeable to matter but not to heat flow, so = pdV = 0 and dU = 6q = TdS. A reversible process is different from a reversible heat or work source. A reversible heat source need not have AS = 0. A reversible process refers to changes in a whole system, in w-hich a collection of reversible heat plus work sources has AS = 0. The frictionless weights on pulleys and inclined planes of Newtonian mechanics are reversible w ork sources, for example. The maximum possible work is achieved w hen reversible processes are performed with reversible heat and work sources. 

For reversible heat sources operating at high temperature Th and low temperature Tc, the entropy changes are ... 

Figure 7.10 (a) In this idealized heat engine, a piston containing cooled gas starts at rest. When heat qn enters from the reversible heat source, the energies of the gas molecules increase, (b) Work is performed by the expansion of the heated gas (the reversible work source), extracting energies from the molecules, (c) Heat flows out from the reversible heat source and the volume in the piston decreases. 

Convection heat transfer is dependent largely on the relative velocity between the warm gas and the drying surface. Interest in pulse combustion heat sources anticipates that high frequency reversals of gas flow direction relative to wet material in dispersed-particle dryers can maintain higher gas velocities around the particles for longer periods than possible ia simple cocurrent dryers. This technique is thus expected to enhance heat- and mass-transfer performance. This is apart from the concept that mechanical stresses iaduced ia material by rapid directional reversals of gas flow promote particle deagglomeration, dispersion, and Hquid stream breakup iato fine droplets. Commercial appHcations are needed to confirm the economic value of pulse combustion for drying. 

Natural ventilation design allows one to size the inlets, and outlets, / p based on their pressure loss characteristics, Cp, and on the airflow rate, G , required to maintain the occupied zone within desired limits. The reverse design procedure is commonly used to evaluate the airflow rate through the building given the sizes, characteristics, and locations of inlets and outlets and the heat load and characteristics of heat sources. 

In the stratification strategy the supply air is used to substitute the outgoing air from the ventilated (in most cases occupied) zone, thus preventing circulation patterns between the zones. The supply air has to be distributed in such a way that the buoyancy flows are not disturbed. Exhaust air openings are to be located downstream in order to avoid reverse currents within the room. The location of the contaminant sources and the heat sources causing density differences must be the same in order to carry out the contaminants with equal or higher density than air. 

Reverse cycle. The direction of flow of the refrigerant is reversed to make the evaporator act as a condenser. Heat storage or another evaporator are needed as a heat source. 

The heat reclaim packaged unit system comprises water-cooled room units with reverse cycle valves in the refrigeration circuits. The water circuit is maintained at 21-26°C, and may be used as a heat source or sink, depending on whether the individual unit is heating or cooling. (See Figure 28.11.)... 

All reversible heat engines operating between a fixed high-temperature heat source thermal reservoir and a fixed low-temperature heat sink thermal reservoir have the same efficiency. 

Are the heat transfers between the Carnot heat engine and its surrounding heat source and heat sink reversible ... 

The reversible potential for the sulfur dioxide electrolysis is only 0.17 V, less than 10% that of water electrolysis (minimum of 1.23V at 298K and 1 bar) [65,69]. However corrosion problems in the electrolysis step are severe due to the presence of high concentration (about 50%) sulfuric acid. The overall thermal efficiency of the process, considering both thermal and electrical energy input derived from the same heat source, is estimated as 48.8% [116]. However, in terms of economics and process complexity the hybrid cycles face tough competition from advanced water electrolyzers. 

The reversibility of the metal-hydrogen reaction (Eq. l) and the heat of chemical reaction (Eq. 2) provides the basis for hydride heat pumps. These devices are closed units in which hydrogen serves as an energy carrier between two or more hydride beds. By selecting appropriate hydriding alloys, heat sources and heat sinks, heat can be pumped over wide temperature differentials with no moving parts except possibly check valves. 

Vapor compression uses the reverse principle of multieffecl distillation. As a vapor is compressed, its temperature and pressure increase. The compressed vapor can be used instead of fresh steam as a heat source at the high-temperature end of the distillation process. 

So far only the energy requirement for a process in the form of work has been considered. Freezing, vapor compression, and reverse osmosis processes are examples of processes that require a work input. There are, however, other important processes, such as multiple-effect evaporation and flash evaporation, for which the energy input is in the form of heat. How does one relate the energy requirement of these processes to the minimum work of separation One method is to convert the heat requirement to a work equivalent by means of the Carnot cycle. If T is the absolute temperature of the heat source and T0 the heat-sink temperature, then one can use the familiar relation... 

The fuel cell is the isothermal heat source of the Carnot cycle CC and delivers the reversible heat < FCrev The reversible work >vtccrev of CC is defined by... 

Heat production associated with the electrochemical reactions is also assumed to be confined at the electrode-electrolyte surface, thus the resulting thermal energy produces a discontinuity of the heat flux. The heat generated within this surface, in fact, represents a heat source for the electrode and the electrolyte domains. The sum of the inward heat fluxes is equal to the heat generated as a result of the electrochemical reactions. As explained in Section 3.3.2, the heat is generated by the increase in entropy, associated with the electrochemical reaction (reversible heat), and to the activation irreversibilities. Therefore, the boundary conditions for Equation (3.7) are ... 

This equation simply states that the increase in internal energy of a fluid element riding with the stream is due to the heat flux, the reversible increase of internal energy per unit volume by compression, and viscous dissipation or the irreversible conversion of internal friction to heat. Should there be another type of heat source (e.g., chemical reaction), it can be added to the equation. 

If the temperature T of a substance is lower than the temperature T0 of the environment, a heat engine can be operated between the environment (heat source) and the low temperature substance (heat sink). Let us consider a reversible heat engine as shown in Fig 10.4 in which the engine gas receives an amount of heat dQ from the environment at atmospheric temperature r0 and performs an amount of reversible work dWm releasing an amount of heat into the low temperature substance at temperature T, whose enthalpy is then increased by an amount dH =dQ- dWm > 0. From the efficiency of the reversible engine we have Eq. 10.18 ... 

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