Thermodynamics 1 Simulations
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Adiabatic Flame Temperature
Adiabatic flame temperature as a function of percent excess air and feed temperatures
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Adiabatic Gas Expansion between Two Tanks Digital Experiment
This digital experiment expands an ideal gas, which is at high pressure in the left tank, adiabatically into the right tank, which is initially evacuated.
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Carnot Cycle on Ideal Gas
The Carnot cycle is an idealization for a heat engine operating reversibly between two reservoirs at temperatures T1 and T2.
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Compare Compressors or Turbines with Different Efficiencies
Two adiabatic turbines or compressors with different efficiencies are compared
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Compressed-Gas Spray
The temperature of container with a vapor-liquid mixture is plotted as function of time that valve opened
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Compressibility Factor Charts
Compressibility factor as function of reduced pressure and reduced temperature
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Determine Antoine Constants Digital Experiment
A digital experiment to determine Antoine constants
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Energy Balance on Pressurizing a Tank
Gas flows into an insulated that that is initially at a lower pressure and different temperature
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Entropy Changes in Mixing Ideal Gases
Isothermal mixing of ideal gases or adding a second gas to an initial gas
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Evaporative Cooling of Water
This simulation shows how applying a vacuum in a closed system causes water to decrease in temperature and freeze due to evaporative heat loss.
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Heat of Reaction Temperature Dependence
Examine how heat of reaction changes with temperature
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Ideal Gas Law
Choose from a variety of scenarios in a piston/cylinder system, with an ideal gas contained therein. This is a deep dive into ideal gas behavior and a great introduction to the thermodynamics of ideal gasses.
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Injecting Liquid into an Evacuated Tank
Liquid propane or toluene is injected into an evacuated tank at constant temperature
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Joule-Thomson Expansion
Gas expansion through an adiabatic throttle
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Maxwell Relations
Demonstrates derivation of Maxwell relations
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Ordinary Vapor Compression Cycle Refrigerant R-134a
Pressure-enthalpy and temperature-entropy diagrams for refrigeration cycle
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Phase Diagrams from Van der Waals Equation of State
van der Waals equation of state to generate isotherms and isobars
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Pressure-Enthalpy Diagram for Water
Pressure-enthalpy diagram for water
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Pressure-Temperature Phase Diagram for Water
Water phase behavior on a log pressure vs temperature diagram
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Pressure-Volume Diagram for Water
This simulation helps you learn how to read pressure-volume diagrams.
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Rankine Cycle
The Rankine cycle is a thermodynamic cycle showing how heat engines, such as steam turbines, generate work. This simulation plots the enthalpy and pressure at each stage of the Rankine cycle.
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Ranque-Hilsch Vortex Tube Digital Experiment
Higher-pressure, room-temperature air is fed to a Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube, which splits the air into hot and cold streams at lower pressure.
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Ranque-Hilsch Vortex Tube
Hilsch tube separates compressed air into a hold and cold stream
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Reading a Psychrometric Chart
How to read a psychrometric chart
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Reversible and Irreversible Expansion or Compression
Expansion or compression work for ideal gas in piston-cylinder system
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Single-Component Fugacity
Fugacity of single component as function of temperature or pressure
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Single-Effect Evaporator Digital Experiment
This experiment concentrates a dilute sugar solution feed by boiling off water in a single-effect evaporator using saturated steam as the heat source. It aims to demonstrate the effects of operating parameters on evaporator efficiency.
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Single-Effect Evaporation
A single-effect evaporator evaporates water from a feed solution consisting of water and sugar. Adjust feed flow rate and temperature and observe the effect on concentrate flow rate and composition.
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Temperature Changes in an Ideal Gas
Ideal gas heated or cooled at constant pressure or constant volume
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Temperature-Entropy Diagram for Water
Temperature-entropy diagram for water
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Triple-Effect Evaporation
Observe the benefits of using a multiple-effect evaporator when concentrating a sugar water solution. Use this simulation alongside our single-effect evaporator simulation to learn all about the benefits of multiple-effect evaporation.
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Adiabatic Compression of Pure Gases
Compression of n-butane to different pressures
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Adiabatic Compression of Water in VLE
A piston compresses a vapor-liquid mixture of water adiabatically and reversibly
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Adiabatic Evaporation of Water into Vacuum
Pressure on a liquid is lowered so some liquid evaporates irreversibly
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Arranging Balls into Boxes
Shows how many ways r balls can be placed in n boxes
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Carnot Cycle with Irreversible Heat Transfer
Carnot heat engine and heat pump with finite temperature differences reservoirs and Carnot cycle
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Chemical Potential Dependence on T and P
Chemical potential of solids, liquids, and vapors at function of temperature and pressure
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Circumnavigating the Critical Point
Demonstrates how to circumnavigate the critical point on a log pressure vs. temperature diagram
Compare Clausius-Clapeyron and Antoine Equations
Saturation pressure is plotted versus temperature using the Clausius-Clapeyron equation and the Antoine equation
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Compressible Flow through a Nozzle/Diffuser
Compressible flow of air through a nozzle/diffuser
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Enthalpy and Entropy Departure Functions
Enthalpy and entropy departure functions using Peng-Robinson equation of state
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Enthalpy-Entropy Diagram For Water
Enthalpy-entropy diagram for water
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Fluids in the Critical Region
Critical isotherm and phase behavior on a pressure-volume diagram
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Fugacity from Equation of State for Water
Water fugacity calculated using Peng-Robinson equation of state
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Heating Water in a Closed Vessel
A vapor-liquid mixture is heated in a fixed-volume container
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Identify Chemical Potential Plots
Identify the correct curve for chemical potential versus temperature or pressure
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Identify Reversible and Irreversible Expansion and Compression
Step-by-step procedure for isothermal and adiabatic processes for an ideal gas
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Injecting Water into Liquid Nitrogen Tanks
Hot and cold water are injected into insulated tanks containing liquid nitrogen.
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Irreversible and Reversible Temperature Equilibration
Two objectives at different temperatures thermally equilibrate reversibly or irreversibly
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Material & Energy Balances in a Reactor with Heat Exchange
Material and energy balances on a reactor with heat transfer
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Otto Cycle
Pressure-volume and temperature-entropy diagrams for cycle used in automotive engines
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Phase Behavior on a Pressure-Volume Diagram
Phase behavior of water on a P-V diagram
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P-V Diagram for Heating Vapor-Liquid Mixture at Constant V
Heat added to a vapor-liquid mixture in a fixed volume container
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Refrigeration Cycle Coefficient of Performance
Calculate coefficient of performance for refrigeration cycle
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Simulation of a Simple Gas Pressure Model
Molecules collisions with container walls lead to pressure of gas
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Three Intermolecular Potential Models
Three models for intermolecular potentials
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Throttling High-Pressure Water
Water expands adiabatically to lower pressure through valve
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Atomic Interactions - PhET
Attractive and repulsive forces between two atoms
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Gas Properties - PhET
Pump gas molecules to a box and see what happens as you change the volume, add or remove heat, and more
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States of Matter - PhET
Phase changes as heat is added or removed
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