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Enthalpy–entropy chart

Enthalpy–entropy chart

An enthalpy–entropy chart, also known as the HS or Mollier diagram, plots the total heat against entropy,[1] describing theenthalpyof athermodynamic system.[2] A typical chart covers a pressure range of 0.01–1000bar, and temperatures up to 800 degreesCelsius.[3] It shows enthalpyin terms ofinternal energy, pressureand volumeusing the relationship(or, in terms ofspecific enthalpy,specific entropyandspecific volume,).

History

The diagram was created in 1904, when Richard Mollier plotted the total heat[4] H against entropy S.[5][1]

At the 1923 Thermodynamics Conference held in Los Angeles it was decided to name, in his honor, as a "Mollier diagram" any thermodynamic diagram using the enthalpy as one of its axes.[6]

Details

On the diagram, lines of constant pressure, constant temperature and volume are plotted, so in a two-phase region, the lines of constant pressure and temperature coincide.[7] Thus, coordinates on the diagram represent entropy and heat.[8]

The work done in a process on vapor cycles is represented by length of h, so it can be measured directly, whereas in a T–s diagram it has to be computed using thermodynamic relationship between thermodynamic properties.[1]

In an isobaric process, the pressure remains constant, so the heat interaction is the change in enthalpy.[2]

In an isenthalpic process, the enthalpy is constant.[2] A horizontal line in the diagram represents an isenthalpic process.

A vertical line in the h–s chart represents an isentropic process. The process 3–4 in a Rankine cycle is isentropic when the steam turbine is said to be an ideal one. So the expansion process in a turbine can be easily calculated using the h–s chart when the process is considered to be ideal (which is the case normally when calculating enthalpies, entropies, etc. Later the deviations from the ideal values and they can be calculated considering the isentropic efficiency of the steam turbine used.)

Lines of constant dryness fraction (x), sometimes called the quality, are drawn in the wet region and lines of constant temperature are drawn in the superheated region.[3] X gives the fraction (by mass) of gaseous substance in the wet region, the remainder being colloidal liquid droplets. Above the heavy line, the temperature is above the boiling point, and the dry (superheated) substance is gas only.

In general such charts do not show the values of specific volumes, nor do they show the enthalpies of saturated water at pressures which are of the order of those experienced in condensers in a thermal power station.[3] Hence the chart is only useful for enthalpy changes in the expansion process of the steam cycle.[3]

Applications and usage

It can be used in practical applications such as malting, to represent the grain–air–moisture system.[9]

The underlying property data for the Mollier diagram is identical to a psychrometric chart. At first inspection, there may appear little resemblance between the charts, but if the user rotates a chart ninety degrees and looks at it in a mirror, the resemblance is apparent. The Mollier diagram coordinates are enthalpy h and humidity ratio x. The enthalpy coordinate is skewed and the constant enthalpy lines are parallel and evenly spaced.

See also

References

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Citation Linkopenlibrary.org"total heat" is used equivalently with "enthalpy", a term coined only after 1904, and in wider use from c. the 1920s.
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[5]
Citation Linkbabel.hathitrust.orgMollier, R. (20 February 1904). "Neue Diagramme zur technischen Wärmelehre" [New charts for engineering thermodynamics]. Zeitschrift des Vereines deutscher Ingenieure (in German). 48 (8): 271–275.
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Citation Linkopenlibrary.orgSee: Mollier, R. (8 September 1923). "Ein neues Diagramm für Dampfluftgemische" [A new diagram for water vapor-air mixtures]. Zeitschrift des Vereines deutscher Ingenieure [Journal of the Society of German Engineers] (in German). 67: 869–872. English translation: Mollier, Richard (December 1923). "A new diagram for water vapor-air mixtures". Mechanical Engineering. 45: 703–705.
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Citation Linkbooks.google.comY. V. C. Rao (2001), Thermodynamics, Universities Press, p. 113, ISBN 978-81-7371-388-0, retrieved 2010-06-25
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Citation Linkbooks.google.comRobert C. H. Heck (2008), The Steam Engine and Turbine – A Text Book for Engineering Colleges, Read Books, ISBN 978-1-4437-3134-8, retrieved 2010-06-25
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Citation Linkbooks.google.comDennis Edward Briggs (1998), Malts and Malting, Springer, p. 499, ISBN 978-0-412-29800-4, retrieved 2010-06-25
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