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Thermodynamics: 2nd Law, Heat Engine & Refrig; Clausius Inequality; Entropy (17 of 25)

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0:00:10 – Comments on homework
0:01:25 – Reminders about second law of thermodynamics and Carnot cycles
0:03:27 – Example: Performance of heat pump
0:12:13 – Example: Carnot heat engine
0:19:14 – Clausius inequality
0:32:05 – Example: Carnot heat engine (revisited)
0:36:00 – Entropy
0:55:10 – Increase in entropy principle (continued next lecture)

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This lecture series was recorded live at Cal Poly Pomona during Winter 2017. The textbook is Cengel and Boles, “Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach (8th edition).”