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Hello,
I am reviewing some thermodynamics and heat engines. Heat engines are cyclical machines able to convert a portion (just a portion) of the thermal energy extracted from a hot reservoir into mechanical work. The residual thermal energy must dump into a lower temperature reservoir.
Thermal energy is a random type of energy but I heard heat engines defined as machine that can convert the chaotic thermal energy into a more organized form. What does that exactly mean? What type of order are the engines imparting to thermal energy?
Thanks!
I am reviewing some thermodynamics and heat engines. Heat engines are cyclical machines able to convert a portion (just a portion) of the thermal energy extracted from a hot reservoir into mechanical work. The residual thermal energy must dump into a lower temperature reservoir.
Thermal energy is a random type of energy but I heard heat engines defined as machine that can convert the chaotic thermal energy into a more organized form. What does that exactly mean? What type of order are the engines imparting to thermal energy?
Thanks!