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The uniqueness of the integration factor associated with the exchanged heat in thermodynamics

Authors :
Ma, Yu-Han
Dong, Hui
Quan, H. T.
Sun, C. P.
Source :
Fundamental Research 1, 6 (2021)
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

State functions play important roles in thermodynamics. Different from the process function, such as the exchanged heat $\delta Q$ and the applied work $\delta W$, the change of the state function can be expressed as an exact differential. We prove here that, for a generic thermodynamic system, only the inverse of the temperature, namely $1/T$, can serve as the integration factor for the exchanged heat $\delta Q$. The uniqueness of the integration factor invalidates any attempt to define other state functions associated with the exchanged heat, and in turn, reveals the incorrectness of defining the entransy $E_{vh}=C_VT^2 /2$ as a state function by treating $T$ as an integration factor. We further show the errors in the derivation of entransy by treating the heat capacity $C_V$ as a temperature-independent constant.<br />Comment: 10 pages, 1 figure, has been accepted by Fundamental Research and will be published soon. Comments are welcome

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Fundamental Research 1, 6 (2021)
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2012.14787
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fmre.2020.11.003