Second-Law Analysis: A Powerful Tool for Analyzing Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Results

Abstract

Second-law analysis (SLA) is an important concept in thermodynamics, which basically assesses energy by its value in terms of its convertibility from one form to another.[...]

Keywords

• second-law analysis
• entropy
• exergy
• computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
• gas turbine
• turbulence model
• natural convection
• forced convection
• heat transfer
• condenser
• nano-fluids
• porous media
• RANS
• DDES