2 - Energy Conversion and General Energy Analysis

2-1 Introduction
2-2 Forms of Energy

•  Some Physical Insight to Internal Energy
•  Mechanical Energy
• More on Nuclear Energy

2-3 Energy Transfer by Heat

• Historical Background on Heat

2-4 Energy Transfer by Work

• Electrical Work

2-5 Mechanical Forms of Works

• Shaft Work, Spring Work
•  Work Done on Elastic Solid Bars
•  Work Associated with the Stretching of a Liquid Film
•  Work Done to Raise or to Accelerate a Body
• Non-mechanical Forms  of Works

2-6 The First Law of Thermodynamics

• Energy Balance
• Energy Change of a System
• Mechanism of Energy Transfer

2-7 Energy Conversion Efficiencies
2-8 Energy and Environment

•  Ozone and Smog
• Acid Rain
• The Greenhouse Effect : Global Warming and Climate Change

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