Lecture

Pool Boiling II: Gibbs Free Energy Analysis

Related lectures (46)
Thermodynamics Basics
Introduces the fundamental concepts of thermodynamics, including energy conservation, system definitions, and different forms of work.
Condensation Physics I
Explores the physics of condensation, covering nucleation, droplet formation, heat transfer, and droplet footprint distribution.
Flow Boiling Instabilities
Explores the historical development and instabilities in flow boiling, including heat transfer mechanisms and flow patterns in microchannels.
Exergy and Thermodynamics
Explores exergy, entropy, and thermodynamic efficiencies in closed and open systems.
Homogeneous Equilibrated Model: Mass and Momentum Balance
Discusses mass and momentum balance, convective boiling regimes, and pressure loss calculations in two-phase flow.
Evaporation vs Boiling: Phase Change Efficiency
Explores the efficiency of phase change processes, focusing on evaporation and boiling, differentiating between the two and discussing the various regimes of pool boiling.
Glass Transition: Polymer Properties
Explores glass and melting transitions in polymers, including characterization methods and specific polymer properties.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Explores the Second Law of Thermodynamics, Gibbs Free Energy, equilibrium constants, and Le Châtelier's Principle.
Mass Transfer Coefficients: Liquid vs Gas
Explores mass transfer coefficients in liquid and gas phases, with a focus on convective mass transfer around dissolving bubbles and experimental dynamics of granular systems.
Phase Transitions: Boiling, Triple Point
Explores phase transitions, evaporation, boiling, coexistence of phases, and the Kelvin scale.

Graph Chatbot

Chat with Graph Search

Ask any question about EPFL courses, lectures, exercises, research, news, etc. or try the example questions below.

DISCLAIMER: The Graph Chatbot is not programmed to provide explicit or categorical answers to your questions. Rather, it transforms your questions into API requests that are distributed across the various IT services officially administered by EPFL. Its purpose is solely to collect and recommend relevant references to content that you can explore to help you answer your questions.