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Thermodynamics I Interactive Simulations

Simulations whose names are in blue will play in most browsers, but most were programmed in Mathematica, and the CDF versions, which can be downloaded, are significantly faster and can be used offline with the Wolfram CDF plug-in. The QUIZ simulations follow a step-by-step procedure that requires user input. Most simulations are also available at Wolfram Demonstration Project. Contact us at learncheme@gmail.com with questions or suggestions.

Energy Balances and Entropy

Temperature Changes in an Ideal Gas	Reversible and Irreversible Expansion or Compression Work	PhET Simulation: Gas Properties PhET Interactive Simulations University of Colorado Boulder	Identify Reversible and Irreversible Expansion and Compression Processes	Adiabatic Compression of Pure Gases Prepared by H. Binous, N. A. Al-Baghli, and B. G. Higgins
Compare Compressors or Turbines with Different Efficiencies	Adiabatic Flame Temperature	Material and Energy Balances in a Reactor with Heat Exchange	Compressible Flow through a Nozzle/Diffuser	Joule-Thomson Expansion
Throttling High-Pressure Water	Adiabatic Gas Expansion between Two Tanks	Energy Balance on Pressurizing a Tank	Evaporative Cooling of Water	Compressed-Gas Spray
Adiabatic Evaporation of Water into Vacuum	Entropy Changes in Mixing Ideal Gases	Arranging Balls into Boxes Prepared by M. Brodie	Ranque-Hilsch Vortex Tube	Irreversible and Reversible Temperature Equilibration Prepared by T. Hogg

Cycles

Rankine Cycle

Otto Cycle
Prepared by H. Binous, B.G. Higgins, N. Faqir, and A. Bellagi

Ordinary Vapor Compression (OVC) Cycle for Refrigerant R-134a

Refrigeration Cycle Coefficient of Performance
Prepared by M. D. Normand and M. Peleg

Carnot Cycles with Irreversible Heat Transfer

Phase Equilibrium in a Pure Fluid/Phase Diagrams

Pressure-Temperature Phase Diagram for Water	Fluids in the Critical Region Prepared by S.M. Blinder	Single-Component P-V and T-V Diagrams	Phase Behavior on a Pressure-Volume Diagram	Circumnavigating the Critical Point
Adiabatic Compression of Water in VLE	P-V Diagram for Heating a Vapor-Liquid Mixture at Constant Volume	Heating Water in a Closed Vessel Prepared by H. Binous, I. Boukholda, and A. Bellagi	Compare Clausius-Clapeyron and Antoine Equations Prepared by S.M. Blinder	Pressure-Enthalpy Diagram for Water
Temperature-Entropy Diagram for Water	Enthalpy-Entropy Diagram for Water	Injecting a Liquid into an Evacuated Tank	Compressibility Factor Charts

Fugacity and Departure Functions

Single-Component Fugacity

Fugacity from Equation of State for Water

Chemical Potential Dependence
on Temperature & Pressure

Enthalpy and Entropy Departure Functions for Gases

Other
Simulation of a Simple Gas Pressure Model Prepared by J. McLoone	PhET Simulation: Atomic Interactions PhET Interactive Simulations University of Colorado Boulder	PhET Simulation: States of Matter PhET Interactive Simulations University of Colorado Boulder	Maxwell Relations