Saturday, 7 March 2015

thermodynamics - Conservation of heat equation: what represent heat, enthalpy or internal energy?


I'm trying to write the heat transfer equation in an arbitrary fluid (compressible and viscous). Consider an adiabatic system where the only heat generated is due to the internal friction/viscosity. In a fluid, the dissipation function is:


Φv=ˇτ:ˇTˇν


τ is defined as


ˇτ=ˇσPˇI


Where σ is the Cauchy stress tensor and P is the hydrostatic pressure.


Assuming that conduction and radiation are negligible, and convection is the only form of heat transfer, I think I can write the conservation of heat as:


t(q)+ˇ(qˇνT)=ˇτ:ˇTˇν


Now what I do not understand is which one represent heat: enthalpy h or internal energy e? For example I'm trying to write the equation for an ideal gas. Can I use enthalpy and write the conservation of heat as:


t(ρT)+ˇ(ρTˇνT)=1cPˇτ:ˇTˇν



Or should I use the internal energy:


t(ρT)+ˇ(ρTˇνT)=1cνˇτ:ˇTˇν


Which one of the equations 4 or 5 is the correct form? Or maybe they are both wrong?


Notation:



  • ˇA is the matrix representation of tensor A

  • : is the the double dot product of two square matrices (i.e. ˇA:ˇB=aijbji in Einstein notation form)

  • ˇaTˇb (Where ˇa and ˇb are row matrices) is the dyadic product of first rank tensors a and b, usually noted as ab. Also known as outer product ab in vector form.

  • ˇAˇB is the matrix multiplication and for row matrices ˇaˇbTa.b dot product in vector form





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