Tuesday 20 August 2019

thermodynamics - Increase in entropy principle


If we consider a system to undergo an irreversible process from state 1 to state 2 and a reversible process from state 2 to state 1, then through Clausius inequality


$\int_{1}^{2} \frac{\delta Q_{irrev}}{T} + \int_{2}^{1} \frac{\delta Q_{rev}}{T} \leq 0$


$\int_{1}^{2} \frac{\delta Q_{irrev}}{T} + S_1 - S_2 \leq 0 $


$S_2 - S_1 \geq \int_{1}^{2} \frac{\delta Q_{irrev}}{T}$


$\Delta S \geq \int_{1}^{2} \frac{\delta Q_{irrev}}{T}$


Does this mean that the entropy change for a reversible process is greater than that of an irreversible process? I'm convinced I am wrong because my notes say otherwise but isn't Δs the entropy change of a reversible process and ($\int_{1}^{2} \frac{\delta Q_{irrev}}{T}$) the entropy change of an irreversible process?





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