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Engineers have a prime concern with the production of mechanical work. Since all processes are irreversible in practice, the capacity to perform work is continually being degraded by virtue of the unwanted heat transfers which occur because of viscous friction and large temperature differences between the working fluid and its environment.
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© 1976 G. Boxer
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Boxer, G. (1976). Available Energy. In: Engineering Thermodynamics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02828-3_17
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