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entransy

entransy noun: half the product of internal thermal energy and temperature. For a given temperature difference, maximization of the entransy dissipation results in the maximum heat flux and thus corresponds to the optimal heat conduction performance.

Noun

entransy (countable and uncountable, plural entransies)

  1. Half the product of internal thermal energy and temperature. For a given temperature difference, maximization of the entransy dissipation results in the maximum heat flux and thus corresponds to the optimal heat conduction performance.
    • A new physical quantity, E#95;#92;text#123;h#125;#61;#92;frac#123;1#125;#123;2#125;Q#95;#92;text#123;vh#125;T [where Q#95;#92;text#123;vh#125;#61;Mc#95;#92;text#123;v#125;T is the heat stored in an object; M is the mass; c#95;#92;text#123;v#125; is the specific heat capacity at constant volume; T...2007, Zeng-Yuan Guo, Hong-Ye Zhu, Xin-Gang Liang, “Entransy—a physical quantity describing heat transfer ability”, in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, number 50, page 2545
    • The concept of ‘entransy’, a product of heat and temperature, originally called ‘heat transport potential capacity’, was introduced in 2003, as analogy to product of electrical charge and voltage, as well as other similar quantities. The concept has been extended to entransy property, as integral...2017, Milivoje Kostic, “Entransy concept and controversies: A critical perspective within elusive thermal landscape”, in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, number 115, page 340

Forms of entransy

pluralentransies

Origin of entransy

Blend of en[ergy] + trans[fer] + [abilit]y, introduced on 26 February 2007 by a research group at Tsinghua University led by Professor Guo as a basis for optimizing heat transfer processes (Guo, Zeng-Yuan; Zhu, Hong-Ye; Liang, Xin-Gang. Entransy—a physical quantity describing heat transfer ability International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, no. 50, pp. 2545–56, available online 26 February 2007). A descriptive concept of entransy, but without using the term ‘entransy’, was first proposed by Professor Guo's group in February 2003 as ‘heat transport potential capacity’.

Questions about entransy

What does entransy mean?
Entransy means half the product of internal thermal energy and temperature. For a given temperature difference, maximization of the entransy dissipation results in the maximum heat flux and thus corresponds to the optimal heat conduction performance.
What part of speech is entransy?
Entransy is a noun.
What is the plural of entransy?
The plural of entransy is entransies.

Words near entransy in the dictionary

  1. entrancing
  2. entrancingly
  3. entrancings
  4. Entrange
  5. entransies
  6. entransy
  7. entrant
  8. entrants
  9. entrap
  10. entrapment
  11. entrapments

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