Why gases can't be compressed at constant pressure or constant volume?

It can be understood by intuition that gases can't be compressed at constant pressure or constant volume. But what is the thermodynamic reason behind it?

02 March 2020 2,755 2 View

Is Thermodynamics not able to get the heat transfer rate value?

In the first lecture of heat transfer course, generally it is told that with Thermodynamics, it is not possible to get the heat transfer rate of a process. But in steady flow energy equation (time...

02 March 2020 1,153 6 View

What is the latent heat of glass / rock wool?

As insulation materials are generally used in the pre melting or much safer temperatures, I am finding difficulty in getting data such as latent heat of fusion of any insulation materials. Can...

06 July 2019 8,188 7 View

Could you please name some of the renowned magazines related to Energy sector (especially Renewable Energy)?

Our institute is planning to subscribe/buy hard copy versions of renowned magazines related to Energy sector (especially Renewable Energy). Could you please name some of them.

31 December 2018 9,284 5 View

Is triple integral and volume integral one and the same?

It's a well know fact that the vector integrals are generalized forms of general integrals, such as 1 - Line Integral is a generalized form of Simple/Single Integral 2 - Surface Integral is a...

11 December 2018 763 29 View

Could you please list some of the open source softwares related to Renewable Energy Systems?

Renewable Energy has a greater scope in research and job opportunities now and it will continue in the future also. Mathematical modeling of the renewable energy systems is highly important to...

10 November 2018 7,359 6 View

How to plot a 2D complex vector?

I know how to plot a 2D real vector. Let's say I have a vector 'a' represented in a row matrix, a = [1 1]. I can plot it in xy plane and I will be getting a line having the equation...

09 October 2018 5,216 7 View

How compression or expansion work is directly proportional to the specific volume of the fluid?

One principle given in Thermodynamics, Cengel is "The steady flow compression or expansion work is directly proportional to the specific volume of the fluid. Therefore, the specific volume of the...

09 October 2018 5,262 4 View

Anybody have Vicosity data of molten KOH?

Can anybody share any resources related to Viscosity of molten Potassium Hydroxide (KOH)?

06 July 2018 5,087 5 View

What is the difference between Assumption and Approximation?

Can you please differentiate the both using some practical or numerical examples?

04 May 2018 7,898 7 View

error in running a model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

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error in modelling model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

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MD MOE RMSD

How to calculate the RMSD values for a MD simulation using MOE?

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MD MOE RMSD

How to calculate the RMSD values for a MD simulation using MOE?

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MGL tools

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fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

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fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

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fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

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fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

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what is the simplest definition of ion exchange capacity

What this unit identifies for the ion exchange capacity ca. 0.92 meq. g-1. I am a newcomer in the membrane area. I just started. I highly appreciate your help

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