Enthalpy

Enthalpy
Enthalpy
Common symbols	H
SI unit	joules
In SI base units	kg⋅m2⋅s−2

In thermodynamics, enthalpy (/ˈɛnθəlpi/ ) is the sum of a thermodynamic system's internal energy and the product of its pressure and volume.[1] It is a state function used in many measurements in chemical, biological, and physical systems at a constant external pressure, which is conveniently provided by the large ambient atmosphere. The pressure–volume term expresses the work $W$ that was done against constant external pressure $P_{ext}$ to establish the system's physical dimensions from $V_{system,initial}=0$ to some final volume $V_{system,final}$ (as $W=P_{ext}\Delta V$ ), i.e. to make room for it by displacing its surroundings.[2][3] The pressure-volume term is very small for solids and liquids at common conditions, and fairly small for gases. Therefore, enthalpy is a stand-in for energy in chemical systems; bond, lattice, solvation, and other chemical "energies" are actually enthalpy differences. As a state function, enthalpy depends only on the final configuration of internal energy, pressure, and volume, not on the path taken to achieve it.

In the International System of Units (SI), the unit of measurement for enthalpy is the joule. Other historical conventional units still in use include the calorie and the British thermal unit (BTU).

The total enthalpy of a system cannot be measured directly because the internal energy contains components that are unknown, not easily accessible, or are not of interest for the thermodynamic problem at hand. In practice, a change in enthalpy is the preferred expression for measurements at constant pressure, because it simplifies the description of energy transfer. When transfer of matter into or out of the system is also prevented and no electrical or mechanical (stirring shaft or lift pumping) work is done, at constant pressure the enthalpy change equals the energy exchanged with the environment by heat.

In chemistry, the standard enthalpy of reaction is the enthalpy change when reactants in their standard states ( $p = 1$ bar ; usually $T = 298$ K ) change to products in their standard states.[4] This quantity is the standard heat of reaction at constant pressure and temperature, but it can be measured by calorimetric methods even if the temperature does vary during the measurement, provided that the initial and final pressure and temperature correspond to the standard state. The value does not depend on the path from initial to final state because enthalpy is a state function.

Enthalpies of chemical substances are usually listed for 1 bar (100 kPa) pressure as a standard state. Enthalpies and enthalpy changes for reactions vary as a function of temperature,[5] but tables generally list the standard heats of formation of substances at 25 °C (298 K). For endothermic (heat-absorbing) processes, the change $Δ H$ is a positive value; for exothermic (heat-releasing) processes it is negative.

The enthalpy of an ideal gas is independent of its pressure or volume, and depends only on its temperature, which correlates to its thermal energy. Real gases at common temperatures and pressures often closely approximate this behavior, which simplifies practical thermodynamic design and analysis.

Etymology

Word enthalpy is derived from Greek word enthalpein, which means to heat.[6][7]

Definition

The enthalpy $H$ of a thermodynamic system is defined as the sum of its internal energy and the product of its pressure and volume:[1]

H = U + p V

,

where $U$ is the internal energy, $p$ is pressure, and $V$ is the volume of the system; $p V$ is sometimes referred to as the pressure energy $Ɛ$ _p .[8]

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H=\sum _{k}H_{k}\;,

where

H

is the total enthalpy of all the subsystems,

k

refers to the various subsystems,

H k

refers to the enthalpy of each subsystem.

A closed system may lie in thermodynamic equilibrium in a static gravitational field, so that its pressure $p$ varies continuously with altitude, while, because of the equilibrium requirement, its temperature $T$ is invariant with altitude. (Correspondingly, the system's gravitational potential energy density also varies with altitude.) Then the enthalpy summation becomes an integral:

H=\int \left(\rho \,h\right)\,\mathrm {d} V\;,

where

ρ

("rho") is density (mass per unit volume),

h

is the specific enthalpy (enthalpy per unit mass),

(ρh)

represents the enthalpy density (enthalpy per unit volume),

d V

denotes an infinitesimally small element of volume within the system, for example, the volume of an infinitesimally thin horizontal layer.

The integral therefore represents the sum of the enthalpies of all the elements of the volume.

The enthalpy of a closed homogeneous system is its energy function $H (S, p)$ , with its entropy $S [p]$ and its pressure $p$ as natural state variables which provide a differential relation for $d H$ of the simplest form, derived as follows. We start from the first law of thermodynamics for closed systems for an infinitesimal process:

\mathrm {d} U=\mathrm {\delta } \,Q-\mathrm {\delta } \,W\;,

where

δ Q

is a small amount of heat added to the system,

δ W

is a small amount of work performed by the system.

In a homogeneous system in which only reversible processes or pure heat transfer are considered, the second law of thermodynamics gives $δ Q = T d S$ , with $T$ the absolute temperature and $d S$ the infinitesimal change in entropy $S$ of the system. Furthermore, if only $p V$ work is done, $δ W = p d V$ . As a result,

\mathrm {d} U=T\,\mathrm {d} S-p\,\mathrm {d} V~.

Adding $d(p V)$ to both sides of this expression gives

\mathrm {d} U+\mathrm {d} (p\,V)=T\,\mathrm {d} S-p\,\mathrm {d} V+\mathrm {d} (p\,V)\;,

or

\mathrm {d} (U+p\,V)=T\,\mathrm {d} S+V\,\mathrm {d} p~.

So

\mathrm {d} H(S,\,p)=T\,\mathrm {d} S+V\,\mathrm {d} p~.

and the coefficients of the natural variable differentials $d S$ and $d p$ are just the single variables $T$ and $V$ .

Other expressions

The above expression of $d H$ in terms of entropy and pressure may be unfamiliar to some readers. There are also expressions in terms of more directly measurable variables such as temperature and pressure:[9]^(p 88)[10]

\mathrm {d} H=C_{\mathsf {p}}\,\mathrm {d} T+V\,(1-\alpha T)\,\mathrm {d} p~.

Here $C$ _p is the heat capacity at constant pressure and $α$ is the coefficient of (cubic) thermal expansion:

\alpha ={\frac {\,1\,}{V}}\left({\frac {\partial V}{\,\partial T\,}}\right)_{\mathsf {p}}~.

With this expression one can, in principle, determine the enthalpy if $C$ _p and $V$ are known as functions of $p$ and $T$ . However the expression is more complicated than $\;\mathrm {d} H=T\,\mathrm {d} S+V\,\mathrm {d} p\;$ because $T$ is not a natural variable for the enthalpy $H$ .

At constant pressure, $\;\mathrm {d} P=0\;$ so that $\;\mathrm {d} H=C_{\mathsf {p}}\,\mathrm {d} T~.$ For an ideal gas, $\;\mathrm {d} H\;$ reduces to this form even if the process involves a pressure change, because $α T = 1$ .[note 1]

In a more general form, the first law describes the internal energy with additional terms involving the chemical potential and the number of particles of various types. The differential statement for $d H$ then becomes

\mathrm {d} H=T\,\mathrm {d} S+V\,\mathrm {d} p+\sum _{i}\mu _{i}\,\mathrm {d} N_{i}\;,

where $μ i$ is the chemical potential per particle for a type $i$ particle, and $N i$ is the number of such particles. The last term can also be written as $μ i d n i$ (with $d n i 0$ the number of moles of component $i$ added to the system and, in this case, $μ i$ the molar chemical potential) or as $μ i d m i$ (with $d m i$ the mass of component $i$ added to the system and, in this case, $μ i$ the specific chemical potential).

Characteristic functions and natural state variables

The enthalpy, $H (S [p], p, {N i} )$ , expresses the thermodynamics of a system in the energy representation. As a function of state, its arguments include both one intensive and several extensive state variables. The state variables $S [p]$ , $p$ , and ${N i}$ are said to be the natural state variables in this representation. They are suitable for describing processes in which they are determined by factors in the surroundings. For example, when a virtual parcel of atmospheric air moves to a different altitude, the pressure surrounding it changes, and the process is often so rapid that there is too little time for heat transfer. This is the basis of the so-called adiabatic approximation that is used in meteorology.[11]

Conjugate with the enthalpy, with these arguments, the other characteristic function of state of a thermodynamic system is its entropy, as a function, $S [p](H, p, {N i} )$ , of the same list of variables of state, except that the entropy, $S [p]$ , is replaced in the list by the enthalpy, $H$ . It expresses the entropy representation. The state variables $H$ , $p$ , and ${N i}$ are said to be the natural state variables in this representation. They are suitable for describing processes in which they are experimentally controlled. For example, $H$ and $p$ can be controlled by allowing heat transfer, and by varying only the external pressure on the piston that sets the volume of the system.[12][13][14]

Physical interpretation

The $U$ term is the energy of the system, and the $p V$ term can be interpreted as the work that would be required to "make room" for the system if the pressure of the environment remained constant. When a system, for example, $n$ moles of a gas of volume $V$ at pressure $p$ and temperature $T$ , is created or brought to its present state from absolute zero, energy must be supplied equal to its internal energy $U$ plus $p V$ , where $p V$ is the work done in pushing against the ambient (atmospheric) pressure.

In physics and statistical mechanics it may be more interesting to study the internal properties of a constant-volume system and therefore the internal energy is used.[15][16] In chemistry, experiments are often conducted at constant atmospheric pressure, and the pressure–volume work represents a small, well-defined energy exchange with the atmosphere, so that $Δ H$ is the appropriate expression for the heat of reaction. For a heat engine, the change in its enthalpy after a full cycle is equal to zero, since the final and initial state are equal.

Relationship to heat

In order to discuss the relation between the enthalpy increase and heat supply, we return to the first law for closed systems, with the physics sign convention: $d U = δ Q - δ W$ , where the heat $δ Q$ is supplied by conduction, radiation, Joule heating. We apply it to the special case with a constant pressure at the surface. In this case the work is given by $p d V$ (where $p$ is the pressure at the surface, $d V$ is the increase of the volume of the system). Cases of long range electromagnetic interaction require further state variables in their formulation, and are not considered here. In this case the first law reads:

\mathrm {d} U=\mathrm {\delta } \,Q-p\,\mathrm {d} V~.

Now,

\mathrm {d} H=\mathrm {d} U+\mathrm {d} (p\,V)~.

So

{\begin{aligned}\mathrm {d} H&=\mathrm {\delta } Q+V\,\mathrm {d} p+p\,\mathrm {d} V-p\,\mathrm {d} V\\&=\mathrm {\delta } Q+V\,\mathrm {d} p~.\end{aligned}}

If the system is under constant pressure, $d p = 0$ and consequently, the increase in enthalpy of the system is equal to the heat added:

\mathrm {d} H=\mathrm {\delta } \,Q~.

This is why the now-obsolete term heat content was used in the 19th century.

Applications

In thermodynamics, one can calculate enthalpy by determining the requirements for creating a system from "nothingness"; the mechanical work required, $p V$ , differs based upon the conditions that obtain during the creation of the thermodynamic system.

Energy must be supplied to remove particles from the surroundings to make space for the creation of the system, assuming that the pressure $p$ remains constant; this is the $p V$ term. The supplied energy must also provide the change in internal energy, $U$ , which includes activation energies, ionization energies, mixing energies, vaporization energies, chemical bond energies, and so forth. Together, these constitute the change in the enthalpy $U + p V$ . For systems at constant pressure, with no external work done other than the $p V$ work, the change in enthalpy is the heat received by the system.

For a simple system with a constant number of particles at constant pressure, the difference in enthalpy is the maximum amount of thermal energy derivable from an isobaric thermodynamic process.[17]

Heat of reaction

The total enthalpy of a system cannot be measured directly; the enthalpy change of a system is measured instead. Enthalpy change is defined by the following equation:

\Delta H=H_{\mathsf {f}}-H_{\mathsf {i}}\,,

where

Δ H

is the "enthalpy change",

H

_f is the final enthalpy of the system (in a chemical reaction, the enthalpy of the products or the system at equilibrium),

H

_i is the initial enthalpy of the system (in a chemical reaction, the enthalpy of the reactants).

For an exothermic reaction at constant pressure, the system's change in enthalpy, $Δ H$ , is negative due to the products of the reaction having a smaller enthalpy than the reactants, and equals the heat released in the reaction if no electrical or shaft work is done. In other words, the overall decrease in enthalpy is achieved by the generation of heat.[18] Conversely, for a constant-pressure endothermic reaction, $Δ H$ is positive and equal to the heat absorbed in the reaction.

From the definition of enthalpy as $H = U + p V$ , the enthalpy change at constant pressure is $Δ H = Δ U + p Δ V$ . However for most chemical reactions, the work term $p Δ V$ is much smaller than the internal energy change $Δ U$ , which is approximately equal to $Δ H$ . As an example, for the combustion of carbon monoxide 2 CO(g) + O₂(g) → 2 CO₂(g) , $Δ H = -566.0$ kJ and $Δ U = -563.5$ kJ.[19] Since the differences are so small, reaction enthalpies are often described as reaction energies and analyzed in terms of bond energies.

Specific enthalpy

The specific enthalpy of a uniform system is defined as $h = H / m$ where $m$ is the mass of the system. The SI unit for specific enthalpy is joule per kilogram. It can be expressed in other specific quantities by $h = u + p v$ , where $u$ is the specific internal energy, $p$ is the pressure, and $v$ is specific volume, which is equal to $1 / ρ$ , where $ρ$ is the density.

Enthalpy changes

An enthalpy change describes the change in enthalpy observed in the constituents of a thermodynamic system when undergoing a transformation or chemical reaction. It is the difference between the enthalpy after the process has completed, i.e. the enthalpy of the products assuming that the reaction goes to completion, and the initial enthalpy of the system, namely the reactants. These processes are specified solely by their initial and final states, so that the enthalpy change for the reverse is the negative of that for the forward process.

A common standard enthalpy change is the enthalpy of formation, which has been determined for a large number of substances. Enthalpy changes are routinely measured and compiled in chemical and physical reference works, such as the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. The following is a selection of enthalpy changes commonly recognized in thermodynamics.

When used in these recognized terms the qualifier change is usually dropped and the property is simply termed enthalpy of 'process'. Since these properties are often used as reference values it is very common to quote them for a standardized set of environmental parameters, or standard conditions, including:

A pressure of one atmosphere (1 atm or 1013.25 hPa) or 1 bar
A temperature of 25 °C or 298.15 K
A concentration of 1.0 M when the element or compound is present in solution
Elements or compounds in their normal physical states, i.e. standard state

For such standardized values the name of the enthalpy is commonly prefixed with the term standard, e.g. standard enthalpy of formation.

Chemical properties

Enthalpy of reaction - is defined as the enthalpy change observed in a constituent of a thermodynamic system when one mole of substance reacts completely.

Enthalpy of formation - is defined as the enthalpy change observed in a constituent of a thermodynamic system when one mole of a compound is formed from its elementary antecedents.

Enthalpy of combustion - is defined as the enthalpy change observed in a constituent of a thermodynamic system when one mole of a substance burns completely with oxygen.

Enthalpy of hydrogenation - is defined as the enthalpy change observed in a constituent of a thermodynamic system when one mole of an unsaturated compound reacts completely with an excess of hydrogen to form a saturated compound.

Enthalpy of atomization - is defined as the enthalpy change required to separate one mole of a substance into its constituent atoms completely.

Enthalpy of neutralization - is defined as the enthalpy change observed in a constituent of a thermodynamic system when one mole of water is formed when an acid and a base react.

Standard Enthalpy of solution - is defined as the enthalpy change observed in a constituent of a thermodynamic system when one mole of a solute is dissolved completely in an excess of solvent, so that the solution is at infinite dilution.

Standard enthalpy of Denaturation (biochemistry) - is defined as the enthalpy change required to denature one mole of compound.

Enthalpy of hydration - is defined as the enthalpy change observed when one mole of gaseous ions are completely dissolved in water forming one mole of aqueous ions.

Physical properties

Enthalpy of fusion - is defined as the enthalpy change required to completely change the state of one mole of substance from solid to liquid.

Enthalpy of vaporization - is defined as the enthalpy change required to completely change the state of one mole of substance from liquid to gas.

Enthalpy of sublimation - is defined as the enthalpy change required to completely change the state of one mole of substance from solid to gas.

Lattice enthalpy - is defined as the energy required to separate one mole of an ionic compound into separated gaseous ions to an infinite distance apart (meaning no force of attraction).

Enthalpy of mixing - is defined as the enthalpy change upon mixing of two (non-reacting) chemical substances.

Open systems

In thermodynamic open systems, mass (of substances) may flow in and out of the system boundaries. The first law of thermodynamics for open systems states: The increase in the internal energy of a system is equal to the amount of energy added to the system by mass flowing in and by heating, minus the amount lost by mass flowing out and in the form of work done by the system:

\mathrm {d} U=\mathrm {\delta } \,Q+\mathrm {d} U_{\mathsf {in}}-\mathrm {d} U_{\mathsf {out}}-\mathrm {\delta } \,W\,,

where $U$ _in is the average internal energy entering the system, and $U$ _out is the average internal energy leaving the system.

The region of space enclosed by the boundaries of the open system is usually called a control volume, and it may or may not correspond to physical walls. If we choose the shape of the control volume such that all flow in or out occurs perpendicular to its surface, then the flow of mass into the system performs work as if it were a piston of fluid pushing mass into the system, and the system performs work on the flow of mass out as if it were driving a piston of fluid. There are then two types of work performed: Flow work described above, which is performed on the fluid (this is also often called $p V$ work), and mechanical work (shaft work), which may be performed on some mechanical device such as a turbine or pump.

These two types of work are expressed in the equation

\mathrm {\delta } \,W=\mathrm {d} (p_{\mathsf {out}}V_{\mathsf {out}})-\mathrm {d} (p_{\mathsf {in}}V_{\mathsf {in}})+\mathrm {\delta } \,W_{\mathsf {shaft}}~.

Substitution into the equation above for the control volume (cv) yields:

\mathrm {d} U_{\mathsf {cv}}=\mathrm {\delta } \,Q+\mathrm {d} U_{\mathsf {in}}+\mathrm {d} \left(p_{\mathsf {in}}V_{\mathsf {in}}\right)-\mathrm {d} U_{\mathsf {out}}-\mathrm {d} \left(p_{\mathsf {out}}V_{\mathsf {out}}\right)-\mathrm {\delta } W_{\mathsf {shaft}}~.

The definition of enthalpy, $H$ , permits us to use this thermodynamic potential to account for both internal energy and $p V$ work in fluids for open systems:

\mathrm {d} U_{\mathsf {cv}}=\mathrm {\delta } \,Q+\mathrm {d} H_{\mathsf {in}}-\mathrm {d} H_{\mathsf {out}}-\mathrm {\delta } \,W_{\mathsf {shaft}}~.

If we allow also the system boundary to move (e.g. due to moving pistons), we get a rather general form of the first law for open systems.[20] In terms of time derivatives, using Newton's dot notation for time derivatives, it reads:

{\frac {\mathrm {d} U}{\,\mathrm {d} \,t\,}}=\sum _{k}{\dot {Q}}_{k}+\sum _{k}{\dot {H}}_{k}-\sum _{k}p_{k}{\frac {\,\mathrm {d} V_{k}}{\,\mathrm {d} t\,}}-P\,,

with sums over the various places $k$ where heat is supplied, mass flows into the system, and boundaries are moving. The $. H k$ terms represent enthalpy flows, which can be written as

{\dot {H}}_{k}=h_{k}{\dot {m}}_{k}=H_{\mathsf {m}}{\dot {n}}_{k}\,,

with $. m k$ the mass flow and $. n k$ the molar flow at position $k$ respectively. The term $d V k / d t$ represents the rate of change of the system volume at position $k$ that results in $p V$ power done by the system. The parameter $P$ represents all other forms of power done by the system such as shaft power, but it can also be, say, electric power produced by an electrical power plant.

Note that the previous expression holds true only if the kinetic energy flow rate is conserved between system inlet and outlet. Otherwise, it has to be included in the enthalpy balance. During steady-state operation of a device (see turbine, pump, and engine), the average $d U / d t$ may be set equal to zero. This yields a useful expression for the average power generation for these devices in the absence of chemical reactions:

P=\sum _{k}\left\langle {\dot {Q}}_{k}\right\rangle +\sum _{k}\left\langle {\dot {H}}_{k}\right\rangle -\sum _{k}\left\langle p_{k}{\frac {\,\mathrm {d} V_{k}}{\,\mathrm {d} t\,}}\right\rangle \,,

where the angle brackets denote time averages. The technical importance of the enthalpy is directly related to its presence in the first law for open systems, as formulated above.

Diagrams

The enthalpy values of important substances can be obtained using commercial software. Practically all relevant material properties can be obtained either in tabular or in graphical form. There are many types of diagrams, such as $h - T$ diagrams, which give the specific enthalpy as function of temperature for various pressures, and $h - p$ diagrams, which give $h$ as function of $p$ for various $T$ . One of the most common diagrams is the temperature–specific entropy diagram ( $T - s$ diagram). It gives the melting curve and saturated liquid and vapor values together with isobars and isenthalps. These diagrams are powerful tools in the hands of the thermal engineer.

Some basic applications

The points $a$ through $h$ in the figure play a role in the discussion in this section.

Point	$T$	$p$	$s$	$h$
Point	K	bar	kJ / kg K	kJ / kg
$a$	300	1	6.85	461
$b$	380	2	6.85	530
$c$	300	200	5.16	430
$d$	270	1	6.79	430
$e$	108	13	3.55	100
$f$	77.2	1	3.75	100
$g$	77.2	1	2.83	28
$h$	77.2	1	5.41	230

Points $e$ and $g$ are saturated liquids, and point $h$ is a saturated gas.

Throttling

One of the simple applications of the concept of enthalpy is the so-called throttling process, also known as Joule–Thomson expansion. It concerns a steady adiabatic flow of a fluid through a flow resistance (valve, porous plug, or any other type of flow resistance) as shown in the figure. This process is very important, since it is at the heart of domestic refrigerators, where it is responsible for the temperature drop between ambient temperature and the interior of the refrigerator. It is also the final stage in many types of liquefiers.

For a steady state flow regime, the enthalpy of the system (dotted rectangle) has to be constant. Hence

0={\dot {m}}h_{1}-{\dot {m}}h_{2}~.

Since the mass flow is constant, the specific enthalpies at the two sides of the flow resistance are the same:

h_{1}=h_{2}\;,

that is, the enthalpy per unit mass does not change during the throttling. The consequences of this relation can be demonstrated using the $T - s$ diagram above.

Example 1

Point c is at 200 bar and room temperature (300 K). A Joule–Thomson expansion from 200 bar to 1 bar follows a curve of constant enthalpy of roughly 425  kJ /kg (not shown in the diagram) lying between the 400 and 450  kJ /kg isenthalps and ends in point d, which is at a temperature of about 270 K . Hence the expansion from 200 bar to 1 bar cools nitrogen from 300 K to 270 K . In the valve, there is a lot of friction, and a lot of entropy is produced, but still the final temperature is below the starting value.

Example 2

Point e is chosen so that it is on the saturated liquid line with $h = 100$  kJ /kg . It corresponds roughly with $p = 13$ bar and $T = 108$ K . Throttling from this point to a pressure of 1 bar ends in the two-phase region (point f). This means that a mixture of gas and liquid leaves the throttling valve. Since the enthalpy is an extensive parameter, the enthalpy in f $(h f)$ is equal to the enthalpy in g $(h g)$ multiplied by the liquid fraction in f $(x f)$ plus the enthalpy in h $(h h)$ multiplied by the gas fraction in f $(1 - x f)$ . So

h_{\mathbf {\mathsf {f}} }=x_{\mathbf {\mathsf {f}} }h_{\mathbf {\mathsf {g}} }+(1-x_{\mathbf {\mathsf {f}} })h_{\mathsf {\mathbf {h} }}~.

With numbers:

100 = x f \times 28 + (1 - x f) \times 230

, so

x f = 0.64

.

This means that the mass fraction of the liquid in the liquid–gas mixture that leaves the throttling valve is 64%.

Compressors

A power $P$ is applied e.g. as electrical power. If the compression is adiabatic, the gas temperature goes up. In the reversible case it would be at constant entropy, which corresponds with a vertical line in the $T - s$ diagram. For example, compressing nitrogen from 1 bar (point a) to 2 bar (point b) would result in a temperature increase from 300 K to 380 K. In order to let the compressed gas exit at ambient temperature $T a$ , heat exchange, e.g. by cooling water, is necessary. In the ideal case the compression is isothermal. The average heat flow to the surroundings is $Q̇$ . Since the system is in the steady state the first law gives

0=-{\dot {Q}}+{\dot {m}}\,h_{1}-{\dot {m}}\,h_{2}+P~.

The minimal power needed for the compression is realized if the compression is reversible. In that case the second law of thermodynamics for open systems gives

0=-{\frac {\,{\dot {Q}}\,}{T_{\mathsf {a}}}}+{\dot {m}}\,s_{1}-{\dot {m}}\,s_{2}~.

Eliminating $Q̇$ gives for the minimal power

{\frac {\,P_{\mathsf {min}}\,}{\dot {m}}}=h_{2}-h_{1}-T_{\mathsf {a}}\left(s_{2}-s_{1}\right)~.

For example, compressing 1 kg of nitrogen from 1 bar to 200 bar costs at least : $(h c - h a) - T a (s c - s a)$ . With the data, obtained with the $T - s$ diagram, we find a value of $(430 - 461) - 300 \times (5.16 - 6.85) = 476$  kJ /kg .

The relation for the power can be further simplified by writing it as

{\frac {\,P_{\mathsf {min}}\,}{\dot {m}}}=\int _{1}^{2}\left(\mathrm {d} h-T_{\mathsf {a}}\,\mathrm {d} s\right)~.

With

d h = T d s + v d p

,

this results in the final relation

{\frac {\,P_{\mathsf {min}}}{\dot {m}}}=\int _{1}^{2}v\,\mathrm {d} p~.

History and etymology

The term enthalpy was coined relatively late in the history of thermodynamics, in the early 20th century. Energy was introduced in a modern sense by Thomas Young in 1802, while entropy by Rudolf Clausius in 1865. Energy uses the root of the Greek word $ἔργον$ (ergon), meaning "work",[22] to express the idea of capacity to perform work. Entropy uses the Greek word τροπή (tropē) meaning transformation or turning.[23] Enthalpy uses the root of the Greek word $θάλπος$ (thalpos) "warmth, heat".[24]

The term expresses the obsolete concept of heat content,[note 2] as $d H$ refers to the amount of heat gained in a process at constant pressure only,[25] but not in the general case when pressure is variable.[18] J. W. Gibbs used the term "a heat function for constant pressure" for clarity.[note 3]

Introduction of the concept of "heat content" $H$ is associated with Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron and Rudolf Clausius (Clausius–Clapeyron relation, 1850).

The term enthalpy first appeared in print in 1909.[28] It is attributed to Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, who most likely introduced it orally the year before, at the first meeting of the Institute of Refrigeration in Paris.[29] It gained currency only in the 1920s, notably with the Mollier Steam Tables and Diagrams, published in 1927.

Until the 1920s, the symbol $H$ was used, somewhat inconsistently, for "heat" in general. The definition of $H$ as strictly limited to enthalpy or "heat content at constant pressure" was formally proposed by A. W. Porter in 1922.[30][31]

Notes

$\;\alpha T={\frac {T}{\,V\,}}\left({\frac {\partial ({\frac {\,nRT\,}{P}})}{\partial T}}\right)_{\mathsf {p}}={\frac {nRT}{PV}}=1~.$
Howard (2002) quotes J. R. Partington in An Advanced Treatise on Physical Chemistry (1949) as saying that the function H was "usually called the heat content."
Volume I of Gibbs' Collected Works[26] does not contain the word enthalpy, but uses the phrase "heat function for constant pressure" instead, for the same quantity.[27]

References

IUPAC, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book") (1997). Online corrected version: (2006–) "enthalpy". doi:10.1351/goldbook.E02141
Zemansky, Mark W. (1968). Heat and Thermodynamics (5th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. chapter 11 p 275.
van Wylen, G.J.; Sonntag, R.E. (1985). Fundamentals of Classical Thermodynamics (3rd ed.). New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons. section 5.5. ISBN 978-0-471-82933-1.
Atkins, Peter; de Paula, Julio (2006). Atkins' Physical Chemistry (8th ed.). W.H.Freeman. p. 51. ISBN 0-7167-8759-8.
Laidler, Keith J.; Meiser, John H. (1999). Physical Chemistry (3rd ed.). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. p. 66. ISBN 0-395-91848-0.
Çengel, Yunus A.; Boles, Michael A.; Kanoglu, Mehmet (2019). Thermodynamics: an engineering approach (Ninth ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-259-82267-4.
ἐνθάλπειν, ἐν, θάλπειν. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
"1st Law of Thermodynamics". Chemistry LibreTexts. 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
Guggenheim, E.A. (1959). Thermodynamics. Amsterdam, NL: North-Holland Publishing Company.
Moran, M.J.; Shapiro, H. N. (2006). Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. p. 511. ISBN 9780470030370.
Iribarne, J.V.; Godson, W.L. (1981). Atmospheric Thermodynamics (2nd ed.). Dordrecht, NL: Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 235–236. ISBN 90-277-1297-2.
Tschoegl, N.W. (2000). Fundamentals of Equilibrium and Steady-State Thermodynamics. Amsterdam, NL: Elsevier. p. 17. ISBN 0-444-50426-5.
Callen, H.B. (1985) [1960]. Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Thermostatistics (1st (1960), 2nd (1985) ed.). New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons. Chapter 5. ISBN 0-471-86256-8.
Münster, A. (1970). Classical Thermodynamics. Translated by Halberstadt, E.S. London, UK: Wiley–Interscience. p. 6. ISBN 0-471-62430-6.
Reif, F. (1967). Statistical Physics. London, UK: McGraw-Hill.
Kittel, C.; Kroemer, H. (1980). Thermal Physics. London, UK: Freeman.
Rathakrishnan (2015). High Enthalpy Gas Dynamics. John Wiley and Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd. ISBN 978-1118821893.
Laidler, K.J.; Meiser, John H. (1982). Physical Chemistry. Benjamin / Cummings. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-8053-5682-3.
Petrucci, Ralph H.; Harwood, William S.; Herring, F. Geoffrey (2002). General Chemistry (8th ed.). Prentice Hall. pp. 237–238. ISBN 978-0-13-014329-7.
Moran, M.J.; Shapiro, H.N. (2006). Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. p. 129. ISBN 9780470030370.
Figure composed with data obtained with RefProp, NIST Standard Reference Database 23.
ἔργον in Liddell and Scott.
τροπή in Liddell and Scott.
θάλπος in Liddell and Scott.
Tinoco, Ignacio Jr.; Sauer, Kenneth; Wang, James C. (1995). Physical Chemistry (3rd ed.). Prentice-Hall. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-13-186545-7.
Gibbs (1948)
Henderson, Douglas; Eyring, Henry; Jost, Wilhelm (1967). Physical Chemistry: An advanced treatise. Academic Press. p. 29.
Dalton (1909), p. 864, footnote (1).
Laidler (1995), p. 110; van Ness (2003), p. 486.
Porter, Alfred W. (1922). "The Generation and Utilisation of Cold. A General Discussion". Transactions of the Faraday Society. 18: 139–143 esp. p. 140. doi:10.1039/tf9221800139.
Howard (2002), p. 697.

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Weisstein, Eric. "Enthalpy". Eric Weisstein's World of Physics – via scienceworld.wolfram.com.
"Enthalpy". Thermodynamics hypertext. Physics and Astronomy Department. Georgia State University.
"Enthalpy example calculations" (tutorial notes). Chemistry Department. Texas A&M University. Archived from the original on 10 October 2006.

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[11] $\;\alpha T={\frac {T}{\,V\,}}\left({\frac {\partial ({\frac {\,nRT\,}{P}})}{\partial T}}\right)_{\mathsf {p}}={\frac {nRT}{PV}}=1~.$

[26] Howard (2002) quotes J. R. Partington in An Advanced Treatise on Physical Chemistry (1949) as saying that the function H was "usually called the heat content."

[30] Volume I of Gibbs' Collected Works[26] does not contain the word enthalpy, but uses the phrase "heat function for constant pressure" instead, for the same quantity.[27]

[GoldBk-enth-1] IUPAC, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book") (1997). Online corrected version: (2006–) "enthalpy". doi:10.1351/goldbook.E02141

[2] Zemansky, Mark W. (1968). Heat and Thermodynamics (5th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. chapter 11 p 275.

[3] van Wylen, G.J.; Sonntag, R.E. (1985). Fundamentals of Classical Thermodynamics (3rd ed.). New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons. section 5.5. ISBN 978-0-471-82933-1.

[4] Atkins, Peter; de Paula, Julio (2006). Atkins' Physical Chemistry (8th ed.). W.H.Freeman. p. 51. ISBN 0-7167-8759-8.

[5] Laidler, Keith J.; Meiser, John H. (1999). Physical Chemistry (3rd ed.). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. p. 66. ISBN 0-395-91848-0.

[6] Çengel, Yunus A.; Boles, Michael A.; Kanoglu, Mehmet (2019). Thermodynamics: an engineering approach (Ninth ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-259-82267-4.

[7] ἐνθάλπειν, ἐν, θάλπειν. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.

[8] "1st Law of Thermodynamics". Chemistry LibreTexts. 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2023-10-17.

[Guggenheim-9] Guggenheim, E.A. (1959). Thermodynamics. Amsterdam, NL: North-Holland Publishing Company.

[10] Moran, M.J.; Shapiro, H. N. (2006). Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. p. 511. ISBN 9780470030370.

[12] Iribarne, J.V.; Godson, W.L. (1981). Atmospheric Thermodynamics (2nd ed.). Dordrecht, NL: Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 235–236. ISBN 90-277-1297-2.

[13] Tschoegl, N.W. (2000). Fundamentals of Equilibrium and Steady-State Thermodynamics. Amsterdam, NL: Elsevier. p. 17. ISBN 0-444-50426-5.

[14] Callen, H.B. (1985) [1960]. Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Thermostatistics (1st (1960), 2nd (1985) ed.). New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons. Chapter 5. ISBN 0-471-86256-8.

[15] Münster, A. (1970). Classical Thermodynamics. Translated by Halberstadt, E.S. London, UK: Wiley–Interscience. p. 6. ISBN 0-471-62430-6.

[16] Reif, F. (1967). Statistical Physics. London, UK: McGraw-Hill.

[17] Kittel, C.; Kroemer, H. (1980). Thermal Physics. London, UK: Freeman.

[18] Rathakrishnan (2015). High Enthalpy Gas Dynamics. John Wiley and Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd. ISBN 978-1118821893.

[Laidler-Meiser-1982-19] Laidler, K.J.; Meiser, John H. (1982). Physical Chemistry. Benjamin / Cummings. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-8053-5682-3.

[20] Petrucci, Ralph H.; Harwood, William S.; Herring, F. Geoffrey (2002). General Chemistry (8th ed.). Prentice Hall. pp. 237–238. ISBN 978-0-13-014329-7.

[21] Moran, M.J.; Shapiro, H.N. (2006). Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. p. 129. ISBN 9780470030370.

[22] Figure composed with data obtained with RefProp, NIST Standard Reference Database 23.

[23] ἔργον in Liddell and Scott.

[24] τροπή in Liddell and Scott.

[25] θάλπος in Liddell and Scott.

[27] Tinoco, Ignacio Jr.; Sauer, Kenneth; Wang, James C. (1995). Physical Chemistry (3rd ed.). Prentice-Hall. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-13-186545-7.

[28] Gibbs (1948)

[29] Henderson, Douglas; Eyring, Henry; Jost, Wilhelm (1967). Physical Chemistry: An advanced treatise. Academic Press. p. 29.

[31] Dalton (1909), p. 864, footnote (1).

[32] Laidler (1995), p. 110; van Ness (2003), p. 486.

[33] Porter, Alfred W. (1922). "The Generation and Utilisation of Cold. A General Discussion". Transactions of the Faraday Society. 18: 139–143 esp. p. 140. doi:10.1039/tf9221800139.

[Howard-34] Howard (2002), p. 697.

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Enthalpy

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Definition

Other expressions

Characteristic functions and natural state variables

Physical interpretation

Relationship to heat

Applications

Heat of reaction

Specific enthalpy

Enthalpy changes

Chemical properties

Physical properties

Open systems

Diagrams

Some basic applications

Throttling

Example 1

Example 2

Compressors

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