Energy Balances or The 1st Law

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The First Law of Thermodynamics and Energy Balances are synonymous.

1st Law of Thermodynamics

Just Try to Break This Law! I Dare You!
Intro to 1st Law
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Add Friction and Work to Bernoulli? Here’s What Really Happens!
The Mechanical Energy Balance and the Moody Chart
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Steam: Get the Quality Right AFTER You Table It! Part 1
The Basics of Steam Tables
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Steam: Get the Quality Right AFTER You Table It! Part 2
Steam Table Examples
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The Enthalpy Games: The Ballad of Integrals and Means
\(\Delta H\) from \(C_p\), \(\Delta U\) from \(C_v\)
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The Enthalpy Games: Sunrise on the Calculations
Example for \(\mathrm{N_2}\), \(\Delta H\) from \(C_p\), \(\Delta U\) from \(C_v\)
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Feeling the Heat? How to Get Your Best Estimate
Estimating \(C_p\), \(\Delta \hat{H}_v\), \(\Delta \hat{H}_m\)
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Dry Bulbs, Wet Bulbs, and My Will to Live: Mastering the Psych Chart
Psychrometric Charts
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Reference Not Found: Mixing, Dissolving, and Changing the Rules
\(\Delta H_m\), \(\Delta H_s\)
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The Isochronicles: This First Law Saga Is a Gas
The 1st Law for Ideal Gases for Isothermal, Isobaric, Isochoric, and Isentropic processes
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1st Law for Reactions

Germain Hess and the Enthalpy of Doom
Hess’s Law and \(\Delta \hat{H}^\circ_f\), \(\Delta \hat{H}^\circ_r\), and \(\Delta \hat{H}c\)
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Chemical Reactions vs. The First Law: Who Wins?
Forms of the 1st Law for Chemical Reactions
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Fueling the Fire: The Shocking Truth About Combustion Reactions!
Common fuels, Heats of Combustion, HHV, LHV
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React Hard: The First Law Gets Chemical
Example of the 1st Law for Chemical Reactions
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React Harder: Formation Heats and Alternate Endings
2 more Examples of the 1st Law for Chemical Reactions
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