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CHAPTER 1: CONCEPTUAL PRINCIPLE IN THERMOFLUIDS

Fig. 6: A simple schematic with components for the Rankine Cycle

1.6 Properties of System (Intensive and Extensive), State and Equilibrium

Thermodynamics also deals with quantities that are not properties, such as mass flow rates and energy
transfers by work and heat. Properties are considered to be either intensive or extensive. There are
basically two types of properties of thermodynamics system.

1.6.1 Intensive and Extensive Properties
Intensive property is any property that will not be dependent over the mass of the system will be termed
as intensive property. Intensive property will exist at a point in space such as pressure, temperature and
density will be the good example of intensive property [2]. Whereas, extensive property is any property
that will be dependent over the mass of the system will be termed as extensive property. Volume will be
the good example of extensive property. Fig. 7 describe the differences:

Fig. 7: Intensive property versus extensive property [2]

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