Enthalpy–entropy chart
Diagrama entalpía-entropía (Mollier)
- Date
- 1904 · confidence high
- Place
- Dresden, Germany
- Credited to
- Richard Mollier
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What it is
A thermodynamic chart plotting enthalpy against entropy for a system, devised by Richard Mollier to analyse processes involving steam and other fluids.
What it led to
- Design of steam turbines and refrigeration systems
- Quick graphical thermodynamic calculations without formulas
- Similar charts for humid air (Mollier psychrometric chart)
- A standard tool in 20th-century thermal engineering