Thermodynamics: Processes and ApplicationsExamining practical, hands-on applications in large-scale industrial settings, this work covers the principles of the science of thermodynamics. It presents applications for power plants, refrigeration and air conditioning systens, and turbomachinery. Solutions manual available. |
Contents
1 Introduction | 1 |
2 Processes of an Ideal Gas | 13 |
3 Ideal Processes of Real Substances | 38 |
4 Work | 52 |
5 Heat and the First Law | 73 |
6 Entropy and the Second Law | 91 |
7 Availability and Irreversibility | 108 |
8 Refrigeration | 119 |
14 Propulsion | 223 |
Appendix A1 Saturated Steam Tables | 242 |
Appendix A2 Superheated Steam Tables | 254 |
Appendix A3 Compressed Liquid Water | 258 |
Appendix B1 Properties of Refrigerant R22 | 262 |
Appendix B2 Properties of Refrigerant R134a | 280 |
Appendix B3 Properties of Refrigerant R12 | 297 |
Appendix C Compressibility Factors for Nitrogen | 310 |
9 Air Conditioning | 138 |
10 Steam Power Plants | 151 |
11 Internal Combustion Engines | 168 |
12 Turbomachinery | 185 |
13 Gas Turbine Power Plants | 203 |
Appendix D Enthalpy of Air at Low Pressures | 314 |
Appendix E Enthalpy of Air at Hight Pressures | 316 |
Appendix F Maxwell Relations | 318 |
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Common terms and phrases
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