Essentials of Engineering Thermodynamics: Principles and Applications PDF

CATS Abstract:

Explore the theories, applications, and core concepts of thermodynamics.

This hands-on guide lays out the critical thermodynamics’ concepts, rules, and governing equations for undergraduate engineering students as well as practitioners needing a review of the fundamentals. Developed by an experienced academic to reduce information overload in his classroom, Essentials of Engineering Thermodynamics: Principles and Applications reinforces each topic through concept questions and representative problems with detailed, worked-out solutions. Figures and illustrations throughout tie each subject to the real world. You will gain a clear understanding of the laws of thermodynamics that drive our understanding of energy systems and their daily applications.

Coverage includes:

• Basic thermodynamics concepts

• Energy transfer modes

• The first law of thermodynamics

• Macroscale mass and energy balances

• Transient closed systems

• Steady open uniform flow devices

• The second law of thermodynamics

• The T-s diagram and entropy calculations

• Exergy or minimizing energy waste

• Open and closed power cycles

• Reversed closed cycles

Author: Clement Kleinstreuer