Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics: An Introduction to Thermodynamics for Undergraduate Engineering Students / Edition 1

by Jack Winnick

Overview

This book illustrates the practical nature of thermodynamics in chemical engineering. It uses a minimum of mathematics with no sacrifice of rigor. It presents the second law in an innovative manner independent of statistical arguments, instead developing it as a natural consequence of physical experience.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471055907
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	12/17/1996
Pages:	720
Product dimensions:	7.28(w) x 10.12(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Jack Winnick is an engineering professor with 40 years expertise, mainly at Georgia Tech. He has also worked in the Chemical and Nuclear Engineering industries, as well as NASA.

Table of Contents

Basic Principles.

The Energy Balance.

The Entropy Balance.

Thermodynamic Properties.

Property Interrelations.

Flow of Fluids.

Power Production.

Compression Machinery.

Motive Power.

Refrigeration.

Phase Equilibrium—Fundamentals.

Nonideal Gas Mixtures.

Real Liquid Mixtures.

Phase Equilibrium—Nonideal.

Chemical Reaction Equilibria.

Appendices.

Index.