Engineering Thermodynamics / Edition 1

by M. Horsley

Overview

The book is designed for students taking introductory and intermediate thermodynamics within degree and HND courses in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering and process engineering. The text provides a progressive development of ideas together with progress questions placed at regular intervals throughout the material.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780412445200
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	09/30/1993
Edition description:	1993
Pages:	388
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction. Back to basics. Ideal gases and the ideal gas laws. Energy and contained gases. Derivations from the non-flow energy equation. Steady flow energy equation. Real gases. Liquids, vapours and superheat. Steady flow energy equation applied to liquids and vapours. A final look at entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics. Heat transfer I - conduction and convection. Heat transfer II - more on conduction and convection; radiation. Reacting mixtures. Cycles of operation - gases. Cycles of operation - vapours. Appendices.