Thermodynamics for engineers - Potter, Merle C.; Somerton, Craig W. (New York McGraw-Hill Education, 2014)
8. Gas power cycles -- Introduction -- Gas compressors -- The air-standard cycle -- The Carnot cycle -- The Otto cycle -- The diesel cycle -- The dual cycle -- The Stirling and Ericsson cycles -- The Brayton cycle -- The regenerative gas-turbine cycle -- The intercooling, reheat, regenerative gas-turbine cycle -- The turbojet engine -- 9. Vapor power cycles -- Introduction -- The Rankine cycle -- Rankine cycle efficiency -- The reheat cycle -- The regenerative cycle -- The supercritical Rankine cycle -- The heat pump -- The absorption refrigeration cycle -- The gas refrigeration cycle -- 11. Thermodynamic relations -- Three differential relationships -- The Maxwell relations -- The Clapeyron equation -- Further consequences of the Maxwell relations -- Relationships involving specific heats -- The Joule-Thomson coefficient -- Enthalpy, internal-energy, and entropy changes of real gases -- 12. Mixtures and solutions -- Basic definitions -- Ideal-gas law for mixtures -- Properties of a mixture of ideal gases -- Gas-vapor mixtures -- Adiabatic saturation and web-bulb temperatures -- The psychrometric chart -- Air-conditioning processes -- 13. Combustion -- Combustion equations -- Enthalpy of formation, enthalpy of combustion, and the first law -- Adiabatic flame temperature -- Sample exams for a semester course for engineering students -- Appendix A. Conversion of units -- Appendix B. Material properties -- Appendix C. Thermodynamic properties of water (steam tables) -- Appendix D. Thermodynamic properties of R134a -- Appendix E. Ideal-gas tables -- Appendix F. Psychrometric charts -- Appendix G. Compressibility chart -- Appendix H. Enthalpy departure charts -- Appendix I. Entropy departure charts.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Thermodynamics; Thermodynamics -- Problems, exercises, etc