Thermodynamics and Heat Power - Hardcover

Granet, Irving; Bluestein, Maurice

9780130215390: Thermodynamics and Heat Power

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0130215392 ISBN 13: 9780130215390

Publisher: Pearson, 1999

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For undergraduate courses in Thermodynamics.

This widely-used and highly-regarded text uses calculus for enrichment throughout and has been updated to increase its ease of use and to improve clarity. Stressing the fundamentals of thermodynamics and heat power, this text thoroughly covers the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics, the ideal gas, vapor and gas power cycles, refrigeration, and heat transfer.

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Stressing the fundamentals of thermodynamics and heat power, the seventh edition covers the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics, the ideal gas, vapor and gas power cycles, refrigeration, and heat transfer.

Features include:

Computerized steam tables in DOS format for IBM-type computers
A table of contents for the supplemental tables in the appendix
Clarification of the usage of pound mass units and the correction factor gc
A simplified discussion of the Rankine cycle with regeneration
Heat pump operation and switching between heating and cooling modes
Additional heat transfer problems with a section on combined modes of heat transfer

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