Thermodynamics and Heat Power - Hardcover

Granet, Irving

9780835976749: Thermodynamics and Heat Power

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0835976742 ISBN 13: 9780835976749

Publisher: Brady (Robert J.) Co ,U.S., 1985

Using calculus throughout, and updated to include the latest technological advances, this practical and user-friendly text stresses the fundamental principles of thermodynamics and heat power, offering comprehensive coverage on such topics as elementary kinetic theory of gases, internal energy, applications of the First Law of Thermodynamics, the Carnot cycle, thermodynamic properties of steam,entropy changes of the ideal gas, air-water vapor mixtures, nuclear reactor power cycles, diesel engines, refrigeration, heat transfer and more.

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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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