| Description |
1 online resource (x, 406 pages) |
| Series |
Schaum's outlines |
| Contents |
1. Concepts, definitions, and basic principles -- Introduction -- Thermodynamic systems and control volume -- Macroscopic description -- Properties and state of a system -- Thermodynamic equilibrium, processes -- Units -- Density, specific volume, specific weight -- Pressure -- Temperature -- Energy -- 2. Properties of pure substances -- Introduction -- The P-v-T surface -- The liquid-vapor region -- Steam tables -- The ideal-gas equation of state -- Equations of state for a nonideal gas -- 3. Work and heat -- Introduction -- Definition of work -- Quasiequilibrium work due to a moving boundary -- Nonequilibrium work -- Other work modes -- Heat -- 4. The first law of thermodynamics -- Introduction -- The first law of thermodynamics applied to a cycle -- The first law applied to a process -- Enthalpy -- Latent heat -- Specific heats -- The first law applied to various processes -- General formulation for control volumes -- Applications of the energy equation -- 5. The second law of thermodynamics -- Introduction -- Heat engines, heat pumps, and refrigerators -- Statements of the second law of thermodynamics -- Reversibility -- The Carnot engine -- Carnot efficiency -- 6. Entropy -- Introduction -- Definition -- Entropy for an ideal gas with constant specific heats -- Entropy for an ideal gas with variable specific heats -- Entropy for substances such as steam, solids, and liquids -- The inequality of Clausius -- Entropy change for an irreversible process -- The second law applied to a control volume -- 7. Reversible work, irreversibility, and availability -- Basic concepts -- Reversible work and irreversibility -- Availability and exergy -- Second-law analysis of a cycle |
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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 |
| Summary |
"More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills. This Schaum's Outline gives you 500 fully solved problems, four sample tests for the engineering qualifying exam, and support for all the major textbooks for thermodynamics courses." |
| Notes |
Previous edition: New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006 |
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Includes index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Thermodynamics.
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Thermodynamics -- Problems, exercises, etc
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Thermodynamics
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thermodynamics.
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Thermodynamics
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| Genre/Form |
exercise books.
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Problems and exercises
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Problems and exercises.
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Problèmes et exercices.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Somerton, Craig W., author.
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| ISBN |
1306154707 |
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9781306154703 |
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