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Advanced Thermodynamics for Engineers, Second Edition introduces the basic concepts of thermodynamics and applies them to a wide range of technologies. Authors Desmond Winterbone and Ali Turan also include a detailed study of combustion to show how the chemical energy in a fuel is converted into thermal energy and emissions; analyze fuel cells to give an understanding of the direct conversion of chemical energy to electrical power; and provide a study of property relationships to enable more sophisticated analyses to be made of irreversible thermodynamics, allowing for new ways of efficiently covering energy to power (e.g. solar energy, fuel cells). Worked examples are included in most of the chapters, followed by exercises with solutions. By developing thermodynamics from an explicitly equilibrium perspective and showing how all systems attempt to reach equilibrium (and the effects of these systems when they cannot), Advanced Thermodynamics for Engineers, Second Edition provides unparalleled insight into converting any form of energy into power. The theories and applications of this text are invaluable to students and professional engineers of all disciplines.
List of contents
1. Introduction and Revision
2. The Second Law and Equilibrium
3. Engine Cycles and Their Efficiencies
4. Availability and Exergy
5. Rational Efficiency and Powerplant
6. Finite Time (or endoreversible) Thermodynamics (FTT)
7. General Thermodynamic Relationships: for single component systems, or systems of constant composition
8. Equations of State
9. Thermodynamic Properties of Ideal Gases and Ideal Gas Mixtures of Constant Composition
10. Thermodynamics of Combustion
11. Chemistry of Combustion
12. Chemical Equilibrium and Dissociation
13. Effect of Dissociation on Combustion Parameters
14. Chemical Kinetics
15. Combustion and Flames
16. Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines
17. Gas Turbines
18. Liquefaction of Gases
19. Pinch Technology
20. Irreversible Thermodynamics
21. Fuel Cells
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"This book not only illustrates the basic concepts and laws, but also introduces some new developments in thermodynamics. The novelty of the book lies on answering two key questions that engineers desperately care about: how to apply the classic thermodynamics to physical/physiochemical processes and how to apply the classic thermodynamics to practical applications." --Dr Shenghui Lei, PhD, B.Eng, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, Dublin, Ireland
"I consider this to be a very useful book as in its 550 pages it contains material that is not in other teaching texts. The book is well written, and has numerous worked examples and student exercises; it certainly deserves to be on the shelf of anyone who teaches thermodynamics to mechanical engineers." -Professor Richard Stone, Engineering Science at Univeristy of Oxford
