Applied Second Law Analysis of Heat Engine Cycles

Applied Second Law Analysis of Heat Engine Cycles offers a concise, practical approach to one of the two building blocks of classical thermodynamics and demonstrates how it can be a powerful tool in the analysis of heat engine cycles.

List of contents

1. Introduction. SECTION I Laying Down the Law 2. Laws of Thermodynamics. 3. Second Law - Macroscopic Perspective. 4. Second Law - Microscopic Perspective. SECTION II Obeying the Law 5. Second Law in Practice. 6. Waste Heat Recovery. 7. Heat Rejection. 8. Cogeneration. 9. Technology Factor. 10. Internal Combustion Engines. 11. External Combustion Engines. 12. Gas Turbine Combined Cycle. 13. Peripheral Systems. 14. Supplementary Material.

About the author

Dr. Gülen (PhD 1992, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York), PE, ASME Fellow, Bechtel Fellow, has more than 25 years of mechanical engineering experience covering a wide spectrum of technology, system, and software design; development (GTPRO/MASTER, THERMOFLEX); performance and cost assessment; and analysis, primarily in the field of steam and gas turbine combined cycle (109FB-SS, IGCC 207FB, H-System) process and power plant turbomachinery and thermodynamics (in Thermoflow Inc., General Electric, and Bechtel). Dr. Gülen authored/co-authored three books, two book chapters, numerous internal/external archival papers, and articles (50-plus), design practices, technical assessment reports, and US patents (25-plus) on gas/steam turbine power plant performance, cost, optimization, data reconciliation, analysis, and modelling.

Product details

• Authors: S. Can (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Gulen, S. Can Gülen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032161853
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3216185-3
• No. of pages: 284
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous; MATHEMATICS / Applied, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General), SCIENCE / Mechanics / Thermodynamics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / General, Applied mathematics, Engineering thermodynamics, Heat transfer processes