Engineering Thermodynamics

The book is designed for students taking introductory and intermediate thermodynamics within degree and HND courses in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering and process engineering. The text provides a progressive development of ideas together with progress questions placed at regular intervals throughout the material.

Introduction. Back to basics. Ideal gases and the ideal gas laws. Energy and contained gases. Derivations from the non-flow energy equation. Steady flow energy equation. Real gases. Liquids, vapours and superheat. Steady flow energy equation applied to liquids and vapours. A final look at entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics. Heat transfer I - conduction and convection. Heat transfer II - more on conduction and convection; radiation. Reacting mixtures. Cycles of operation - gases. Cycles of operation - vapours. Appendices.