Thermodynamics and Heat Power

Name: Thermodynamics and Heat Power
Price: 9.38 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780130955616

ISBN-10: 0130955612

ISBN-13: 9780130955616

Edition: 5th 1999 (Revised)

Authors: Kurt C. Rolle

List price: $177.00

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

3 new & used from $9.38

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

For courses in Thermodynamics, Thermodynamics for Engineers, and Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer. Designed specifically for use in mechanical, manufacturing, industrial, and engineering technology programs, this popular text presents the fundamental concepts of thermodynamics and their practical applications to heat power, heat transfer, and heating and air conditioning. It addresses real-world problems in engineering and design without stressing abstract mathematics and uses a unique calculus/non-calculus based approach that ensures a rigorous treatment of each subject appropriate to the mathematics level of specific classes.

Book details

List price: $177.00
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 7/8/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 711
Size: 8.75" wide x 10.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.344
Language: English




Introduction



The Thermodynamic System



Work, Heat, and Reversibility



Conservation of Mass and the First Law of Thermodynamics



Equations of State and Calorimetry



Processes



Heat Engines and the Second Law of Thermodynamics



Availability and Useful Work



The Internal Combustion Engine and the Otto and Diesel Cycles



Gas Turbines, Jet Propulsion and the Brayton Cycle



Steam Power Generation and the Rankine Cycle



Refrigeration and Heat Pumps



Mixtures



Reacting Mixtures and Combustion



Heat Transfer



Heating and Air Conditioning



Other Power Devices



Mathematical Relationships



Tables and Charts



Selected References



Thermodynamic Notation and List of Symbols


Answers to Selected Problems


Index