Applying engineering thermodynamics: a case study approach

Chapter 1. A Panoramic Tour of Thermodynamics and this Textbook’s Treatment

Chapter 2. Thermodynamics Units, Energy, the Property of Fluids and the Thermodynamics Process

Chapter 3. Thermodynamics First Law Applications to Closed Mass and Open Flow Analyses

Chapter 4. Entropy and Thermodynamics Analysis using the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Chapter 5. Heat Engines and Thermodynamics Cycles

Chapter 6. Thermodynamics of Reacting and Non-Reacting Mixtures

Case Study 1. The Thermodynamics of an Espresso Coffee Pot

Case Study 2. Organic Rankine Cycle Heat Recovery and Power Generation System

Case Study 3. Total Recoverable Energy Cycle (TREC): An Advanced Thermodynamics Cycle to Simultaneously Recover Low- and High-Grade Waste Energy

Case Study 4. Enhanced Gas Turbine with Water Injection

Case Study 5. Supercritical CO₂(sCO₂)Systems

Case Study 6. Heat Recovery from Reciprocating Engine for Ramjet Power Augmentation

Case Study 7. Solar Powered Air Conditioning System Using Water as the Working Fluid

Case Study 8. Utilization of R134a and R1234ze for the Development of New Chiller Systems and as “Drop-In fluids” in Existing Systems

Case Study 9. Power Generation from Geothermal Energy Using a Closed Thermosyphon Heat Pipe

Case Study 10. Applications of Mechanical Vapor Recompression

Case Study 11. Desiccant Air Conditioning Using Solar Heat Energy

Case Study 12. Carbon Dioxide Capture and Sequestration by Integrating Pressure Swing Adsorption with an Open Supercritical CO₂(sCO₂) Brayton Cycle

Case Study 13. Thermodynamics Principles Applied to the “Drinking Bird” Toy

Case Study 14. Refrigeration Cycle with an Ejector

Case Study 15. Analysis of an Advanced Compressed Air Energy System with Continuous Onsite Power Augmentation via the Air-Brayton Cycle

Case Study 16. Numerical Solution to Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES): An Open Cycle Example Demonstrating [delta]U = 0

Case Study 17. Concept Analysis for Increasing Storage of Hydrogen Onboard Vehicles Using a Cryogenic Matrix

Case Study 18. Compressible Gas Dynamics: Design of a Converging-Diverging Nozzle

Case Study 19. A New Concept for a Thermal Air Power Tube Used with Waste Heat Energy Sources and Large Man-Made or Natural Landforms

Case Study 20. Ground Source Heat Energy Storage for Power Generation

Case Study 21. Analysis of Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop for a Heat Exchanger with the Mach Numbers of the Heated, Compressible Fluid Approaching One.