Thermodynamics category: 579 books
by Yuri B. Zudin
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
This book provides a detailed yet comprehensive presentation of the theory of periodic conjugate heat transfer. It contains an analytical approach to the effects of thermophysical and geometrical properties of a solid body on the experimentally determined heat transfer coefficient. The main objective...
by Jochen Vogt
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2017
A text- and exercise book for physical chemistry students! This book deals with the fundamental aspects of physical chemistry taught at the undergraduate level in chemistry and the engineering sciences in a compact and practice-oriented form. Numerous problems and detailed solutions offer the possibility...
Multicomponent Interfacial Transport
Described by the Square Gradient Model during Evaporation and Condensation
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011
A thermodynamically consistent description of the transport across interfaces in mixtures has for a long time been an open issue. This research clarifies that the interface between a liquid and a vapor in a mixture is in local equilibrium during evaporation and condensation. It implies that the thermodynamics...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
The CRC Handbook of Thermal Engineering, Second Edition, is a fully updated version of this respected reference work, with chapters written by leading experts. Its first part covers basic concepts, equations and principles of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid dynamics. Following that is detailed...
Liquid Vapor Phase Change Phenomena
An Introduction to the Thermophysics of Vaporization and Condensation Processes in Heat Transfer Equipment, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2018
Liquid-Vapor Phase-Change Phenomena presents the basic thermophysics and transport principles that underlie the mechanisms of condensation and vaporization processes. The text has been thoroughly updated to reflect recent innovations in research and to strengthen the fundamental focus of the first...
Non-equilibrium Evaporation and Condensation Processes
Analytical Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
This monograph presents a comprehensive treatment of analytical solutions to problems in the area of non-equilibrium evaporation and condensation processes. The book covers, among others, topics such as systems of conversation equations for molecular fluxes of mass, momentum and energy within the...
by Sara McAllister, A. Carlos Fernandez-Pello, Jyh-Yuan Chen
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
Fundamentals of Combustion Processes is designed as a textbook for an upper-division undergraduate and graduate level combustion course in mechanical engineering. The authors focus on the fundamental theory of combustion and provide a simplified discussion of basic combustion parameters and processes...
by Ryan O'Hayre, Suk-Won Cha, Whitney Colella
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2016
A complete, up-to-date, introductory guide to fuel cell technology and application
Fuel Cell Fundamentals provides a thorough introduction to the principles and practicalities behind fuel cell technology. Beginning with the underlying concepts, the discussion explores fuel cell thermodynamics,...
Closed Power Cycles
Thermodynamic Fundamentals and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2013
With the growing attention to the exploitation of renewable energies and heat recovery from industrial processes, the traditional steam and gas cycles are showing themselves often inadequate. The inadequacy is due to the great assortment of the required sizes power and of the large kind of heat sources....
Thermodiffusion in Multicomponent Mixtures
Thermodynamic, Algebraic, and Neuro-Computing Models
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Thermodiffusion in Multicomponent Mixtures presents the computational approaches that are employed in the study of thermodiffusion in various types of mixtures, namely, hydrocarbons, polymers, water-alcohol, molten metals, and so forth. We present a detailed formalism of these methods that are based...
by Yaman Yener, Sadik Kakac
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Nearly thirty years since its first publication, the highly anticipated fourth edition of Heat Conduction upholds its reputation as an instrumental textbook and reference for graduate students and practicing engineers in mechanical engineering and thermal sciences. Written to suit a one-semester graduate...
Combustion Technology
Essentials of Flames and Burners
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
A comprehensive review of the fundamentals aspects of combustion, covering fundamental thermodynamics and chemical kinetics through to practical burners. It provides a detailed analysis of the basic ideas and design characteristics of burners for gaseous, liquid and solid fuels. End of chapter review...
Mechanical Engineers' Handbook, Volume 4
Energy and Power
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
The engineer's ready reference for mechanical power and heat
Mechanical Engineer's Handbook provides the most comprehensive coverage of the entire discipline, with a focus on explanation and analysis. Packaged as a modular approach, these books are designed to be used either individually or...
Integrated Absorption Refrigeration Systems
Comparative Energy and Exergy Analyses
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
This book provides a detailed analysis of absorption refrigeration systems, covering single effect to multi-effect systems and their applications. Both the first and second laws of thermodynamics are discussed in relation to refrigeration systems to show how system performance differs from one law...