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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Author -- Commonly Used Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Fundamental Concepts -- 1.1 Work, Energy, Heat -- 1.2 Units and Unit Conversions -- 1.3 Elements of Thermodynamics: Principles of Energy Conversion -- 1.3.1 First Law of Thermodynamics -- 1.3.2 Thermodynamic Cycles and Cyclic Engines -- 1.3.3 Second Law of Thermodynamics -- 1.3.4 Perpetual Motion Engines -- 1.4 Thermal Efficiency and Other Figures of Merit -- 1.4.1 Power Plants -- 1.4.2 Refrigeration and Heat Pump Cycles -- 1.4.3 Component Efficiencies -- 1.5 Practical Cycles for Power Production and Refrigeration -- 1.5.1 Vapor Power Cycles: The Rankine Cycle -- 1.5.2 Gas Cycles: The Brayton Cycle -- 1.5.3 Refrigeration, Heat Pump, and Air-Conditioning Cycles -- 1.6 Exergy: Availability -- 1.6.1 Geothermal Energy Resources -- 1.6.2 Fossil Fuel Resources -- 1.6.3 Radiation: The Sun as Energy Resource -- 1.7 Myths and Reality about Energy Conversion -- References -- Chapter 2: Energy Demand and Supply -- 2.1 Demand for Energy: Whither Does It Go? -- 2.1.1 Economic Development, Quality of Life, and Human Development -- 2.1.2 Benefi

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Author

Michaelides, Efstathios E.

Publisher

CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781315177359

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Engineering, Stem