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Engineering Thermodynamics and Thermal-Fluid Sciences

An Introduction to the Fundamentals and Laws of Thermodynamics for EngineeringBy Owen Castellano

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Thermodynamics stops being abstract the moment you attach it to hardware. This book keeps it attached. You build the first law on closed systems, then apply the steady-flow energy equation to turbines, compressors, nozzles, throttles and heat exchangers, using property tables and quality rather than memorised formulas. The second law arrives through real limits: Carnot efficiency, entropy generation, isentropic efficiency and exergy destruction you can locate in a plant. From there you analyse Otto, Diesel, Brayton, Rankine and refrigeration cycles, psychrometric processes on cooling coils and towers, and combustion with excess air and flame temperature, then cross into fluid flow and the three modes of heat transfer. Every cycle appears as a state table and a property diagram. This book is designed for engineering undergraduates and technical professionals refreshing thermal-fluid fundamentals. It bridges theory and practice by consistently linking thermodynamic principles to hardware and real systems. Each chapter builds on the previous one, with clear explanations and worked examples that reinforce understanding. The focus is on applying concepts to analyse and design thermal systems, not just solving equations. What you will learn: • Master the first law for closed systems and control volumes, applying the steady-flow energy equation to turbines, compressors, nozzles, throttles and heat exchangers. • Use property tables and quality to determine thermodynamic properties of pure substances, avoiding reliance on memorised formulas. • Apply the second law through Carnot efficiency, entropy generation, isentropic efficiency and exergy destruction to identify real limits in power and refrigeration plants. • Analyse gas power cycles (Otto, Diesel, Brayton) and vapour power cycles (Rankine) using state tables and property diagrams. • Evaluate refrigeration and heat pump cycles, including psychrometric processes on cooling coils and cooling towers. • Perform combustion calculations with excess air and determine flame temperatures. • Understand the fundamentals of fluid flow and the three modes of heat transfer: conduction, convection and radiation. • Connect thermodynamic analysis to practical hardware and system performance. For engineering undergraduates and technical professionals refreshing thermal-fluid fundamentals, this book provides a solid foundation in engineering thermodynamics and thermal-fluid sciences. It is ideal for those who want to understand how thermodynamic principles apply to real-world engineering systems.

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GenreScience and Nature, Technology

Length14 hrs 8 mins

Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateSep 27, 2026

LanguageEnglish

1Foreword

2Preface

3About This Book

4Chapter 1: Concepts, Units and Properties

51.1 Systems, Control Volumes and the Language of Thermodynamics

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61.2 Pressure, Temperature and Their Measurement

71.3 Units, Dimensions and Dimensional Homogeneity

81.4 Density, Specific Volume, Specific Weight and Specific Gravity

91.5 Property Tables, Ideal Gas Behaviour and Problem Discipline

10Chapter 2: Energy and the First Law for Closed Systems

112.1 Forms of Energy and the Total Energy of a System

122.2 Heat, Work and the Sign Convention

132.3 Boundary Work and Path Dependence

142.4 The First Law for Closed Systems and Specific Heats

152.5 Procedure for Closed-System Energy Analysis

16Chapter 3: Properties of Pure Substances

173.1 Phase Change and the T-v Diagram

183.2 Saturation Tables, Quality and Property Evaluation

193.3 Superheated Vapour and Compressed Liquid

203.4 The Ideal Gas Model and Its Limits

213.5 Property Diagrams and the Path to Cycle Analysis

22Chapter 4: Energy Analysis of Control Volumes

234.1 Conservation of Mass and the Steady-Flow Assumption

244.2 The Steady-Flow Energy Equation

254.3 Nozzles and Diffusers

264.4 Turbines and Compressors

274.5 Throttling Valves, Mixing Chambers and Heat Exchangers

284.6 Procedure for Control-Volume Energy Analysis

29Chapter 5: The Second Law of Thermodynamics

305.1 Why the First Law Is Not Enough

315.2 Kelvin-Planck and Clausius Statements

325.3 Reversible and Irreversible Processes

335.4 Heat Engines, Refrigerators and the Carnot Limit

34Chapter 6: Entropy

356.1 The Clausius Inequality and the Definition of Entropy

366.2 Entropy Change of Solids, Liquids and Ideal Gases

376.3 The Tds Relations and Isentropic Processes

386.4 Entropy from Property Tables

396.5 Isentropic Efficiency and Entropy Balance for Devices

40Chapter 7: Exergy and Second-Law Efficiency

417.1 Reversible Work and Availability

427.2 Irreversibility, Exergy Destruction and the Gouy-Stodola Relation

437.3 Second-Law Efficiency of Real Devices

447.4 Locating Losses in Real Plant

45Chapter 8: Gas Power Cycles

468.1 Air-Standard Assumptions and Cycle Analysis Method

478.2 The Otto Cycle

488.3 The Diesel and Dual Cycles

498.4 The Brayton Cycle and Regeneration

508.5 Intercooling, Reheat and Cycle Comparison

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