Thermodynamics and Energy Conversion

Struchtrup, Henning

ISBN 10: 3662518759 / ISBN 13: 9783662518755

Verlag: Springer, 2016

In. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ria9783662518755_new

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This textbook gives a thorough treatment of engineering thermodynamics with applications to classical and modern energy conversion devices.

Some emphasis lies on the description of irreversible processes, such as friction, heat transfer and mixing and the evaluation of the related work losses. Better use of resources requires high efficiencies therefore the reduction of irreversible losses should be seen as one of the main goals of a thermal engineer. This book provides the necessary tools.

Topics include: car and aircraft engines, including Otto, Diesel and Atkinson cycles, by-pass turbofan engines, ramjet and scramjet; steam and gas power plants, including advanced regenerative systems, solar tower and compressed air energy storage; mixing and separation, including reverse osmosis, osmotic power plants and carbon sequestration; phase equilibrium and chemical equilibrium, distillation, chemical reactors, combustion processes and fuel cells; the microscopic definition of entropy.

The book includes about 300 end-of-chapter problems for homework assignments and exams. The material presented suffices for two or three full-term courses on thermodynamics and energy conversion.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Henning Struchtrup is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Victoria, in Victoria, BC, Canada. Before joining the University of Victoria in 2001, he obtained Diploma and PhD in Engineering Physics from the Technical University of Berlin, Germany, and held postdoc positions in Berlin, Catania (Italy), and Minneapolis (USA). His teaching and research cover a wide range of topics in thermodynamics, from applications in energy systems, over nonequilibrium thermodynamics, to rarefied gas dynamics. He authored numerous scientific contributions and a monography on Macroscopic Transport Equations for Rarefied Gas Flows (Springer 2007). His textbooks Thermodynamics and Energy Conversion (2nd ed, 2024) and A Thermodynamic Introduction to Transport Phenomena (2024) are rooted in his desire to make thermodynamics, in particular entropy and the second law, accessible and relevant to students in engineering and applied sciences

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Thermodynamics and Energy Conversion
Verlag: Springer
Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New