Overview:

This book, Thermodynamics is intended to be used as a textbook by undergraduate engineering students and as a reference book for practicing engineers. It is known to be a friendly student, self-instructive, and easy to read and understand even for the most challenging topics with the help of attractive illustrations, examples, and real- world applications. The book approaches the subject with learning by practicing philosophy. A special effort is made throughout the book to reinforce material that was presented earlier and to appeal to students’ natural curiosity and intuition..


Key Features:

- Covers basic principles of thermodynamics such as pressure, forms of energy, laws of thermodynamics etc. 
- Presents a wealth of real-world engineering examples enabling application- based learning. 
- Helps develop an intuitive understanding of thermodynamics by emphasizing the physics and physical arguments that underpin the theory.

Chapter 1: Introduction and Basic Concepts 
Chapter 2: Energy, Energy Transfer, and General Energy Analysis 
Chapter 3: Properties of Pure Substances 
Chapter 4: Energy Analysis of Closed Systems 
Chapter 5: Mass and Energy Analysis of Control Volumes 
Chapter 6: The Second Law of Thermodynamics 
Chapter 7: Entropy 
Chapter 8: Entropy Analysis 
Chapter 9: Exergy 
Chapter 10: Gas Power Cycles 
Chapter 11: Vapor and Combined Power Cycles 
Chapter 12: Refrigeration Cycles 
Chapter 13: Thermodynamic Property Relations 
Chapter 14: Gas Mixtures 
Chapter 15: Gas-Vapor Mixtures and Air-Conditioning 
Chapter 16: Chemical Reactions 
Chapter 17: Chemical and Phase Equilibrium 
Chapter 18: Compressible Flow