Thermodynamics for engineers /
Kenneth A. Kroos and Merle C. Potter
- SI Edition.
- Australia : Cengage Learning, c2015.
- xxv, 567 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliography.
Basic concepts and systems of units -- Properties of pure substances -- The first law for systems -- The first law applied to control volumes -- The second law of thermodynamics -- Entropy -- Thermodynamic relations -- The Rankine power cycle -- Gas power cycles -- Refrigeration cycles -- Mixtures and psychrometrics -- Combustion -- Alternative energy conversion -- Thermodynamics of living organisms -- The appendices.
Presents a core course for disciplines in all four year engineering schools. This title helps Chemical and Biomedical engineering students to take courses in thermodynamics.