Thermodynamics for dummies / Michael Pauken.
By: Pauken, Michael [author.]
Language: English Series: --For dummies: Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley and Sons, [2025]Copyright date: ©2025Edition: 2ndDescription: xiii, 381 pages : illustrations; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781394323494Subject(s): ThermodynamicsDDC classification: 621.4021| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes index.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part 1: Getting Started with Thermodynamics 7
Chapter 1: Thermodynamics in Everyday Life 9
Chapter 2: Laying the Foundation of Thermodynamics 17
Chapter 3: Working with Phases and Properties of Substances 43
Chapter 4: The Thermodynamic Duo: Work and Heat 61
Part 2: Employing the Laws of Thermodynamics 75
Chapter 5: Using the First Law in Closed Systems 77
Chapter 6: Using the First Law in Open Systems 91
Chapter 7: Governing Heat Engines and Refrigerators with the Second Law 109
Chapter 8: The Second Law Predicts the Demise of the Universe 123
Chapter 9: Analyzing Systems by Applying the Second Law 145
Part 3: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Making Heat Work for You 161
Chapter 10: Working with Carnot and Brayton Cycles 163
Chapter 11: Working with Otto and Diesel Cycles 191
Chapter 12: Power up with Rankine Cycles 211
Chapter 13: Cooling Off with Refrigeration Cycles 233
Chapter 14: Thermodynamics of Renewable Energy Systems 255
Part 4: Handling Thermodynamic Relationships, Reactions, and Mixtures. 275
Chapter 15: Understanding the Behavior of Real Gases 277
Chapter 16: Mixing Non-Reacting Gases 289
Chapter 17: Burning Up with Combustion 315
Part 5: The Part of Tens 337
Chapter 18: Ten Famous Names in Thermodynamics 339
Chapter 19: Ten More Cycles of Note 345
Appendix A: Thermodynamic Property Tables 355
Index 367
About the Author
Michael Pauken, PhD, is a principal mechanical engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He specializes in spacecraft thermal control systems and interplanetary exploration. He was previously a lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, teaching courses in thermodynamics and heat transfer.
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