Schaum’s Outline of Thermodynamics for Engineers, Second Edition
by: Merle Potter, Craig Somerton
Abstract: Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time? Fortunately for you, there’s Schaum’s Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum’s to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum’s is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills. This Schaum’s Outline gives you: Practice problems with full explanations that reinforce knowledge, Coverage of the most up-to-date developments in your course field, In-depth review of practices and applications. Fully compatible with your classroom text, Schaum’s highlights all the important facts you need to know. Use Schaum’s to shorten your study time-and get your best test scores! Schaum’s Outlines-Problem Solved.
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Table of Contents
- A. PREFACE
- 1. Concepts, Definitions, and Basic Principles
- 2. Properties of Pure Substances
- 3. Work and Heat
- 4. The First Law of Thermodynamics
- 5. The Second Law of Thermodynamics
- 6. Entropy
- 7. Reversible Work, Irreversibility, and Availability
- 8. Gas Power Cycles
- 9. Vapor Power Cycles
- 10. Refrigeration Cycles
- 11. Thermodynamic Relations
- 12. Mixtures and Solutions
- 13. Combustion
- 14. Sample Exams for a Semester Course for Engineering Students
- A. Conversions of Units
- B. Material Properties
- C. Thermodynamic Properties of Water (Steam Tables)
- D. Thermodynamic Properties of R134a
- E. Ideal-Gas Tables
- F. Psychrometric Charts
- G. Compressibility Chart
- H. Enthalpy Departure Charts
- I. Entropy Departure Charts
Curriculum Maps
Tools & Media
Expanded Table of Contents
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A.
PREFACE
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1.
Concepts, Definitions, and Basic Principles
- INTRODUCTION
- THERMODYNAMIC SYSTEMS AND CONTROL VOLUME
- MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION
- PROPERTIES AND STATE OF A SYSTEM
- THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM; PROCESSES
- UNITS
- DENSITY, SPECIFIC VOLUME, SPECIFIC WEIGHT
- PRESSURE
- TEMPERATURE
- ENERGY
- Solved Problems
- Supplementary Problems
- Review Questions for the FE Examination
- Answers to Supplementary Problems
- Answers to Review Questions for the FE Examination
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2.
Properties of Pure Substances
- INTRODUCTION
- THE P-υ-T SURFACE
- THE LIQUID-VAPOR REGION
- STEAM TABLES
- THE IDEAL-GAS EQUATION OF STATE
- EQUATIONS OF STATE FOR A NONIDEAL GAS
- Solved Problems
- Supplementary Problems
- Review Questions for the FE Examination
- Answers to Supplementary Problems
- Answers to Review Questions for the FE Examination
- 3. Work and Heat
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4.
The First Law of Thermodynamics
- INTRODUCTION
- THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS APPLIED TO A CYCLE
- THE FIRST LAW APPLIED TO A PROCESS
- ENTHALPY
- LATENT HEAT
- SPECIFIC HEATS
- THE FIRST LAW APPLIED TO VARIOUS PROCESSES
- GENERAL FORMULATION FOR CONTROL VOLUMES
- APPLICATIONS OF THE ENERGY EQUATION
- Solved Problems
- Supplementary Problems
- Review Questions for the FE Examination
- Answers to Supplementary Problems
- Answers to Review Questions for the FE Examination
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5.
The Second Law of Thermodynamics
- INTRODUCTION
- HEAT ENGINES, HEAT PUMPS, AND REFRIGERATORS
- STATEMENTS OF THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
- REVERSIBILITY
- THE CARNOT ENGINE
- CARNOT EFFICIENCY
- Solved Problems
- Supplementary Problems
- Review Questions for the FE Examination
- Answers to Supplementary Problems
- Answers to Review Questions for the FE Examination
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6.
Entropy
- INTRODUCTION
- DEFINITION
- ENTROPY FOR AN IDEAL GAS WITH CONSTANT SPECIFIC HEATS
- ENTROPY FOR AN IDEAL GAS WITH VARIABLE SPECIFIC HEATS
- ENTROPY FOR SUBSTANCES SUCH AS STEAM, SOLIDS, AND LIQUIDS
- THE INEQUALITY OF CLAUSIUS
- ENTROPY CHANGE FOR AN IRREVERSIBLE PROCESS
- THE SECOND LAW APPLIED TO A CONTROL VOLUME
- Solved Problems
- Supplementary Problems
- Review Questions for the FE Examination
- Answers to Supplementary Problems
- Answers to Review Questions for the FE Examination
- 7. Reversible Work, Irreversibility, and Availability
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8.
Gas Power Cycles
- INTRODUCTION
- GAS COMPRESSORS
- THE AIR-STANDARD CYCLE
- THE CARNOT CYCLE
- THE OTTO CYCLE
- THE DIESEL CYCLE
- THE DUAL CYCLE
- THE STIRLING AND ERICSSON CYCLES
- THE BRAYTON CYCLE
- THE REGENERATIVE GAS-TURBINE CYCLE
- THE INTERCOOLING, REHEAT, REGENERATIVE GAS-TURBINE CYCLE
- THE TURBOJET ENGINE
- Solved Problems
- Supplementary Problems
- Review Questions for the FE Examination
- Answers to Supplementary Problems
- Answers to Review Questions for the FE Examination
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9.
Vapor Power Cycles
- INTRODUCTION
- THE RANKINE CYCLE
- RANKINE CYCLE EFFICIENCY
- THE REHEAT CYCLE
- THE REGENERATIVE CYCLE
- THE SUPERCRITICAL RANKINE CYCLE
- EFFECT OF LOSSES ON POWER CYCLE EFFICIENCY
- THE COMBINED BRAYTON-RANKINE CYCLE
- Solved Problems
- Supplementary Problems
- Review Questions for the FE Examination
- Answers to Supplementary Problems
- Answers to Review Questions for the FE Examination
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10.
Refrigeration Cycles
- INTRODUCTION
- THE VAPOR REFRIGERATION CYCLE
- THE MULTISTAGE VAPOR REFRIGERATION CYCLE
- THE HEAT PUMP
- THE ABSORPTION REFRIGERATION CYCLE
- THE GAS REFRIGERATION CYCLE
- Solved Problems
- Supplementary Problems
- Review Questions for the FE Examination
- Answers to Supplementary Problems
- Answers to Review Questions for the FE Examination
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11.
Thermodynamic Relations
- THREE DIFFERENTIAL RELATIONSHIPS
- THE MAXWELL RELATIONS
- THE CLAPEYRON EQUATION
- FURTHER CONSEQUENCES OF THE MAXWELL RELATIONS
- RELATIONSHIPS INVOLVING SPECIFIC HEATS
- THE JOULE-THOMSON COEFFICIENT
- ENTHALPY, INTERNAL-ENERGY, AND ENTROPY CHANGES OF REAL GASES
- Solved Problems
- Supplementary Problems
- Answers to Supplementary Problems
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12.
Mixtures and Solutions
- BASIC DEFINITIONS
- IDEAL-GAS LAW FOR MIXTURES
- PROPERTIES OF A MIXTURE OF IDEAL GASES
- GAS-VAPOR MIXTURES
- ADIABATIC SATURATION AND WET-BULB TEMPERATURES
- THE PSYCHROMETRIC CHART
- AIR-CONDITIONING PROCESSES
- Solved Problems
- Supplementary Problems
- Review Questions for the FE Examination
- Answers to Supplementary Problems
- Answers to Review Questions for the FE Examination
- 13. Combustion
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14.
Sample Exams for a Semester Course for Engineering Students
- Exam No. 1 (This exam covers Chapter 1 through Section 4.7)
- Equations of use in the closed-book exam (use this page for your work)
- Solution to Exam No. 1
- Exam No. 2 (This exam covers Section 4.8 through Chapter 6)
- Equations of use in the closed-book exam (use this page for your work)
- Solution to Exam No. 2
- Exam No. 3 (This exam covers Chapters 8, 9, and 12)
- Information of use in the closed-book exam (use this page for your work)
- Solution to Exam No. 3
- Final Exam (This exam covers the material of the three-hour exams)
- Equation of use in the closed-book exam (use this page for your work)
- Solution to Final Exam
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A.
Conversions of Units
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B.
Material Properties
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C.
Thermodynamic Properties of Water (Steam Tables)
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D.
Thermodynamic Properties of R134a
-
E.
Ideal-Gas Tables
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F.
Psychrometric Charts
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G.
Compressibility Chart
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H.
Enthalpy Departure Charts
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I.
Entropy Departure Charts
Book Details
Title: Schaum’s Outline of Thermodynamics for Engineers, Second Edition
Publisher: : New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New Delhi, San Juan, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto
Copyright / Pub. Date: 2009, 1993 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc
ISBN: 9780071611671
Authors:
Merle Potter is the author of this McGraw-Hill Professional publication.
Craig Somerton is the author of this McGraw-Hill Professional publication.
Description: Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time? Fortunately for you, there’s Schaum’s Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum’s to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum’s is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills. This Schaum’s Outline gives you: Practice problems with full explanations that reinforce knowledge, Coverage of the most up-to-date developments in your course field, In-depth review of practices and applications. Fully compatible with your classroom text, Schaum’s highlights all the important facts you need to know. Use Schaum’s to shorten your study time-and get your best test scores! Schaum’s Outlines-Problem Solved.
