Thermodynamics : an engineering approach /
Yunus A. Çengel, Michael A. Boles, Mehmet Kanoğlu.
- Ninth edition. International student edition.
- New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education, c2019.
- xxiv, 984 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Introduction and basic concepts -- Energy, energy transfer and general energy analysis -- Properties of pure substances -- Energy analysis of closed systems -- Mass and energy analysis of closed systems -- Mass and energy analysis of control volumes -- The Second law of thermodynamics -- Entropy -- Exergy -- Gas power cycles -- Vapor and combined power cycles -- Refrigeration cycles -- Thermodynamic property relations -- Gas mixtures -- Gas-vapor mixtures and air-conditioning -- Chemical reactions -- Chemical and phase equilibrium -- Compressible flow -- Renewable energy -- Appendices.
"Numerous applications of thermodynamics are required to ignite a rocket engine. The chemical energy that is stored in the fuel of the rocket engine is first converted into thermal energy and then kinetic energy. As the rocket climbs higher into the atmosphere, some of that kinetic energy is stored as gravitational potential energy. Additionally, a key thermodynamic process in rocket engines is the acceleration of combustion gases through a converging-diverging nozzle to supersonic speeds in accordance with the first and second laws of thermodynamics."--Back description of cover photo.