Applied Thermodynamics Author:Virgil Moring Faires An introduction to heat power which can follow calculus and physics without an intervening course in heat engines, thus making possible a sounder foundation in thermodynamics involved in engineering problems. Contents include: The General Energy Equation, Characteristic Equation of a Perfect Gas, Energy Equation of a Perfect Gas, Reversible Non-... more »Flow Processes of Gases, The Carnot and Ericsson Cycles, Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics, Cycles for Internal Combustion Engines, Performance of Internal Combustion Engines, Compression and Expansion of Air, Air Refrigeration, and much, much more. Over 225 illustrations and figures.« less