Engineering thermodynamics : principles and practices / D.S. Kumar.

Includes index.

Basic concepts and definitions -- Temperature and Zeroth law of thermodynamics -- Transient energies: work and heat -- Ideal and real gases -- Mixture of gases -- First law of thermodynamics -- Steady flow energy equation (flow process and 1st law) -- Second law of thermodynamics -- Entropy -- Availability and irreversibility -- Thermodynamic relations -- Gas power cycles -- Steam and its properties -- Steam boilers, mountings and accessories -- Boiler draught and boiler performance -- Vapour power cycles -- Steam engines -- Flow through nozzles -- Steam turbines -- Steam condensers -- Compressed air: positive displacement and dynamic compressors -- Internal combustion engines -- Gas turbines and jet propulsion -- Fuels and combustion -- Refrigeration systems and psychometry -- Heat transfer.