TY - BOOK AU - Cengel, Yunus A. AU - Boles, Michael A. TI - Thermodynamics: an engineering approach SN - 9780073398174 AV - TJ 265 .C46 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - New York PB - McGraw Hill Education KW - THERMODYNAMICS N1 - Includes bibliographical references; 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 control volumes -- The second law of thermodynamics -- Entropy -- Exergy -- Gas powers 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 -- Appendix 1: Property tables and charts (SI units) -- Appendix 2: Property tables and charts (English units) N2 - Covers the basic principles of thermodynamics while presenting a wealth of real-world engineering examples so students get a feel for how thermodynamics is applied in engineering practice. This book helps students develop an intuitive understanding by emphasizing the physics and physical arguments ER -