Structure of the Book

Property
relationships

Introduction
and revision

Equations of state

The Second Law

and Equilibrium

Engine cycles and

their efficiencies

Real gases

Ideal gases

van der Waals

gases
Law of Corresponding
States

20

Irreversible
Thermodynamics

Availability and Exergy

9
Mixtures of
ideal gases

Irreversibility

Reversibility

Entropy generation

10

Thermodynamics of
combustion

11

Chemistry of
combustion

12

Dissociation theory

13

Dissociation practice

14

Chemical rate
kinetics

15

Combustion
and flames

Process
thermodynamics

18

Liquefaction
of gases

19

Pinch technology

New chapter
Significantly
modified chapter

Rational Efficiency
of a powerplant

Finite time
thermodynamics

16

Reciprocating internal
combustion engines

17

Gas turbines

21

Fuel cells

Power
generation

Thermo-electricity

Diffusion processes

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