Thermodynamics Foundations and Applications

Designed by two MIT professors, this authoritative text transcends the limitations and ambiguities of traditional treatments to develop a deep understanding of the fundamentals of thermodynamics and its energy-related applications. Basic concepts and applications are discussed in complete detail, with attention to generality, rigorous definitions, and logical consistency. More than 300 solved problems span a wide range of realistic energy systems and processes.

Elias P. Gyftopoulos received his doctorate in electrical engineering from MIT in 1958. He is MIT's Ford Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering and of Nuclear Engineering.
Gian Paolo Beretta was awarded a doctorate in engineering at MIT in 1981. A full Professor of Thermal Sciences at Brescia University, he is a frequent visiting professor at MIT.

Preface
1. How to Study with This Book
2. Kinematics and Dynamics
3. Energy
4. Stability of Equilibrium
5. Adiabatic Availability
6. Available Energy
7. Entropy
8. Stable-Equilibrium-State Principle
9. Temperature
10. Total Potentials
11. Pressure
12. Work and Heat
13. Energy versus Entropy Graphs
14. Summary of Basic Concepts
15. Heat Engines
16. Systems with Volume as the Only Parameter
17. Simple Systems
18. Phase Rule
19. Thermophysical Properties of Pure Substances
20. Ideal Gases, Liquids, and Solids
21. Equations of State
22. Bulk Flow
23. Conversion Devices
24. Availability Functions
25. Energy Conversion Systems
26. Thermophysical Properties of Mixtures
27. Ideal-Gas Mixtures and Solutions
28. Nonideal Mixtures
29. Chemical Reactions
30. Chemical Equilibrium
31. Combustion
Epilogue
Physical Constants and Unit Conversion Tables
Tables of Properties
Solutions to Problems
Index