Thermodynamic cycles : computer-aided design and optimization / Chih Wu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wu, Chih, 1936-

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Chemical industries ; v. 99.

Chemical industries ; 99

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thermodynamics--Data processing.

Thermodynamics.

Computer-aided engineering.

Physical Description:

x, 424 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : M. Dekker, [2004]

Contents:

Chapter 1 Thermodynamic Concepts 1

1.2 Intelligent Computer-Aided Software 1

1.3 Review of Thermodynamic Concepts 4

1.4 Thermodynamic Cyclic Systems 6

1.5 Cycles 10

1.6 Carnot Cycle 11

1.7 Carnot Corollaries 14

Chapter 2 Vapor Cycles 15

2.1 Carnot Vapor Cycle 15

2.2 Basic Rankine Vapor Cycle 19

2.3 Improvements to Rankine Cycle 28

2.4 Actual Rankine Cycle 29

2.5 Reheat Rankine Cycle 36

2.6 Regenerative Rankine Cycle 41

2.7 Low-Temperature Rankine Cycles 52

2.8 Solar Heat Engines 54

2.9 Geothermal Heat Engines 58

2.10 Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion 71

2.11 Solar Pond Heat Engines 76

2.12 Waste Heat Engines 79

2.13 Vapor Cycle Working Fluids 81

2.14 Kalina Cycle 81

2.15 Nonazeotropic Mixture Rankine Cycle 82

2.16 Supercritical Cycle 84

Chapter 3 Gas Closed-System Cycles 99

3.1 Otto Cycle 99

3.2 Diesel Cycle 111

3.3 Atkinson Cycle 123

3.4 Dual Cycle 126

3.5 Lenoir Cycle 132

3.6 Stirling Cycle 135

3.7 Miller Cycle 141

3.8 Wicks Cycle 146

3.9 Rallis Cycle 148

Chapter 4 Gas Open-System Cycles 165

4.1 Brayton or Joule Cycle 165

4.2 Split-Shaft Gas Turbine Cycle 174

4.3 Improvements to Brayton Cycle 178

4.4 Reheat and Intercool Brayton Cycle 179

4.5 Regenerative Brayton Cycle 185

4.6 Bleed Air Brayton Cycle 189

4.7 Feher Cycle 199

4.8 Ericsson Cycle 202

4.9 Braysson Cycle 207

4.10 Steam Injection Gas Turbine Cycle 212

4.11 Field Cycle 214

4.12 Wicks Cycle 216

4.13 Ice Cycle 218

Chapter 5 Combined Cycle and Cogeneration 227

5.1 Combined Cycle 227

5.2 Triple Cycle in Series 233

5.3 Triple Cycle in Parallel 237

5.4 Cascaded Cycle 239

5.5 Brayton/Rankine Combined Cycle 241

5.6 Brayton/Brayton Combined Cycle 246

5.7 Rankine/Rankine Combined Cycle 251

5.8 Field Cycle 254

5.9 Cogeneration 257

Chapter 6 Refrigeration and Heat Pump Cycles 277

6.1 Carnot Refrigerator and Heat Pump 277

6.2 Basic Vapor Refrigeration Cycle 280

6.3 Actual Vapor Refrigeration Cycle 286

6.4 Basic Vapor Heat Pump Cycle 289

6.5 Actual Vapor Heat Pump Cycle 293

6.6 Working Fluids for Vapor Refrigeration and Heat Pump Systems 296

6.7 Cascade and Multistaged Vapor Refrigerators 297

6.8 Domestic Refrigerator-Freezer System and Air-Conditioning-Heat Pump System 306

6.9 Absorption Air-Conditioning 310

6.10 Brayton Gas Refrigeration Cycle 313

6.11 Stirling Refrigeration Cycle 318

6.12 Ericsson Cycle 322

6.13 Liquefaction of Gases 324

6.14 Nonazeotropic Mixture Refrigeration Cycle 326

Chapter 7 Finite-Time Thermodynamics 341

7.2 Rate of Heat Transfer 343

7.3 Heat Exchanger 345

7.4 Curzon and Ahlborn (Endoreversible Carnot) Cycle 351

7.5 Curzon and Ahlborn Cycle with Finite Heat Capacity Heat Source and Sink 364

7.6 Finite-Time Rankine Cycle with Infinitely Large Heat Reservoirs 369

7.7 Actual Rankine Cycle with Infinitely Large Heat Reservoirs 373

7.8 Ideal Rankine Cycle with Finite Capacity Heat Reservoirs 376

7.9 Actual Rankine Cycle with Finite Capacity Heat Reservoirs 390

7.10 Finite-Time Brayton Cycle 397

7.11 Actual Brayton Finite Time Cycle 405

7.12 Other Finite Time Cycles 411.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 412-415) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0824742982

OCLC:

53231787