Thermodynamics : From Energy and Entropy to Heat Transfer and Phase Transitions.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Müller, Rainer.

Series:

De Gruyter Textbook Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (430 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2013.

Summary:

How are thermals in gliding related to thermodynamic adiabatic processes?In what way can the concept of entropy be used to analyze a solar power plant in the desert?This book presents thermodynamics with a constant focus on practical applications from everyday life and technology.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Contents

1 Biology and chemistry of cooking

2 Water and steam - cooking in a pressure cooker

3 Phase transitions in nature - steam, dew and fog

4 The ideal gas - Cornelis Drebbel's miracle apparatus

5 Fundamental concepts: kinetic theory of gases

6 The first law - thermodynamics of the oven

7 Adiabatic processes - thermals and clouds

8 Thermodynamic cycles - heating with heat pumps

9 Fundamental concepts: entropy as a state variable

10 Fundamental concepts: the second law

11 Fundamental concepts: microscopic interpretation of entropy

12 Power plant processes - electricity from the sun

13 Mechanisms of heat transfer - wind chill

14 Transient heat conduction - the perfect breakfast egg

A References and image credits

B Tables and list of symbols

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9783110310207

OCLC:

1522804174