Heat Conversion Systems

Heat Conversion Systems

Author: Georg Alefeld

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2023-06-14

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1000945480

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Heat Conversion Systems develops the underlying concepts of advanced Rankine-based absorption and compression cycles and introduces the Building Block Approach as a general concept. The Building Block Approach identifies all cycle configurations for a given application to ensure that system designers have available all important alternatives. The book features numerous examples of advanced cycles and includes single- and multi-stage absorption heat pumps and heat transformers and combined systems. The book also discusses single- and multi-stage vapor compression systems with multiple solution circuits, multiple compressors, and cascades. Aspects of working fluid selection and their influence on cycle options, performance evaluation, and estimating procedures for the Coefficient of Performance (COP) are addressed. Cycle analysis based on the Second Laws of Thermodynamics is examined. Heat Conversion Systems will be an important source for engineers in air-conditioning, heat pumping, refrigeration, and waste heat utilization. It can be used as text in courses on thermodynamics, efficient use of energy, and environmental protection.


The Steam-Engine and Other Heat-Engines

The Steam-Engine and Other Heat-Engines

Author: J. Alfred Ewing

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-06-20

Total Pages: 673

ISBN-13: 1107615631

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Sir James Alfred Ewing (1855-1935) was a Scottish engineer, physicist and cryptographer. First published in 1926, as the fourth edition of an 1894 original, this book was written by Ewing 'to present the subject of heat-engines, in their mechanical as well as their thermodynamical aspects, with sufficient fulness for the ordinary needs of University students of engineering'. The text was extensively revised for this edition, taking into account developments in relation to steam turbines, steam boilers and internal combustion engines. Numerous illustrative figures are also provided. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Ewing's writings, steam engines and the history of engineering.


Thermodynamics of Heat Engines

Thermodynamics of Heat Engines

Author: Bernard Desmet

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2022-12-28

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1789450756

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Optimizing the process of converting heat into mechanical power is a major challenge when it comes to meeting targets for protecting primary energy resources and minimizing our environmental impact. For many years to come, the use of thermal engines will continue to be necessary for transportation on land, by sea and by air, as well as for many industrial applications. Against this background, Thermodynamics of Heat Engines aims to present a comprehensive overview of the thermodynamic concepts, including combustion, that are necessary for understanding the phenomena governing the energy efficiency of internal and external combustion engines as well as that of gas turbines and jet propulsion engines. Existing and developing industrial applications, based on combined heat and power (CHP) or the use of staged cycles, are presented, with particular attention paid to the recovery of lowtemperature waste heat. This book, which is mainly intended for university and engineering students but is also useful for engineers and technicians working in the fields concerned, provides a basis for reflection on the optimization of energy systems.


Technical Memorandum

Technical Memorandum

Author: United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Publisher:

Published: 1929

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13:

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Chiefly translations from foreign aeronautical journals.


Great Physicists

Great Physicists

Author: William H. Cropper

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 518

ISBN-13: 9780195173246

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Presents profiles of thirty scientists, including Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Richard Feynman, and Edwin Hubble.