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Structure of the Book





                                                                           Irreversible
                             Property
                         7  relationships        1  Introduction      20  Thermodynamics
                                                    and revision
                            Equations of state    2  The Second Law
                                                    and Equilibrium
                                                 3  Engine cycles and
                       Real gases  Ideal gases      their efficiencies
                 8
                      van der Waals
                        gases                     Availability and Exergy
                                  9
                    Law of Corresponding
                        States    Mixtures of                         4
                                  ideal gases
                                              Reversibility  Irreversibility
                                                          Entropy generation
                                    10  Thermodynamics of                               New chapter
                                        combustion
                                       Chemistry of                                     Significantly
                                    11  combustion                                      modified chapter
                                   12  Dissociation theory
                                    13  Dissociation practice   5  Rational Efficiency
                                                               of a powerplant
                                    14  Chemical rate           Finite time
                                         kinetics           6
                                                               thermodynamics
                                    15  Combustion
                                        and flames
                                                                Power     Thermo-electricity
                                                  Reciprocating internal
                                               16   combustion engines  generation
                                 Process
                                 thermodynamics                           Diffusion processes
               18     Liquefaction             17    Gas turbines
                       of gases
               19     Pinch technology         21    Fuel cells















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