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Index

A

Adiabatic flame temperature, 506
Air refrigeration system, 715
Air stand and efficiency, 604
Atkinson cycle, 657
Available and unavailable energy, 306
Availability in non-flow systems, 310
Availability in steady-flow systems, 311

B

Beattie-Bridgeman equation, 390
Binary vapour cycle, 584
Brayton cycle, 661

C

Calorific values of fuels, 501
Carnot cycle, 233, 543, 605
Carnot’s theorem, 235
corollary of, 237
Chemical equilibrium, 506
Chemical thermodynamics, 487
Clausius inequality, 231
Clausius-Claperyon equation, 353
Closed cycle gas turbine, 674
Coefficient of performance, 714
Compressibility chart, 392
Compressible flow, 857
— basic equations of, 857
— compressibility correction factor, 871
— Mach number, 865
— propagation of disturbance, 866
— Rankine-Hugoniot equation, 893
— shock waves, 892
— stagnation properties, 869
— through a convergent nozzle, 878
— through a convergent-divergent nozzle, 878

D

Dalton’s law, 411

920

Diesel cycle, 629

Dual combustion cycle, 639

E

Effectiveness, 312

Energy, 46

Energy—a property of system, 103

Energy relations for flow process, 152

Enthalpy, 108

Enthalpy-entropy chart, 75

Enthalpy of formation (∆Hf), 500

Entropy, 252

Erricson cycle, 660

F

Fano Line equation, 776

First Law of thermodynamics, 227

limitations of, 227

G

Gas power cycles, 604

Gas turbines, 7

Gas turbine fuels, 679

H

Heat transfer, 778

by convection, 812

by radiation, 832

— Kirchhoff’s law, 837

— Lambert’s cosine law, 842

— Planck’s law, 837

— Wien’s law, 839

critical thickness of insulation, 808

heat exchangers, 815

heat transmission by conduction, 778

modes of, 778

overall heat transfer coefficient, 790

thermal resistance, 782