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I

Ideal gas, 33
Internal combustion engines, 4
Internal energy, 101
Irreversibility, 312

J

Joule’s law, 107
Joule’s-Thompson porous
plug experiment, 162

K

Kinetic theory of gases, 14

L

Law of conservation of energy, 101
Law of corresponding states, 392

M

Mollier diagram, 75

N

Nuclear power plant, 3

O

Open cycle gas turbine, 665

P

Path function, 22
Perfect gas, 105
PMM1, 104
PMM2, 230
Point function, 22
Pressure, 33
Process, 21
Properties of systems, 21
Psychrometers, 449
Psychrometrics, 449
Psychrometric charts, 455
Psychrometric processes, 456
— cooling and dehumidification, 461
— cooling and humidification, 462
— heating and dehumidification, 463
— heating and humidification, 463

— mixing of air streams, 458

— sensible cooling, 460

— sensible heating, 459

Psychrometric relations, 450

R

Rankine cycle, 544

modified, 557

Rankine-Hugoniot equations, 893

Real gases, 381

Refrigeration systems, 10, 714

Refrigerants, 764

Refrigeration cycles, 713

Regenerative cycle, 562

Reheat cycle, 576

Reversible and irreversible processes, 46, 228

Reversed Brayton cycle, 722

Reversed Carnot cycle, 716

S

Second law of thermodynamics, 29

— Clausius statement, 229

— Kelvin-Planck statement, 229

Shock waves, 892

Simple vapour compression system, 730

— actual vapour compression cycle, 737

— p-h chart, 734

— simple vapour compression cycle, 730

— volumetric efficiency, 739

Specific heats, 106

Specific volume, 45

State, 21

Steam formation, 68

dryness fraction, 89

— determination of, 89

important terms relating to, 70

Standard rating of a refrigeration machine, 715

Steam power plant, 1

Stoichiometric Air-Fuel (A/F) ratio, 493

T

Temperature, 23

Temperature-entropy diagram, 257

Thermodynamics, 18

definition of, 18

Thermodynamic equilibrium, 20

Thermodynamic relations, 341