Yunus A. engel is Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Istanbul Technical University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University. His areas of interest are renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy policies, heat transfer enhancement, and engineering education. He served as the director of the Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) at the University of Nevada, Reno, from 1996 to 2000. He has led teams of engineering students to numerous manufacturing facilities in Northern Nevada and California to perform industrial assessments, and has prepared energy conservation, waste minimization, and productivity enhancement reports for them. He has also served as an advisor for various government organizations and corporations.
Dr. engel is the recipient of several outstanding teacher awards, and he has received the ASEE Meriam/Wiley Distinguished Author Award for excellence in authorship in 1992 and again in 2000. Dr. engel is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Nevada, and is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).
New Page 1 Michael A. Boles is Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at North Carolina State University (NCSU), where he earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and is an Alumni Distinguished Professor. Dr. Boles has received numerous awards and citations for excellence as an engineering educator. He is a past recipient of the SAE Ralph R. Teetor Education Award and has been twice elected to the NCSU Academy of Outstanding Teachers. The NCSU ASME student section has consistently recognized him as the outstanding teacher of the year and the faculty member having the most impact on mechanical engineering students. Dr. Boles specializes in heat transfer and has been involved in the analytical and numerical solution of phase change and drying of porous media. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Society for Engineering Education, and Sigma Xi. Dr. Boles received the ASEE Meriam/Wiley Distinguished Author Award in 1992 for excellence in authorship.
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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION AND BASIC CONCEPTS
Chapter 2 ENERGY, ENERGY TRANSFER, AND GENERAL ENERGY ANALYSIS
Chapter 3PROPERTIES OF PURE SUBSTANCES
Chapter 4ENERGY ANALYSIS OF CLOSED SYSTEMS
Chapter 5MASS AND ENERGY ANALYSIS OF CONTROL VOLUMES
Chapter 6THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
Chapter 7ENTROPY
Chapter 8EXERGY
Chapter 9GAS POWER CYCLES
Chapter 10VAPOR AND COMBINED POWER CYCLES
Chapter 11REFRIGERATION CYCLES
Chapter 12THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY RELATIONS
Chapter 13GAS MIXTURES
Chapter 14GASVAPOR MIXTURES AND AIR-CONDITIONING
Chapter 15CHEMICAL REACTIONS
Chapter 16CHEMICAL AND PHASE EQUILIBRIUM
Chapter 17COMPRESSIBLE FLOW
Chapter 18 RENEWABLE ENERGY(Web Chapter)
AppendixPROPERTY TABLES AND CHARTS
Index