mechanical engineering thermodynamics pdf

His research interests include fuel efficiency and emissions improvement of diesel engines, simulation of fuel spray and combustion with the effect of turbulence and multiple injections, and CRDI and HCCI engines. He earned a BTech in mechanical engineering and an MTech in thermal engineering at JNTU College of Engineering, Hyderabad, and a PhD in mechanical engineering (IC engines) at JNTU Kakinada. Kavati Venkateswarlu is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India. Property tables, charts, and multiple-choice questions comprise appendices of the book and are available at. Explores the design of energy-efficient buildings to reduce energy consumption.Comprehensively discusses power cycles and refrigeration cycles and their advancements.Provides design and experimental problems for better understanding.It is accompanied by teaching resources, including a solutions manual for instructors. This textbook is primarily written for senior undergraduate students in the fields of mechanical, automobile, chemical, civil, and aerospace engineering for courses on engineering thermodynamics/thermodynamics and for graduate students in thermal engineering and energy engineering for courses on advanced thermodynamics.

Pedagogical features include solved problems and unsolved exercises interspersed throughout the text for better understanding.

It provides a detailed discussion of advanced concepts that include energy efficiency, energy sustainability, energy security, organic Rankine cycle, combined cycle power plants, combined cycle power plant integrated with organic Rankine cycle and absorption refrigeration system, integrated coal gasification combined cycle power plants, energy conservation in domestic refrigerators, and next-generation low-global warming potential refrigerants.

This textbook comprehensively covers the fundamentals and advanced concepts of thermodynamics in a single volume.

Mechanical engineering thermodynamics pdf