📚 Table of Contents

Energy Systems: A New Approach to Engineering Thermodynamics

Preliminaries

📌 Part I: First Steps in Engineering Thermodynamics

Chapter 1: A New Educational Paradigm (p. 3)

  • Introduction (p. 3)
  • General Context (p. 3)
  • Difficulties Encountered in Teaching Applied Thermodynamics (p. 4)
  • Educational Issues (p. 5)
  • Sequencing the Course (p. 10)
  • Comparison with Other Tools with Teaching Potential (p. 14)
  • By Way of Summary (p. 15)
  • Bibliography (p. 16)

Chapter 2: Components, Functions, and Reference Processes (p. 17)

  • Introduction (p. 17)
  • Main Functionalities Associated with Energy Technologies (p. 17)
  • Energies Brought into Play in the Processes (p. 30)

Chapter 3: Modeling of Simple Cycles in Thermodynamic Charts and Thermoptim (p. 49)

  • Introduction (p. 49)
  • Properties and Charts of Pure Substances (p. 49)
  • Thermodynamic Charts (p. 59)
  • Plot of Cycles in the (h, ln(P)) Chart (p. 63)

Complements for Cycle Studies (p. 85)

📌 Part II: Components and Conventional Cycles

Chapter 4: Combustion and Heat Exchangers (p. 87)

  • Introduction (p. 87)
  • Combustion (p. 87)
  • Heat Exchangers (p. 100)
  • Bibliography (p. 119)

Chapter 5: Steam Systems Components (p. 121)

  • Introduction (p. 121)
  • Boiler and Steam Generators (p. 121)
  • Steam Turbines (p. 126)
  • Cooling Towers (p. 130)
  • Extension System for Thermoptim by Adding External Classes (p. 138)
  • Bibliography (p. 144)
  • Further Reading (p. 144)

Chapter 6: Second Law, Entropy, and Exergy (p. 145)

  • Introduction (p. 145)
  • Entropy (p. 145)
  • Exergy (p. 157)
  • Energy and Exergy Balances (p. 161)
  • Bibliography (p. 168)

Chapter 7: Optimization by Thermal Integration (Pinch Method) (p. 169)

  • Introduction (p. 169)
  • Basic Principles (p. 169)
  • Pinch Point (p. 170)
  • Integration of Complex Heat System (p. 171)
  • Design of Exchange Networks (p. 173)
  • Minimizing the Pinch (p. 175)
  • Implementation of the Algorithm (p. 175)
  • Establishment of Actual Composite Curves (p. 178)
  • Plot of the Carnot Factor Difference Curve (CFDC) (p. 179)
  • Matching Exchange Fluids (p. 181)
  • Thermal Machines and Heat Integration (p. 186)
  • Bibliography (p. 187)

📌 Part III: Main Conventional Cycles

Chapter 8: Variants of Steam Power Plants (p. 191)

  • Introduction (p. 191)
  • General Technological Constraints on Steam Cycles (p. 192)
  • Reheat Steam Power Plants (p. 192)
  • Regenerative and Reheat Rankine Cycle (p. 197)
  • Supercritical Cycles (p. 202)
  • Binary Cycles (p. 204)
  • Nuclear Power Plant Cycles (p. 205)
  • ORC Power Plants (p. 212)
  • Bibliography (p. 215)

Chapter 9: Conventional Internal Combustion Engines (p. 217)

  • Introduction (p. 217)
  • Gas Turbine Cycles and Variants (p. 217)
  • Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (p. 230)
  • Bibliography (p. 263)

Chapter 10: Combined Cycle, Cogeneration, or CHP (p. 265)

  • Introduction (p. 265)
  • Combined Cycles (p. 265)
  • Cogeneration or CHP (p. 272)
  • Trigeneration (p. 283)
  • Bibliography (p. 286)

Chapter 11: Compression Refrigeration Cycles (p. 287)

  • Introduction (p. 287)
  • General (p. 287)
  • Improvement of the Simple Refrigeration Cycle (p. 288)
  • Cryogenic Cycles (p. 308)
  • Heat Pumps (p. 315)
  • Bibliography (p. 318)

📌 Part IV: Innovative Cycles Including Low Environmental Impact

Chapter 12: Thermodynamics of Moist Mixtures and Air Conditioning (p. 319)

  • Introduction (p. 319)
  • Moist Mixture Properties (p. 319)
  • Water Vapor/Gas Mixture Processes (p. 326)
  • Air Conditioning (p. 340)
  • Bibliography (p. 347)

Chapter 13: Liquid Absorption Refrigeration Cycles (p. 349)

  • Introduction (p. 349)
  • Real Fluid Mixtures (p. 349)
  • Principle of the Absorption Machine (p. 360)
  • Bibliography (p. 371)

Chapter 14: Advanced Gas Turbine Cycles (p. 375)

  • Introduction (p. 375)
  • Humid Air Gas Turbine (p. 375)
  • Supercritical CO₂ Cycles (p. 379)
  • Advanced Combined Cycles (p. 384)
  • Bibliography (p. 396)

Chapter 15: Stirling, Future Nuclear Reactor, and Oxyfuel Cycles (p. 397)

  • Introduction (p. 397)
  • Stirling Engines (p. 397)
  • Future Nuclear Reactors (p. 411)
  • Oxy-combustion Cycles (p. 424)
  • Bibliography (p. 434)

Chapter 16: New and Renewable Thermal Energy Cycles (p. 437)

  • Introduction (p. 437)
  • Solar Thermodynamic Cycles (p. 437)
  • OTEC Cycles (p. 449)
  • Geothermal Cycles (p. 451)
  • Energy Use of Biomass (p. 458)
  • Bibliography (p. 467)

Chapter 17: Evaporation, Mechanical Vapor Compression, Desalination, and Drying by Hot Gas (p. 469)

  • Introduction (p. 469)
  • Evapoconcentration (p. 469)
  • Desalination (p. 478)
  • Drying by Hot Gas (p. 486)
  • Bibliography (p. 492)

Chapter 18: Electrochemical Converters: Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers (p. 493)

  • Introduction (p. 493)
  • Fuel Cells (p. 493)
  • Electrolyzers (p. 510)
  • Bibliography (p. 513)

Conclusion

Index (p. 517)