Thermodynamic Approaches in Engineering Systems

Stanislaw Sieniutycz

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9780128054628
• eBook ISBN: 9780128093399
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Thermodynamics
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Thermodynamic Approaches in Engineering Systems responds to the need for a synthesizing volume that throws light upon the extensive field of thermodynamics from a chemical engineering perspective that applies basic ideas and key results from the field to chemical engineering problems. This book outlines and interprets the most valuable achievements in applied non-equilibrium thermodynamics obtained within the recent fifty years. It synthesizes nontrivial achievements of thermodynamics in important branches of chemical and biochemical engineering. Readers will gain an update on what has been achieved, what new research problems could be stated, and what kind of further studies should be developed within specialized research. - Presents clearly structured chapters beginning with an introduction, elaboration of the process, and results summarized in a conclusion - Written by a first-class expert in the field of advanced methods in thermodynamics - Provides a synthesis of recent thermodynamic developments in practical systems - Presents very elaborate literature discussions from the past fifty years

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1: Contemporary Thermodynamics for Engineering Systems
• Chapter 2: Variational Approaches to Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics
• Chapter 3: Wave Equations of Heat and Mass Transfer
• Chapter 4: Classical and Anomalous Diffusion
• Chapter 5: Thermodynamic Lapunov Functions and Stability
• Chapter 6: Analyzing Drying Operations in Thermodynamic Diagrams
• Chapter 7: Frictional Fluid Flow Through Inhomogeneous Porous Bed
• Chapter 8: Thermodynamics and Optimization of Practical Processes
• Chapter 9: Thermodynamic Controls in Chemical Reactors
• Chapter 10: Power Limits in Thermochemical Units, Fuel Cells, and Separation Systems
• Chapter 11: Thermodynamic Aspects of Engineering Biosystems
• Chapter 12: Multiphase Flow Systems
• Chapter 13: Radiation and Solar Systems
• Chapter 14: Appendix: A Causal Approach to Hydrodynamics and Heat Transfer
• References
• Glossary
• Subject Index