Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and basic concepts -- Energy, energy transfer, and general energy analysis -- Properties of pure substances -- Energy analysis of closed systems -- Mass and energy analysis of control volumes -- The second law of thermodynamics -- Entropy -- Exergy: a measure of work potential -- Gas powers cycles -- Vapor and combined power cycles -- Refrigeration cycles -- Thermodynamic property relations -- Gas mixtures -- Gas-vapor mixtures and air-conditioning -- Chemical reactions -- Chemical and phase equilibrium -- Compressible flow -- Appendix: Property tables and charts.

Accompanying DVD-ROM contains the Limited Academic Version of EES (Engineering Equation Solver) software with scripted solutions to selected text problems.

System requirements for accompanying computer disc: Windows compatible DVD. Minimum system requirements: Pentium processor with Windows 98 or newer. For software specific requirements and directions, refer to the readme.txt file located on the DVD.