Applied Thermodynamics deals with engineering systems and devices which are designed using the laws and principles of basic engineering thermodynamics and deliver power output, pressure rise, kinetic energy rise, thrust, cooling and heating effects depending upon the use of systems and devices under operation. Starting with review of basic engineering thermodynamics, the book goes on to discuss steam generators including draft needed and performance, steam engines, internal combustion engines and their testing and performance, positive displacement and dynamic compressors, nozzles and diffusers, steam turbines, condensers and cooling towers, gas turbines and their components, jet propulsion, lubrication, nuclear engineering; and combined, co-generation, and mixed cycle power plants. The book is suitable as Text for B.E/ B. Tech of Mechanical, Production, and Aeronautical Engineering students appearing in university, UPSC and GATE examinations.

This book focuses on gasoline compression ignition (GCI) which offers the prospect of engines with high efficiency and low exhaust emissions at a lower cost. A GCI engine is a compression ignition (CI) engine which is run on gasoline-like fuels (even on low-octane gasoline), making it significantly easier to control particulates and NOx but with high efficiency. The state of the art development to make GCI combustion feasible on practical vehicles is highlighted, e.g., on overcoming problems on cold start, high-pressure rise rates at high loads, transients, and HC and CO emissions. This book will be a useful guide to those in academia and industry.

Primarily intended as a text for undergraduate students of mechanical engineering, this book presents a clear and concise exposition on the principles and applications of thermal engineering. Divided into 10 chapters, the book provides a comprehensive coverage on the fundamentals of thermodynamics and heat transfer; laboratory testing procedures for internal combustion engines (IC engines), working of gas turbines, refrigerators, and air-conditioning systems. Each topic is treated in detail giving necessary empirical formulas to solve the practical engineering problems. The derivations such as efficiencies of energy conversion, testing of IC engines and air compressors, estimating combustion parameters, and enthalpy and entropy calculations are provided to add an analytical approach to the subject. Key Features: Saturated with self-explanatory diagrams Provides unsolved problems to check students' comprehension of the subject Incorporated with Appendices comprising Steam Tables, Gas Tables and Standard pressure charts.