Analysis of Engineering Cycles

Preface to the Third EditionPreface to the Second Edition (SI Units)Preface to the First EditionEditorial IntroductionPart I. Simple Power and Refrigerating Plants 1. Power Plant Performance Parameters 1.1 Operation of the Simple Steam Plant 1.2 Internal-Combustion and External-Combustion Gas-Turbine Plant 1.3 Operation of the Simple Gas-Turbine Plant 1.4 Performance Parameters for Cyclic Steam and Gas-Turbine Plant 1.5 Performance Criteria 2. Simple Steam Plant 2.1 Performance Parameters 2.2 Performance Criterion for the Efficiency of the Simple Steam Cycle-Rankine Cycle Efficiency 2.3 The Ideal Rankine Cycle 2.4 Expressions for the Rankine Cycle Efficiency 2.5 Comparison of Actual and Ideal Performance - The Efficiency Ratio 2.6 Imperfections in the Actual Steam Plant - The Effect of Irreversibilities 2.7 Lost Work due to Irreversibility 2.8 Alternative Expressions for Rankine Cycle Efficiency and Efficiency Ratio in Terms of Available Energy 2.9 Variation in Cycle Efficiency with Change in the Design Steam Conditions 3. Simple Closed-Circuit Gas-Turbine Plant 3.1 Performance Parameters 3.2 Performance Criterion for the Efficiency of the Simple Gas-Turbine Cycle-Joule Cycle Efficiency 3.3 The ideal Joule Cycle 3.4 Expression for the Joule Cycle Efficiency 33 3.5 Variation of nJOULE with Pressure Ratio 3.6 Imperfections in the Actual Plant - the Effect of Irreversibilities 3.7 Variation of Wnet with Op in the Irreversible Cycle 3.8 Variation of nCY with Op in the Irreversible Cycle 3.9 Comparison of Gas and Steam Constant-Pressure Cycles 4. Internal - Combustion Power Plant 4.1 Introduction 4.2 A Rational Performance Criterion for IC Plant-WREV 4.3 A Rational Performance Parameter for IC Plant-The Rational (Exergetic) Efficiency 4.4 An Arbitrary Performance Parameter for IC Plant - The Overall Efficiency 4.5 Comparison of the Rational and Overall Efficiencies 4.6 A Practical Performance Parameter - The Specific Fuel Consumption 4.7 The Performance of Turbine and Reciprocating IC Plant 4.8 An Arbitrary Performance Criterion for IC Plant - The Thermal Efficiency of a Corresponding Ideal Air-Standard Cycle 4.9 Air-Standard Cycle for Gas-Turbine Plant-The Joule Cycle 4.10 Air-Standard Cycles for Reciprocating IC Engines 4.11 The Ideal Air-Standard Otto Cycle 4.12 The Ideal Air-Standard Diesel Cycle 4.13 Comparison of nOTTO and nDIESEL 4.14 Comparison of the Performance of Petrol and Diesel Engines 4.15 The Ideal Air-Standard Dual Cycle 4.16 Other Performance Parameters for IC Engines 5. Simple Refrigerating Plant 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Refrigerators and Heat Pumps 5.3 Performance Parameters-Coefficient of Performance, and Work Input per Tonne of Refrigeration 5.4 The Ideal Reversed Car not Cycle 5.5 The Ideal Vapor-Compression Cycle 5.6 CP of Ideal Vapor-Compression Cycle in Terms of Enthalpies 5.7 CP of the Ideal Vapor-Compression Refrigerator Cycle in Terms of Mean Temperatures 5.8 Practical Vapor-Compression Cycles 5.9 The Quasi-Ideal Vapor-Compression Cycle 5.10 CP of Quasi-Ideal Vapor-Compression Cycle 5.11 The Effect of Throttle Expansion on Refrigerating Effect and Plant Performance 5.12 The Effects of Refrigerant Properties on Plant Performance 5.13 Desirable Refrigerant PropertiesPart II. Advanced Power and Refrigerating Plants 6. Advanced Gas - Turbine Plant 6.1 Limitations of the Simple Gas-Turbine Cycle - The Importance of the Mean Temperatures of Heat Reception and Rejection 6.