本书充分地给学生展现了工程热力学从宏观到微观、从日常生活到工业生产等方方面面的、广泛的、丰富多彩的应用背景，从而说明了工程热力学这门学科与我们日常物质生活和工业生产的密切关系，激发学生学习的兴趣和动力；通过对物理概念的深入解释和对基本原理的透彻分析，强调并引导学生学会抓住热力学问题的物理本质，学会正确分析和理解问题，使之受益终身；通过对大量的来自于工程实际例题的练习，帮助学生学会应用所学知识分析和解决实际问题，增强能力，让学生享受工程热力学学习的乐趣，激发学生的创新性和对客观事物的深刻理解。

本书根据Yunus A.Gengel和Michael A.Boles两位教授编著的热力学经典权威教材Thermodynumics，An Engineering Approack，Sixth Edition缩减而成。该缩编版保留了原著的特色，注意引导学生正确分析和理解问题，注重培养学生解决工程实际问题的能力。本书第1章及第2章介绍工程热力学中涉及的一些基本概念及能量传递和转化过程遵循的热力学第一定律；第3章介绍纯物质的性质；第4章和第5章分别介绍闭口系和开口系能量方程；第6章和第7章介绍热力学第二定律及熵；第8章至第10章介绍典型的气体动力循环、蒸汽动力循环及制冷循环；第11章介绍热力学一般关系式；第12章介绍理想和真实气体混合物的热力性质计算；第13章介绍湿空气；第14章介绍气体和蒸汽的可压缩流动。

本书可作为高等学校能源动力、核热工、化工、机械、航天与航空、交通运输、环境、武器、土建等类专业的工程热力学双语教学教材，也可供有关工程技术人员参考。

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION AND BASIC CONCEPTS.

 1-1 Thermodynamics and Energy

 1-2 Systems and Control Volumes

 1-3 Properties of a System

 1-4 Density and Specific Gravity

 1-5 State and Equilibrium

 1-6 Processes and Cycles

 1-7 Temperature and the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics

 1-8 Pressure

 1-9 The Manometer

 1-10 Problem-Solving Technique

Chapter 2 ENERGY,ENERGY TRANSFER,AND GENERAL ENERGY ANALYSIS

 2-1 Introduction

 2-2 Forms of Energy

 2-3 Energy Transfer by Heat

 2-4 Energy Transfer by Work

 2-5 Mechanical Forms of Work

 2-6 The First Law of Thermodynamics

 2-7 Energy Conversion Efficiencies

 2-8 Energy and Environment

Chapter 3 PROPERTIES OF PURE SUBSTANCES

 3-1 Pure Substance

 3-2 Phases of a Pure Substance

 3-3 Phase-Change Processes of Pure Substances

 3-4 Property Diagrams for Phase-Change Processes

 3-5 Property Tables

 3-6 The Ideal-Gas Equation'of State

 3-7 Compressibility Factor——A Measure of Deviation from Ideal-Gas Behavior

 3-8 Other Equations of State

Chapter 4 ENERGY ANALYSIS OF CLOSED SYSTEMS

 4-1 Moving Boundary Work

 4-2 Energy Balance for Closed Systems

 4-3 Specific Heats

 4-4 Internal Energy,Enthalpy,and Specific Heats of Ideal Gases

 4-5 Internal Energy, Enthalpy, and Sp'ecific Heats of Solids and Liquids

Chapter 5 MASS AND ENERGY ANALYSIS'OF'CONTROL VOLUMES

 5-1 Conservation of Mass

 5-2 Flow Work and the Energy of a Flowing. Fluid

 5-3 Energy, Analysis of Steady-Flow Systems

 5-4 Some Steady-Flow Engineering Devices

 5-5 Energy Analysis of Unsteady-Flow Processes

Chapter 6 THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

 6-1 Introduction to the Second Law

 6-2 Thermal Energy Reservoirs

 6-3 Heat Engines

 6-4 Refrigerators and Heat Pumps

 6-5 Perpetual-Motion Machines

 6-6 Reversible and Irreversible Processes

 6-7 The Carnot Cycle

 6-8 The Carnot Principles

 6-9 The Thermodynamic Temperature Scale

 6-10 The Carnot Heat Engine

 6-11 The Carnot Refrigerator and Heat Pump

Chapter 7 ENTROPY

 7-1 Entropy

 7-2 The Increase of Entropy Principle

 7-3 Entropy Change of Pure Substances

 7-4 Isentropic Processes

 7-5 Property Diagrams Involving Entropy

 7-6 What Is Entropy?

 7-7 The T ds Relations

 7-8 Entropy Change of Liquids and Solids

 7-9 The Entropy Change of Ideal Gases

 7-10 Reversible Steady-Flow Work

 7-11 Minimizing the Compressor Work

 7-12 Isentropic Efficiencies of Steady-Flow Devices

Chapter 8 GAS POWER CYCLES

 8-1 Basic Considerations in the Analysis of Power Cycles

 8-2 The Camot Cycle and Its Value in Engineering

 8-3 Air-Standard Assumptions

 8-4 An Overview of Reciprocating Engines

 8-5 Otto Cycle:The Ideal Cycle for Spark-Ignition Engines

 8-6 Diesel Cycle:The Ideal Cycle for Compression-Ignition Engines

 8-7 Stirling and Ericsson Cycles

 8-8 Brayton Cycle:The Ideal Cycle for Gas-Turbine Engines

 8-9 The Brayton Cycle with Regeneration

 8-10 The Brayton Cycle with Intercooling, Reheating, and Regeneratior

 8-11 Ideal Jet-Propulsion Cycles

 8-12 Second-Law Analysis of Gas Power Cycles

Chapter 9 VAPOR POWER CYCLES

 9-1 The Carnot Vapor Cycle

 9-2 Rankine Cycle:The Ideal Cycle for Vapor Power Cycles

 9-3 Deviation of Actual Vapor Power Cycles from Idealized Ones

 9-4 How Can We Increase the Efficiency of the Rankine Cycle7

 9-5 The Ideal Reheat Rankine Cycle

 9-6 The Ideal Regenerative Rankine Cycle

Chapter 10 REFRIGERATION CYCLES

 10-1 Refrigerators and Heat Pumps

 10-2 The Reversed Camot Cycle

 10-3 The Ideal Vapor-Compression Refrigeration Cycle

 10-4 Actual Vapor-Compression Refrigeration Cycle

 10-5 Selecting the Right Refrigerant

 10-6 Heat Pump Systems

 10-7 Gas Refrigeration Cycles

 10-8 Absorption Refrigeration Systems

Chapter 11 THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY RELATIONS

 11-1 A Little Math——Partial Derivatives and Associated Relations

 11-2 The Maxwell Relations

 11-3 The Clapeyron Equation

 11-4 General Relations for du, dh, ds, co, and Cp

 11-5 The Joule-Thomson Coefficient

Chapter 12 GAS MIXTURES

 12-1 Composition of a Gas Mixture: Mass and Mole Fractions

 12-2 P-v-T Behavior of Gas Mixtures:Ideal and Real Gases

 12-3 Properties of Gas Mixtures:Ideal and Real Gases

Chapter 13 GAS——VAPOR MIXTURES AND AIR-CONDITIONING

 13-1 Dry and Atmospheric Air

 13-2 Specific and Relative Humidity of Air

 13-3 Dew-Point Temperature

 13-4 Adiabatic Saturation and Wet-Bulb Temperatures

 13-5 The Psychrometric Chart

 13-6 Human Comfort and Air-Conditioning

 13-7 Air-Conditioning Processes

Chapter 14 COMPRESSIBLE FLOW

 14-1 Stagnation Properties

 14-2 Speed of Sound and Mach Number

 14-3 One-Dimensional Isentropic Flow

 14-4 Isentropic Flow through Nozzles

 14-5 Steam Nozzles

Appendix 1 PROPERTY TABLES AND CHARTS (SI UNITS)

Appendix 2 PROPERTY TABLES AND CHARTS(ENGLISH UNITS)