Thermal Engineering Studies with Excel, Mathcad and Internet

✍ Scribed by Valery Ochkov, Konstantin Orlov, Volodymyr Voloshchuk (auth.), Nikolay Rogalev (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 315
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides the fundamentals of the application of mathematical methods, modern computational tools (Excel, Mathcad, SMath, etc.), and the Internet to solve the typical problems of heat and mass transfer, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, energy conservation and energy efficiency. Chapters cover the technology for creating and using databases on various properties of working fluids, coolants and thermal materials. All calculation methods are provided with links to online computational pages where data can be inserted and recalculated.

It discusses tasks involving the generation of electricity at thermal, nuclear, gas turbine and combined-cycle power plants, as well as processes of co- and trigeneration, conditioning facilities and heat pumps.

This text engages students and researchers by using modern calculation tools and the Internet for thermal engineering applications.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Properties of Working Fluids, Coolants and Structural Materials for Thermal Engineering Calculations....Pages 1-32
Working with Physical Quantities: Problems and Solutions....Pages 33-55
Concentration of Solutions....Pages 57-64
My First Power Engineering Mathcad-Calculation....Pages 65-76
“Cloud” Thermal Engineering Algorithms....Pages 77-92
Symbolic Mathematics and 3D-Graphics in Thermal Engineering....Pages 93-100
Thermal Engineers’ Gift to Water Chemists....Pages 101-116
Maximum Water Density....Pages 117-124
Nuclear Power Plant Steam Turbine Cycle....Pages 125-134
Isobar, Isotherm, Isochor…....Pages 135-138
Construction of Forward and Backward Functions on Properties of Working Fluids on Tabular Data Base....Pages 139-150
Animation of Thermal Processes....Pages 151-160
Calculation of Gas Turbine Engine Cycle....Pages 161-179
Calculation of Combined (Binary) Cycle....Pages 181-190
Otto Cycle or What Is Behind the Simplified Formula....Pages 191-197
Calculation of Pressure Losses in the Tube....Pages 199-218
Cogeneration (CHP), Trigeneration (CCHP) and Quadrogeneration (CCHPI), or How Much of Mathematics Is Contained in Thermal Engineering....Pages 219-246
Differential Equations in Thermal Engineering....Pages 247-261
Refrigeration Cycles....Pages 263-285
Three-Layer Thermal Engineering Cake or a Conclusion....Pages 287-301
Back Matter....Pages 303-307

✦ Subjects

Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer; Mechanical Engineering; Energy Systems