Mechanical Engineers' Handbook
Volume 4: Energy and Power
4. Edition March 2015
1200 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
The original concept behind publishing the Mechanical Engineers' Handbook was to provide a single source for all critical information needed by mechanical engineers in the diverse industries and job functions they find themselves. No single engineer can be a specialist in all areas that they are called on to work and the handbook provides a quick guide to specialized areas so that the engineer can know the basics and where to go for further reading. Kutz's handbook was positioned to provide discussion, examples, and analysis of the topics covered as opposed to the straight data, formulas and calculations provided by other handbooks.
Because of the widening breadth of subjects covered and specialization required from engineers we have divided the content beyond the single book to four separate, but related books. This first book covers Materials and Mechanical Design. Other books cover; Electronics/MEMS/Instrumentation & Control; Manufacturing & Management; and Energy & Power. Each book is sold separately or in combination with other volumes as the market requires.
Vision for the Fourth Edition xi
Contributors xiii
PART 1 ENERGY 1
1. Thermophysical Properties of Fluids 3
Peter E. Liley
2. Mechanics of Incompressible Fluids 41
Egemen Ol Ogretim and Wade W. Huebsch
3. Thermodynamics Fundamentals 135
Adrian Bejan
4. Exergy Analysis, Entropy Generation Minimization, and the Constructal Law 157
Adrian Bejan
5. Heat Transfer Fundamentals 183
G. P. Peterson
6. Temperature Measurement 247
Peter R. N. Childs
7. Heat Flux Measurement 285
T. E. Diller
8. Furnaces 313
Carroll Cone
9. Heat Exchangers, Vaporizers, and Condensers 375
Joseph W. Palen
10. Heat Pipes 415
Hongbin Ma
11. Air Heating 443
Richard J. Reed
12. Cooling Electric Equipment 451
Allan Kraus, Avram Bar-Cohen, and Abhay A. Wative
13. Refrigeration 499
Dennis L. O'Neal
14. Cryogenic Engineering 543
J. G. Weisend II
15. Indoor Environmental Control 577
Jelena Srebric
16. Thermal Systems Optimization 599
Vikrant C. Aute
PART 2 POWER 633
17. Combustion 635
Eric G. Eddings
18. Gaseous Fuels 673
Richard J. Reed
19. Liquid Fossil Fuels from Petroleum 683
Richard J. Reed
20. Coals, Lignite, and Peat 703
James G. Keppeler
21. Clean Power Generation from Coal 719
James W. Butler and Prabir Basu
22. Biofuels for Transportation 767
Aaron Smith, Cesar Granda, and Mark Holtzapple
23. Solar Energy Measurements 805
Tariq Muneer and Yieng Wei Tham
24. Geothermal Resources and Technology: Introduction 839
Peter D. Blair
25. Pumps, Fans, Blowers, and Compressors 857
Keith Marchildon and David Mody
26. Gas Turbines 901
Harold E. Miller and Todd S. Nemec
27. Wind Power Generation 955
Todd S. Nemec
28. Cogeneration 963
Jerald A. Caton
29. Hydrogen Energy 991
E. K. Stefanakos, D. Y. Goswami, and S. S. Srinivasan
30. Steam Turbines 1029
William W. Peng
31. Fuel Cells 1055
Matthew M. Mench and Feng-Yuan Zhang
32. Fluid Power Systems 1089
Andrew Alleyne
Index 1123
