ENERGY CONVERSION - THE EBOOK

by Kenneth C. Weston

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  • Dedication and Prefaces

    1. Fundamentals of Energy Conversion
    2. Fundamentals of Steam Power
    3. Fuels and Combustion
    4. Aspects of Steam Power Plant Design
    5. Gas Turbines and Jet Engines
    6. Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines
    7. The Wankel Rotary Engine
    8. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
    9. Advanced Systems: combined cycles, IGCC, cogeneration, turbofan engines, energy storage, and steam injected gas turbines
    10. Nuclear Power Plants
    11. Energy System Alternatives
      Part 1. Electromagnetic Principles, Batteries and Fuel Cells
      Part 2. MHD, Solar Energy, a Hydrogen Economy, Concluding Remarks
  • Appendices
  • Example Spreadsheets

    • ENERGY CONVERSION©1992 is a mechanical engineering textbook by Kenneth C. Weston, published in 1992 and now out of print. This site provides an electronic version of the text as originally published, with some updates and minor revisions. Chapters may be read using the Adobe Acrobat Reader®, which may be downloaded without charge.

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