A Textbook Of Engineering Thermodynamics

This book on "Engineering Thermodynamics" has been written for students preparing for B.E./B.Tech. and competitive examinations. It consists of sixteen chapters in all, covering the various topics systematically and exhaustively.
Salient Features :

• The presentation of the subject matter is very systematic and the language of text is in a lucid, direct and easy to understand.
• Each chapter of the book is saturated with much needed text supported by neat and self-explanatory diagrams to make the subject matter self-speaking to a great extent.
• A large number of solved examples, properly graded, have been added in various chapters to enable the students to attempt different types of questions in the examination without any difficulty.
• At the end of each chapter Highlights, Objective Type Questions, Theoretical Questions and Unsolved Examples have been added to make the book a complete unit in all respects.
  Table Of Contents :
  1.    Introduction - Outline of Some Descriptive Systems
  2.    Basic Concepts of Thermodynamics
  3.    Properties of Pure Substances
  4.    First Law of Thermodynamics
  5.    Second Law of Thermodynamics and Entropy
  6.    Availability and Irreversibility
  7.    Thermodynamic Relations
  8.    Ideal and Real Gases
  9.    Gases and Vapour Mixtures
  10.  Psychrometrics
  11.  Chemical Thermodynamics
  12.  Vapour Power Cycles
  13.  Gas Power Cycles
  14.  Refrigeration Cycles
  15.  Heat Transfer
  16.  Compressible Flow
  
  
• Competitive Examinations Questions with Answers Index


• Steam Tables and Mollier Diagram

About Author :
Er. R. K. Rajput, born on 15th September, 1944 (coincident with Engineer's Day) is a multi-disciplinary engineer. He obtained his Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering (with Hons. - Gold Medal) from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala. He is also a Graduate Engineer in Electrical Engineering. Apart from this he holds memberships of various professional bodies like Member Institution of Engineers (MIE); Member Indian Society of Technical Education (MISTE) and Member Solar Energy Society of India (MSESI). He is also a Chartered Engineer (India). He has served for several years as Principal of "Punjab College of Information Technology", Patiala and "Thapar Polytechnic, Patiala".

He has more than 35 years of experience in teaching different subjects of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering disciplines. He has published/presented a large number of technical papers. He is author of several books on the important subjects of Mechanical as well as Electrical Engineering disciplines.

He has earned, by dint of hard work and devotion to duty, the following awards/honours:
* Best Teacher (Academic) Award * Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Gold Medal for an outstanding research paper (Institute of Engineers) * Distinguished Author Award * Man of Achievement Award.EEE-0556