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Index<br />

Page numbers followed by f indicates a figure, t indicates a table and n indicates a footnote.<br />

A<br />

Absolute entropy scale, 206, 622<br />

Absolute molar specific entropy, 622–623<br />

Absolute pressure, 15, 40, 42<br />

Absolute temperature scale, 8, 40, 212–216<br />

Absolute zero, 40, 622, 754<br />

Absorption refrigeration, 560–562<br />

Absorptivity coefficients, 561, 583<br />

Acetylene, 597f<br />

Active transport, 695<br />

Adenosine diphosphate (ADP), 699<br />

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), 699<br />

Adiabatic device<br />

cylinder steam engine, 457<br />

heat exchanger, 184–186<br />

Adiabatic flame temperature, 613–618<br />

Adiabatic process, 127<br />

entropy of, 298<br />

evaporative humidification, 420<br />

filling, 300<br />

Adiabatic saturation temperature, 420–422<br />

Adiabatic saturator, 420–421<br />

Adiabatic system, 133, 184<br />

Adiabatic throttling devices, 180, 284<br />

Aeolipile, 474<br />

Aergonic device<br />

heat exchanger, 290<br />

nozzles and diffusers, 175<br />

throttling device as, 180<br />

Aergonic flow<br />

adiabatic, 305<br />

isothermal, constant specific heat liquids,<br />

305<br />

isothermal, ideal gases, 305<br />

Aergonic process, 108<br />

Aging, 716–721<br />

Air conditioner, 217, 536<br />

characteristics of, 536f<br />

Air conditioning, 424–425, 567, 575<br />

Air standard cycle (ASC), 487<br />

closed-loop, 486, 487f<br />

refrigeration, 568<br />

Alchemy, 592<br />

Algae, efficiency of, 701<br />

Aliphatic hydrocarbons, 597<br />

Alkanes, 597<br />

Alkenes, 597<br />

Alkynes, 597<br />

Allotropic forms, 65<br />

Alternating electrical current, 117<br />

Amagat, Emile, 413<br />

Amagat compressibility factor, 433<br />

partial volume ðV Ai Þ, 433<br />

Amagat’s law, 413<br />

mixture of real gases, 430–438<br />

Amagat specific volume, 433<br />

Ampere, Andre Marie, 593<br />

Ampere (A), defined, 639<br />

Angular displacement vector, 112<br />

Angular momentum, 101t, 748<br />

Area, 695t, 787–788t<br />

Aromatic hydrocarbons, 597<br />

Arrow of time, 206<br />

ASHRAE numbers, 549<br />

ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, 159, 481<br />

Atkinson cycle, 508–509<br />

Atmospheric engines, 451<br />

gas, 454<br />

Atoms, 43, 206, 548, 597, 694<br />

ATP-ADP cycle, 539f, 699<br />

Availability, 65, 319–320<br />

balance, 320<br />

closed system, 327–331<br />

open system, 334–335<br />

chemical, 641–642<br />

flow, 331–333<br />

specific, 324<br />

Availability function (A), 324<br />

Average molecular velocity, 729<br />

Average specific enthalpy, 194<br />

Avogadro, Amado, 593, 730<br />

Avogadro’s law, 593–594<br />

Avogadro’s number, (N o ), 37, 593, 696<br />

Avoirdupois, 12<br />

Azimuthal quantum number, 748<br />

B<br />

Balance concept, 33, 44–46<br />

Balmer, R.T., 304n<br />

Basal metabolic rate (BMR), 702, 704<br />

of the organs, adult human body, 703t<br />

Beattie-Bridgeman equation, 384<br />

Beattie-Bridgeman gas, 83<br />

Becher, Johann Jochim, 148<br />

Bending stresses, leg bone, 711<br />

Bends, 416<br />

Benz, Karl Friedrich, 503<br />

Bernoulli, Daniel, 305<br />

Bernoulli equation, 305<br />

Berthelot, Pierre, 374<br />

Berthelot equation, 83, 374–375<br />

Binary cycle system, 483<br />

Biological size and BMR, 702, 704<br />

Biological systems, 693, 699–702<br />

Birds, respiratory systems, 712<br />

Black object, defined, 129<br />

Blade erosion, 480<br />

Body forces, 674<br />

Bohr, Niels, 728, 748<br />

Bohr model, 748<br />

Boltzmann, Ludwig, 728<br />

Boltzmann’s constant, 705, 750<br />

Bomb calorimeter, 607, 608f, 706<br />

Bose-Einstein model, 749<br />

Boulton, Matthew, 453<br />

Boyle, Robert, 41, 397<br />

Boyle-Charles ideal gas equation, 397–398<br />

Boyle’s law, 387<br />

Brake power, Otto cycle, 505<br />

Brayton, George, 495<br />

Brayton cycle, 495–499<br />

reversed, 569–572<br />

Brinkman, H. C., 278<br />

Brinkman number, 278<br />

C<br />

Calories, 708, 710<br />

Calorimetry<br />

bomb, 607, 608f, 706, 706f<br />

indirect, 703<br />

steady state, steady flow, aergonic, 607<br />

Capacitor, electrical work mode value, 120<br />

Carbohydrates, 705<br />

Carnot, Nicolas Leonard Sadi, 208<br />

Carnot cycle, 227, 537–539, 561<br />

air standard cycle, 487, 487f<br />

power cycle, 456–457<br />

and Rankine cycle compared, 457, 458f,<br />

466, 467f<br />

Carnot heat engine, 254<br />

heat pump as a, 217<br />

Carnot isentropic efficiency, 517<br />

Carnot thermal efficiency, 456, 537<br />

Cascade vapor-compression, 554<br />

Case studies, 296, 302<br />

an accident, 24<br />

drinking bird, 520–521, 520f, 521f<br />

entropy production in open systems, 302<br />

GE-IA, 523<br />

GE90, 522<br />

793

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