Stressing the fundamentals of thermodynamics and heat power, the seventh edition covers the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics, the ideal gas, vapor and gas power cycles, refrigeration, and heat transfer.

Features include:

• Computerized steam tables in DOS format for IBM-type computers
• A table of contents for the supplemental tables in the appendix
• Clarification of the usage of pound mass units and the correction factor g_c
• A simplified discussion of the Rankine cycle with regeneration
• Heat pump operation and switching between heating and cooling modes
• Additional heat transfer problems with a section on combined modes of heat transfer