Overview
- Considers the interaction between working fluids, the thermodynamic behaviour of the cycle using them and the technological design aspects of the machines
- Provides an organized study about the specific subject and a unique whole discussion of the variety of aspects closely connected with the design of this type of engines
- Approaches discussions strictly founded on the basic thermodynamic facts that control the closed cycles operation and design
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Energy (LNEN, volume 11)
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About this book
With the growing attention to the exploitation of renewable energies and heat recovery from industrial processes, the traditional steam and gas cycles are showing themselves often inadequate. The inadequacy is due to the great assortment of the required sizes power and of the large kind of heat sources. Closed Power Cycles: Thermodynamic Fundamentals and Applications offers an organized discussion about the strong interaction between working fluids, the thermodynamic behavior of the cycle using them and the technological design aspects of the machines.
A precise treatment of thermal engines operating in accordance with closed cycles is provided to develop ideas and discussions strictly founded on the basic thermodynamic facts that control the closed cycles operation and design. Closed Power Cycles: Thermodynamic Fundamentals and Applications also contains  numerous examples which have been carried out with the help of the Aspen Plus®R program.
Including chapters on binary cycles, the organic Rankine cycle and real closed gas cycles, Closed Power Cycles: Thermodynamic Fundamentals and Applications acts a solid introduction and reference for post-graduate students and researchers working in applied thermodynamics and energy conversion with thermodynamic engines.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Costante Mario Invernizzi is associate lecturer in Machines and Systems for Energy and the Environment at Department of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering of the University of Brescia (Italy).
He is author of several papers published mostly on international journals. The scientific activity up to now is mainly directed to the thermodynamic and technological aspects of non conventional power cycles, heat pumps and refrigerating cycles using organic working fluids, working fluids with strong real-gas effects and liquid metals.
In 1981 he graduated in Nuclear Engineering at the Politecnico of Milan, in 1987 he obtained a PhD in Energetics and from 1986 he works in academia and in the recent past he has worked together with some important companies in the energy sector in various research and scientific advices.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Closed Power Cycles
Book Subtitle: Thermodynamic Fundamentals and Applications
Authors: Costante Mario Invernizzi
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Energy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5140-1
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-5139-5Published: 17 June 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-6057-1Published: 16 July 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-5140-1Published: 03 June 2013
Series ISSN: 2195-1284
Series E-ISSN: 2195-1292
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 264
Number of Illustrations: 146 b/w illustrations
Topics: Energy Systems, Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Energy Systems, Engineering Fluid Dynamics