A Treatise of Heat and Energy

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: Temperature and Some Comment on Work

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   Pages 1-23

3. Calorimetry and the Caloric Theory of Heat, the Measurement of Heat

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   Pages 25-36

4. The First Law: The Production of Heat and the Principle of Conservation of Energy

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   Pages 37-59

5. Carnot’s Theory of Heat, and Kelvin’s Adoption of Which in Terms of Energy

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   Pages 61-90

6. Entropy and the Entropy Principle

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   Pages 91-133

7. Reversible Processes Versus Quasi-static Processes, and the Condition of Internal Reversibility

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   Pages 135-156

8. Free Energy, Exergy, and Energy: The Exergetic Content of Energy

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   Pages 157-187

9. The Second Law: The Entropy Growth Potential Principle and the Three-Place Relation in Heat Phenomena

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   Pages 189-233

10. Applications to Special States of Thermodynamic Equilibrium: Gibbsian Thermodynamics for Physical and Chemical Applications

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    Pages 235-274

11. A Theory of Heat as Prelude to Engineering Thermodynamics

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    Pages 275-291

12. Back Matter

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This textbook explains the meaning of heat and work and the definition of energy and energy systems. It describes the constructive role of entropy growth and makes the case that energy matters, but entropy growth matters more. Readers will learn that heat can be transferred, produced, and extracted, and that the understanding of generalized heat extraction will revolutionize the design of future buildings as thermal systems for managing low grade heat and greatly contribute to enhanced efficiency of tomorrow’s energy systems and energy ecosystems. 
Professor Wang presents a coherent theory-structure of thermodynamics and clarifies the meaning of heat and the definition of energy in a manner that is both scientifically rigorous and engaging, and explains contemporary understanding of engineering thermodynamics in continuum of its historical evolution. The textbook reinforces students’ grasp of concepts with end-of-chapter problems and provides a historical background of pioneering work by Black, Laplace, Carnot, Joule, Thomson, Clausius, Maxwell, Planck, Gibbs, Poincare and Prigogine.

Developed primarily as a core text for graduate students in engineering programs, and as reference for professional engineers, this book maximizes readers’ understanding and shines a light on new horizons for our energy future.

• Thermodynamics undergraduate textbook
• Work and power
• first law of thermodynamics
• second law of thermodynamics
• Energy efficiency
• Entropy
• Mechanical equivalent of heat
• Mechanical theory of heat
• Heat extraction
• Thermally activated building systems (TABS)
• Homeostasis in buildings
• Mechanical homeostasis
• Building thermal mass requirement

• Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, USA

  Lin-Shu Wang

Professor Lin-Shu Wang is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. A lifelong student of thermodynamics and philosophy of science, Dr. Wang has taught courses in engineering thermodynamics for decades and is the inventor of the "Turbo-Cool turbocharging system", "hybrid solar panels", and "reverse-cycle ductless heat pumps for zoned heating and cooling," technologies that, respectively, improve engine energy efficiency and vehicle fuel economy, increase the supply of power and heat from solar energy conversion, and reduce the energy demand for building heating and cooling. He earned his PhD at the University of California, Berkeley.

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