Open power cycles such as the air-standard Brayton
cycle and vapor cycles such as the Rankine
cycle are handled here.
Vapor/Gas
Refrigeration/Heat
Pump Cycles
Open refrigeration cycles such as the reversed Brayton cycle and vapor compression refrigeration cycles such as the reversed Rankine
cycle are handled here.
Combustion
Combustion in open steady devices (combustors) is handled here. A typical
problem could be to determine the adiabatic temperature in a steady-state
combustor.
Psychrometry
HVAC
Problems involving steady-state conditioning of moist air are handled
here. A typical problem could be to find how much cooling is required to
dehumidify a flow of air from one given state to another. Wet cooling
tower problems also can be solved with this versatile HVAC
daemon.
Gas Dynamics
Thermodynamics of high speed fluid flow is handled here. The gas is
modeled as a perfect gas (PG model). Isentropic flow
through converging/diverging nozzles, normal shock waves, and advanced
topics such as oblique shocks, expansion waves, etc., are also covered.
Specific Open Steady System and Its Governing Balance Equations
