Publisher's Synopsis
During the last 30 years, there was a surge for coupling thermodynamics and phase diagrams in the field of material science. Thermodynamics is the study of energy and its transformation. This subject has evolved since the beginning of the eighteenth century. Most studies of thermodynamics are primarily concerned with two forms of energy: heat and work. Thermodynamics advanced dramatically in the 1960s and 1970s, primarily in the area of critical phenomena. In recent years, thermodynamic research has been conducted in more systems, such as corn-ethanol biofuel cycle, lipid-peptide interactions, DNA structural motifs, and glass-forming substances. Thermodynamics - Fundamentals and Its Application in Science aims to cover the fundamentals up to several applications in different scientific fields. It is expected that this assortment of chapters will contribute to the state of the art in the thermodynamics area. Thermodynamics is considered to be one of the most important parts of our day-to-day life. Whether you are travelling in any vehicle, sitting comfortably in your air-conditioned room, watching television etc., you will notice the applications of thermodynamics almost everywhere directly or indirectly. When Sadi Carnot proposed theorem and cycle, hardly anybody had imagined that his proposals will play such a major role in creation of automobiles that would become one of most important parts of the human life. The development of almost all types of engines can be traced to the Carnot Theorem and Carnot Cycle. At this stage of our life can we imagine the life without automobiles? Of course one cannot forget the importance of Stirling, Diesel, Otto and Ericsson also created their own independent cycles that resulted in more innovations and betterment of the automobiles. One of the important fields of thermodynamics is heat transfer, which relates to transfer of heat between two media. The concept of heat transfer is used in wide range of devices like heat exchangers, evaporators, condensers, radiators, coolers, heaters, etc. Thermodynamics also involves study of various types of power plants like thermal power plants, nuclear power plants, hydroelectric power plants, power plants based on renewable energy sources like solar, wind, geothermal, tides, water waves etc. Renewable energy is an important subject area of thermodynamics that involves studying the feasibility of using different types of renewable energy sources for domestic and commercial use. Thermodynamics involves the study of infinite universe and it indeed has infinite applications. No other field of study is as closely associated to human life as thermodynamics. For me the study of thermodynamics is the path to salvation. During the last 30 years, there was a surge for coupling thermodynamics and phase diagrams in the field of material science. Thermodynamics is the study of energy and its transformation. This subject has evolved since the beginning of the eighteenth century. Most studies of thermodynamics are primarily concerned with two forms of energy: heat and work. Thermodynamics advanced dramatically in the 1960s and 1970s, primarily in the area of critical phenomena. In recent years, thermodynamic research has been conducted in more systems, such as corn-ethanol biofuel cycle, lipid-peptide interactions, DNA structural motifs, and glass-forming substances. Thermodynamics - Fundamentals and Its Application in Science aims to cover the fundamentals up to several applications in different scientific fields. It is expected that this assortment of chapters will contribute to the state of the art in the thermodynamics area. Thermodynamics is considered to be one of the most important parts of our day-to-day life. Whether you are travelling in any vehicle, sitting comfortably in your air-conditioned room, watching television etc., you will notice the applications of thermodynamics almost everywhere directly or indirectly. When Sadi Carnot proposed theorem and cycle, hardly anybody had imagined that his proposals will play such a major role in creation of automobiles that would become one of most important parts of the human life. The development of almost all types of engines can be traced to the Carnot Theorem and Carnot Cycle. At this stage of our life can we imagine the life without automobiles? Of course one cannot forget the importance of Stirling, Diesel, Otto and Ericsson also created their own independent cycles that resulted in more innovations and betterment of the automobiles. One of the important fields of thermodynamics is heat transfer, which relates to transfer of heat between two media. The concept of heat transfer is used in wide range of devices like heat exchangers, evaporators, condensers, radiators, coolers, heaters, etc. Thermodynamics also involves study of various types of power plants like thermal power plants, nuclear power plants, hydroelectric power plants, power plants based on renewable energy sources like solar, wind, geothermal, tides, water waves etc. Renewable energy is an important subject area of thermodynamics that involves studying the feasibility of using different types of renewable energy sources for domestic and commercial use. Thermodynamics involves the study of infinite universe and it indeed has infinite applications. No other field of study is as closely associated to human life as thermodynamics. For me the study of thermodynamics is the path to salvation. During the last 30 years, there was a surge for coupling thermodynamics and phase diagrams in the field of material science. Thermodynamics is the study of energy and its transformation. This subject has evolved since the beginning of the eighteenth century. Most studies of thermodynamics are primarily concerned with two forms of energy: heat and work. Thermodynamics advanced dramatically in the 1960s and 1970s, primarily in the area of critical phenomena. In recent years, thermodynamic research has been conducted in more systems, such as corn-ethanol biofuel cycle, lipid-peptide interactions, DNA structural motifs, and glass-forming substances. Thermodynamics - Fundamentals and Its Application in Science aims to cover the fundamentals up to several applications in different scientific fields. It is expected that this assortment of chapters will contribute to the state of the art in the thermodynamics area. Thermodynamics is considered to be one of the most important parts of our day-to-day life. Whether you are travelling in any vehicle, sitting comfortably in your air-conditioned room, watching television etc., you will notice the applications of thermodynamics almost everywhere directly or indirectly. When Sadi Carnot proposed theorem and cycle, hardly anybody had imagined that his proposals will play such a major role in creation of automobiles that would become one of most important parts of the human life. The development of almost all types of engines can be traced to the Carnot Theorem and Carnot Cycle. At this stage of our life can we imagine the life without automobiles? Of course one cannot forget the importance of Stirling, Diesel, Otto and Ericsson also created their own independent cycles that resulted in more innovations and betterment of the automobiles. One of the important fields of thermodynamics is heat transfer, which relates to transfer of heat between two media. The concept of heat transfer is used in wide range of devices like heat exchangers, evaporators, condensers, radiators, coolers, heaters, etc. Thermodynamics also involves study of various types of power plants like thermal power plants, nuclear power plants, hydroelectric power plants, power plants based on renewable energy sources like solar, wind, geothermal, tides, water waves etc. Renewable energy is an important subject area of thermodynamics that involves studying the feasibility of using different types of renewable energy sources for domestic and commercial use. Thermodynamics involves the study of infinite universe and it indeed has infinite applications. No other field of study is as closely associated to human life as thermodynamics. For me the study of thermodynamics is the path to salvation.