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The first printing was a bound, black-and-white, 22 chapter, 538 page traditional textbook with 3.5" floppy
selling for $120.00. The second printing is a full color, 460 page, 22 chapter text completely on CD-ROM (paperless)
with five spreadsheet 'labs' and 24 multimedia-audio tutorials by the author plus a 40 page workbook (paper). It sells
for $45.00.
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Heat and Power THERMODYNAMICS by James Kamm, Professor of Engineering, University of Toledo, USA is a noncalculus
based text which is easy to read and presents applied concepts in a simple and thorough manner. Application of thermodynamics
to compressed gases, energy management, alternative energies, automobile engines, gas turbines, refrigeration, psychrometrics,
and steam power generation is emphasized.
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User comment (2007) "I am very glad to hear that you will prepare
the 2nd edition of yourtextbook in the near future and I am proud to be one of the instructorsin a foreign university who
teaches your valuable textbook.However, during the past 20 years of my teaching career it is the firsttextbook that I ever
seen to deal with thermodynamic concepts in such a simple and different manner which try to encourage the students to be willing
to learn the thermal concepts. The subjects that you covered in your textbook make my students to try to discuss the thermodynamics
concepts and their applications to industrial processes. This is something that I have never faced with during the past
20 years of my teaching responsibility."
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The CD-ROM is menu driven and includes 22 chapters on .pdf files colorfully illustrated. It also includes
24 brief tutorials by the author introducing each chapter. These are played on media player. Student also have
access to eight laboratory activities that involve spreadsheets (The Perfect Gas Law (three labs), The Polytropic Index
of an Air Compressor, Rapid Analysis of the Otto Cycle, Using Air Tables, Saturated Steam Properties, and Superheated Steam
Properties). The workbook includes copies of all tables, table of formulas, multiple choice questions for each chapter,
reprint of all text example problems, and reprint of all text chapter end problems.
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Chapter List:
Thermodynamic Properties Molecular Viewpoint
Applying the PGL The
First Law
Constant Volume Processes Constant Pressure
Constant Temperature Proc Adiabatic Processes
Polytropic Processes Irreversible
Processes
Heat to WORK:Cycles
Open Cycles
Carnot's Magnificent Cycle The Prix RaceCar
The Gas Turbine Cycles
in Reverse
Thermodynamics of Material Refrigeration
Steam Heat /Steam Power Psychrometrics
Air Conditioning Processes
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A compelling argument can be made that we are in the last days of using hardcopy,
bound textbooks as the primary outside resource for engineering and engineering technology classes. Like dinosaurs,
textbooks have become so large and cumbersome that, even if a student didn’t mind carrying a few of them, their cost
has become prohibitive. Furthermore, there is technology currently available that makes text material light, agile,
and inexpensive; electronic media. This includes internet distributed books (eBooks)
or books on CD-ROM. Electronic methods support much more than text; audio, video,
and animation. Textbooks will be morphed into a different entity than they traditionally have been. They will include
reading material, listening material, watching material, field trips, and even laboratory activities. The role of the
course instructor in the new metamorphosis, remains the same; to manage the course, to lecture in their unique manner, and
to provide necessary student feedback.
IF
YOU ARE AN INSTRUCTOR OF THERMODYNAMICS IN AN ENGINEERING OR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DEMO
DISK OF THIS TEXTBOOK, FILL OUT THE FORM BELOW AND WE WILL CONTACT YOU FOR YOUR SHIPPING INFORMATION.
James Kamm TECHNOLOGIES, Inc jkamm@utnet.utoledo.edu
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