Thermodynamics is an essential subject taught to all science and engineering students. If the coverage of this subject is restricted to theoretical analysis, students will resort to memorising the facts in order to pass the examination. Therefore, this book is set out with the aim to present this subject from an angle of demonstration of how these laws are used in practical situation. This book is designed for the virtual reader in mind, it is concise and easy to read, yet it presents all the basic laws of thermodynamics in a simplistic and straightforward manner; plus many worked examples and a good section of unsolved tutorial problems.

This free eBook can be read in combination with and in some cases instead of the following textbooks:

• Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics 7th edition, by Michael J Moran, Claus Borgnakke,Howard N Shapiro, Daisie D Boettner & Margaret B Bailey
• Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics 7th edition, by Michael J Moran, Howard N Shapiro, Daisie D Boettner & Margaret B Bailey
• Introduction to Engineering Thermodynamics 2nd edition, by Richard E Sonntag & Claus Borgnakke
• Thermodynamics 7th edition, by Yunus A Çengel & Michael A Boles
• Engineering and Chemical Thermodynamics 1st edition, by Milo Koretsky
• Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics 3rd edition, by Adrian Bejan
• Basic Engineering Thermodynamics 1st edition, by P B Whalley
• Engineering Thermodynamics 2nd edition, by James B Jones & G A Hawkins

1. General Definitions
   1. Thermodynamic System
   2. Thermodynamic properties
   3. Quality of the working Substance
   4. Thermodynamic Processes
2. Thermodynamics working fluids
   1. The Ideal Gas
   2. Alternative Gas Equation During A Change Of State
   3. Thermodynamic Processes for gases
   4. Van der Waals gas Equation of state for gases
   5. Compressibility of Gases
   6. The State Diagram – for Steam
   7. Property Tables And Charts For Vapours
3. Laws of Thermodynamics
   1. Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
   2. First Law of Thermodynamics
   3. The Second Law of Thermodynamics
   4. Third Law
4. Thermodynamics Tutorial problems
   1. First Law of Thermodynamics N.F.E.E Applications
   2. First Law of Thermodynamics S.F.E.E Applications
   3. General Thermodynamics Systems