车德勇、孙佰仲、魏高升、李少华编写的《能源动力类专业英语》涵盖了热能与动力工程专业、建筑环境与设备工程专业及能源动力类相关专业领域的主要内容，在介绍工程热力学、流体力学、传热学的基本知识的基础上，介绍了锅炉、汽轮机及热力发电厂、制冷、空气调节等相关内容，为拓宽读者视野，本书还介绍了新能源利用的相关知识。每一部分内容均配有专业词汇及生僻词汇的中英文对照，便于读者对相应内容的理解。此外，每一章节还包括与本章内容相关的阅读材料。书中的每一章节内容都有相当的独立性，读者可根据兴趣和专业方向选择阅读。

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为了便于读者使用，文中的专业词汇均标记成斜体并加粗，每章后均附有词汇表和阅读材料，阅读材料是该章内容的延伸与补充，为该章主题的扩展知识，有助于读者了解和掌握最新的发展动态。

《能源动力类专业英语》可作为普通高等院校热能与动力工程专业、建筑环境与设备工程专业本科专业英语教材。也可供能源动力类工程技术人员参考，还可作为研究生相关专业的英语阅读资料。

Chapter 1 Thermodynamics

 1.1 Thermodynamics and Energy

 1.2 Application Areas of Thermodynamics

 1.3 Closed and Open System

 1.4 Properties of a System

 1.5 State and Equilibrium

 1.6 The State Postulate

 1.7 Process and Cycle

 1.8 The Steady-flow Process

 1.9 Forms of Energy

 1.10 The First Law of Thermodynamics

 1.11 Steady-flow Engineering Devices

 1.12 The Second Law of Thermodynamics

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Chapter 2 Fluid Mechanics

 2.1 Preliminary Remarks

 2.2 Scope of Fluid Mechanics

 2.3 The Concept of the Fluid

 2.4 Distinction between a Solid and a Fluid

 2.5 Distinction between a Gas and a Liquid

 2.6 Eulerian and Lagrangian Descriptions

 2.7 The Fluid as a Continuum

 2.8 Ideal Fluid

 2.9 Viscosity

 2.10 Types of Flow

 2.11 Pathlines Streamlines and Streaklines

 2.12 Differential Equation of Continuity

 2.13 Continuity in a Pipe or Duct

 2.14 Bernoulli Equation and Pressure Variation in Flow Direction

 2.15 Navier-Stokes Equations

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Chapter 3 Heat Transfer

 3.1 Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

 3.2 Applications of Heat Transfer

 3.3 Historical Background

 3.4 Engineering Heat Transfer

 3.5 Modeling Heat Transfer

 3.6 Heat and Energy Transfer

 3.7 Heat Conduction

 3.8 Convection Heat Transfer

 3.9 Physical Mechanism of Convection

 3.10 Thermal Radiation

 3.11 Blackbody Radiation

 3.12 The Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient

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Chapter 4 Steam Boiler

 4.1 Basic Components and General Working Processes of a Boiler

 4.2 Classifications and Types of Boilers

 4.3 The Steam Boiler at a Power Station

 4.4 Flow Diagram of Steam Production

 4.5 Kinds and Compositions of Fuels

 4.6 The Heat Balance and Efficiency of the Steam Boiler

 4.7 Evaporative Heat Absorbing Surfaces

 4.8 Functions and Configurations of Superheater and Reheater

 4.9 Economizers and Air Heaters

 4.10 Operating Conditions and Characteristics

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Chapter 5 Steam Turbine and Thermal Power Plant

 5.1 Introduction

 5.2 A Simple Rankine-cycle Power Plant

 5.3 Deviations from the Ideal - Component Efficiencies

 5.4 Reheat and Reheat Cycles

 5.5 Regeneration and Feedwater Heaters

 5.6 Classification of Steam Turbines

 5.7 Description of Common Types of Turbines

 5.8 Methods of Reducing Wheel or Rotor Speed

 5.9 Difference between Impulse and Reaction Turbines

 5.10 The Main Components of Steam Turbines

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Chapter 6 Refrigeration

 6.1 Refrigerators and Heat Pumps

 6.2 The Reversed Carnot Cycle ..

 6.3 The Ideal Vapor-compression Refrigeration Cycle

 6.4 Actual Vapor-compression Refrigeration Cycle

 6.5 Selecting the Right Refrigerant

 6.6 Heat Pump Systems

 6.7 Innovative Vapor-compression Refrigeration Systems

 6.8 Liquefaction of Gases

 6.9 Gas Refrigeration Cycles

 6.10 Absorption Refrigeration Systems

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Chapter 7 Air-conditioning Systems

 7.1 Specific and Relative Humidity of Air

 7.2 Dew-point Temperature and Wet-bulb Temperatures

 7.3 The Psychometric Chart

 7.4 Air-conditioning Processes

 7.5 Air Conditioning and Environmental Control

 7.6 Heat gain, Cooling Load and Heat Extraction Rate

 7.7 Central System Components and Classifications

 7.8 All-air Systems

 7.9 Air and Water Systems

 7.10 All-water Systems

 7.11 Unitary Systems

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Chapter 8 New Energy

 8.1 Wind Energy

 8.2 Biomass Energy

 8.3 Nuclear Power

 8.4 Solar Energy

 8.5 Hydropower

 8.6 Geothermal Energy

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