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Moran, M.J. “Engineering Thermodynamics” Mechanical Engineering Handbook Ed. Frank Kreith Boca Raton: CRC Press LLC, 1999 c 1999 by CRC Press LLC Engineering Thermodynamics Michael J. Moran Department of Mechanical Engineering The Ohio State University 2.1 Fundamentals....................................................................2-2 Basic Concepts and Definitions • The First Law of Thermodynamics, Energy • The Second Law of Thermodynamics, Entropy • Entropy and Entropy Generation
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TYPES BY: (Group IV) Piyali Bhattacharjee Manashi Roy Soura Shankar De Sourav Manna INTRODUCTION The Indian economy is one of the fastest growing economies in the world; there is huge potential and capabilities. The growth rate of Indian economy is on a sustainably high growth mode. One of the reasons why there is such a rapid growth rate and sustainable too is there is growing domestic market as well as export market
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