Prepares you for the NECCS Mechanical - Thermal and fluids systems exam. It provides a comprehensive review of the principles of thermal and fluids systems. Showing how to apply concepts by reviewing and working the 88 end-of-topic practice problem.

Includes index.

Thermodynamics : Thermodynamics -- Thermodynamic properties -- Thermodynamic cycles : Vapor power cycles -- Gas power cycles -- Refrigeration and heat pump cycles -- Combustion -- Thermodynamic cycles problems -- Heat transfer : Fundamental heat transfer -- Convection -- Thermal radiation -- Heat exchanges -- Heat transfter problems -- Fluid mechanics : Fluid mechanics -- Fluic machenery -- Compressible flow -- Fluid mechanics problems -- Supportive knowledge : Supportive knowledge.