Thermal power cycles

Thermodynamics - heat and work. Essential characteristics of the carnot cycle - the availability. Part 1 Gas cycles: the carnot engine with gas as the working fluid the simple constant pressure joule cycle reheat and intercooling joule cycle with heat exchange the complete system non-steady flow cycles for low power output. Part 2 Steam cycles: some properties of steam the carnot engine with steam as the working fluid the simple Rankine cycle raising the mean receptor temperature - superheat, reheat and supercriticality regenerative heating the full steam system binary and combined cycles nuclear power cycles.