Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach

Author(s): Yunus Cengel, Michael Boles

Difference between 8th and 7th editions
Side by side comparison of table of contents helps to figure out the most significant changes.

Key differences between 8th and 7th editions

Time lapse between previous and current publications: 4 years (2010 vs 2014).
Cengel & Boles' Thermodynamics textbook was first published in 1989.
The Eighth Ed. includes over 500 new problems with applications.
Updated the R-134a tables.
Discussions on statistical entropy, and on Otto cycle have been streamlined.
New web chapter 18 on renewable energy (available via the Online Learning Center) covers:

Solar power
Wind turbines
Hydroelectric power
Geothermal energy (heat from the Earth)
Biomass energy

8th Edition of
Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach

eBook, 1024 pages

eBook ISBN: 9780077624811
Published by: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, January 10, 2014

Hardcover, 1024 pages

ISBN-10: 0073398179
ISBN-13: 9780073398174
Published by: McGraw-Hill Education, January 07, 2014

with 2 Semester card
Hardcover

ISBN-10: 1259279898
ISBN-13: 9781259279898
Published by: McGraw-Hill Education, November 21, 2013

7th Edition of
Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach

Hardcover, 1056 pages

ISBN-10: 0077366743
ISBN-13: 9780077366742
Published by: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, January 25, 2010

Loose Leaf, 1024 pages

ISBN-10: 007775302X
ISBN-13: 9780077753023
Published by: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, June 22, 2012

6th Edition of
Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach

Hardcover, 1056 pages

ISBN-10: 0073305375
ISBN-13: 9780073305370
Published by: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, September 22, 2006