本书由精通英语的热能与动力工程专业的教师在总结多年科技英语和专业英语经验的基础上编写而成。全书包括热工基础、热工设备、热工应用三个部分。其中热工基础部分包括传热与热力学、燃料与燃烧、热工仪表及控制原理等内容,热恋工设备部分包括锅炉、汽轮机、制冷设备等内容;热工应用部分包括热能利用及专业英语写作等内容。全书共有44个单元,每个单元则由课文、课文词汇、练习作业等组成。
本书有较强的知识性和实用性,可作为高等院校能源动力类本科生的专业英语教材,也适合作为从事相关专来的工程技术人员的学习参考资料。

PART I BASIC OF PYROLOGY
Unit 1 Heat Transfer
Unit 2 The Convection Mode
Unit 3 Radiation Heat Transfer
Unit 4 Basic Concepts of Thermodynamics
Unit 5 Laws of Thermodynamics
Unit 6 Thermodynamic State of a System
Unit 7 Fossil Fuels-Coal, Oil and Natural Gas
Unit 8 The Mechanisms of Gaseous Fuels Combustion
Unit 9 The Combustion of Liquid Fuels and Solid Fuels
Unit 10 Theoretical and Actual Combustion Processes
Unit 11 Pressure and Pressure Measurement
Unit 12 Introduction to Thermocouples
Unit 13 Flow Measurement
Unit 14 Introduction to Control Systems
Unit 15 Examples of Control Systems
PART II EQUIPMENT OF PYROLOGY
Unit 1 Boiler( 1 )
Unit 2 Boiler(2)
Unit 3 Boiler(3)
Unit 4 Steam Turbine( 1 )
Unit 5 Steam Turbine(2)
Unit 6 Steam Turbine(3 )
Unit 7 Steam Turbine(4)
Unit 8 Steam Turbine(5 )
Unit 9 Refrigeration
Unit 10 Refrigerators and Heat Pumps
Unit 11 The Ideal and the Actual Vapor-Compression Refrigeration Cycle
Unit 12 Innovative Vapor-Compression Refrigeration Systems
Unit 13 Absorption Refrigeration
Unit 14 Industrial Ventilation
Unit 15 Comfort Ventilation
PART m RESEARCH PAPER AND WRITING OF PYROLOGY
Unit 1 Solar Energy
Unit 2 Nuclear Energy-Fission and Fusion
Unit 3 Renewable Energy vs. Fossil Fuels
Unit 4 Technological Application of High Temperature Air Combustionin Diluted/Rich Conditions
Unit 5 Advanced Control of Walking-Beam Reheating Furnace
Unit 6 Heat Exchangers
Unit 7 Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
Unit 8 Gas Turbine
Unit 9 Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle
Unit 10 Several Boilers Introduction
Unit 11 Boiler Water Treatment
Unit 12 Air-Conditioning Processes
Unit 13 Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger
Unit 14 Writing of Research Paper