Errata Sheet

Y. A. engel and M. A. Boles, Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, 6th ed, McGraw-Hill, 2008.
(Last update: Nov. 27, 2007)
Note: The red corrections are already incorporated in latest reprints of the book.
(1) Technical Content Errors and Corrections:
p. 128, Fig. 3-32 caption: Change P-V diagram to P-v diagram (Change capitol volume vee to lower case
specific volume vee).
p. 142, Example 3-11, part (a) of Analysis: In the equation v = , change m3 to m3.
p. 195, Fig. 4-41: Replace the figure by Fig. 1-77 of Thermo 4th, (shown below)

p. 208, Prob. 4-77, Answer: Change 122 kJ/kg to 44.6 kJ/kg.

p. 350, Fig. 7-16: The downward color curve should be upward. Start the curve at the level of the end point,
and finish at the level of starting point (this way the area under the curve remains the same).

p. 369, Eq. 7-55: Change V1 to V1

p. 416, Fig. P7-114E: Change capitol volume V to lower case specific volume v
p. 418, Prob. 7-143, 4th line: Change efficiency is to efficiency defined as the ratio of the actual kinetic
energy change to the isentropic kinetic energy change is.
p. 472, end of 2nd calculation and the line after it: Change 776 to 766 (Twice).
p. 485, Prob. 8-65, Answers: Change (a) 5.84 MW, (b) 85.6 percent to (a) 5.81 MW, (b) 86.1 percent.
p. 504, Fig. 9-13a and 9-13b and the Figure caption: Change small v to capital V (all 5 of them). Change q (in
qin and qout) to capital Q (all 4 of them).
p. 507, Fig. 9-17: Shift the color band to the right to cover the compression ratio range from 8 to 11.
p. 510, 3rd paragraph, 8th line: Change 1-2 is isentropic compression to 1-2 is isentropic compression, 2-3 is
constant-volume heat addition
p. 538, Eq. 9-32: Change Xdest to xdest
p. 553, Prob. 9-93: Change 'Repeat Prob. 9-92' to 'Repeat Prob. 9-91'
p. 554, Prob. 9-101, 1st line: Change 9-78 to 9-100.
p. 605, Prob. 10-17: Change 3 MPa to 4 MPa and 30 kPa to 20 kPa
p. 609, Fig. P10-53: The vertical zig-zagged line in the Closed FWH should be horizontal, connecting to the
other two horizontal lines between 4 and 5.

p. 609, Fig. P10-55: Move state 7 to right after Closed FWH and insert a state 8 just before the
condenser.

p. 645, Fig. 11-17 caption: Change reserved to reversed

p. 655, Prob. 11-25, 3rd line: Change cycle. to cycle except for the compression process.
p. 732, Prob. 13-61, Answer: Change '37.4' to '41.3'
p. 765, Prob. 14-81, 1st line: Change 14-75 to 14-80.
p. 841, Prob. 16-4C, 1st line: Change C + 12 O 2 CO to CO C + 12 O 2 .

p. 841, Prob. 16-5C, 1st line: Change H 2 + 12 O 2 H 2 O to H 2 O H 2 + 12 O 2 .

p. 943, CO2 Table, the line for 1580 K, 2nd column for enthalpy: Change 76767 to 75767.

(2) Cosmetic and Editorial Errors and Corrections:

p. 17, Fig. 1-30: Change mcV to mCV and EcV to ECV
p. 44, Prob. 1-73: Change problem title to 1-73E
p. 47, Prob. 1-99: Change problem title to 1-99E
p. 84, Example 2-16, 2nd line of Analysis: Change gh to gh (italic).
p. 110, Prob. 2-152: Change problem number to 2-152E.
p. 118, Fig. 3-14: Change Pressure (kPa) to Pressure, kPa on horizontal axis and change Temperature to
Temperature, for consistency of style
p. 161, Fig. P3-115: Center align the text in the figure.
p. 175, Example 4-5: Align the first three equations at equal sign =
p. 176, Example 4-5, equations at the middle: Align the first equation with the following four equations at equal
sign =
p. 178, Example 4-6: Align the first two equations at the first equal sign =

p. 181, Fig. 4-24, vertical axis title: Change C p 0 to c p 0

p. 185, Example 4-8: Align the second and third equations at the first equal sign = from the left
p. 191, Example 4-12: Align the first and second equations at the equal sign =
p. 230, Fig. 5-15: Leave a space before the units kg/s and kJ/kg
p. 236, Ex. 5-4, 1st eq.: Change 0.287 kPa m3/kg K) to (0.287 kPa m3/kg K) (Opening parenthesis
missing)
p. 250, Ex. 5-12, Analysis, 1st line: Change (Fig. 5-47) to (Fig. 5-47a)
p. 251, Ex. 5-12: Align the 2nd and 3rd equations at the first equal sign =
p. 253, Ex. 5-13: Align the 2nd and 3rd equations at the first equal sign =
p. 259, Fig. P5-9: The font type and size of texts appear different from those at other figures
p. 262, Prob. 5-51, 1st line: Change L/S to L/s.
p. 263, Prob. 5-62E, 3rd line: Change ; to , (3 times).
p. 269, Prob. 5-124, Answers, part b: Delete Qout= [Keep the numerical value].
p. 280, Prob. 5-220: Change the problem number to 5-220E
p. 303, Fig. 6-36 caption: Change interally to internally
p. 309, Eq. 6-19: Leave some space after th
p. 314, Eq. 6-22: Leave some space after COPR
p. 324, Prob. 6-58, 5th line: Change "COP the' to "COP of the"
p. 363, Fig. 7-35, 4th line: Make the 4th s italic
p. 384, Fig. 7-58: Change Q/T to Q/T (Make slash non-italic)
p. 389: Align the first three equations at equal sign =
p. 390, middle equation group: Align the three equations at equal sign =
p. 391, part (b): Align the first two equations at the first equal sign =
p. 393, the equation after Combining text line: Move the equation to left to the center
p. 393, last two equations: Align the two equations at the equal sign =
rd
p. 412, Prob. 7-65E, end of 3 line: Change comma "," to dot "."
st
p. 415, Prob. 7-102, 1 line: Change the to a.
p. 417, Fig. P7-135: Change Sat. vapor to sat. vapor
p. 430, Prob. 7-268: Delete this problem, and renumber the one that follows.
p. 486, Prob. 8-75: Change problem number to 8-75E.
p. 489, Prob. 8-103, 2nd line: Change is to are.
p. 495, Prob. 8-155: Change the first sentence to A furnace at 1600 K can supply heat steadily at a rate of
800 kJ/s.
p. 511, just before Example 9-3: Insert the text Dual cycle is a more realistic model than diesel cycle for
representing modern, high-speed compression ignition engines. (For old, low-speed compression-ignition
engines diesel cycle is a better model. Note that dual cycle is not used to represent spark-ignition engines.)
p. 550, Prob. 9-24: Change (a), (b), (c), and (d) to (a), (b), (c), (d)
p. 552, Prob. 9-63, 1st line: Change Problem 9-62 to Prob. 9-62
p. 552, Prob. 9-64, 1st line: Change Problem to Prob.

p. 553, Fig. P9-94: Make the direction arrows thinner.

p. 554, Fig. P9-111: Make the direction arrows thinner.
p. 556, Figs. P9-133E and P9-135: Make the arrows thin.
p. 561, Probs. 9-193, 9-195, 9-196, 9-198, first line: Change Problem to Prob. (four times)
p. 557, Prob. 9-136, 2nd line: Change with to of.
p. 627 and p. 630, Figs. 11-3 and 11-7: Make the thin black arrow for Win or W& in in figures thick, color, and
straight, (see Fig. 6-10, p. 287).
p. 655, Prob. 11-18, 1st line: Change Prob. 11-17 to Prob. 11-16
p. 660, Fig. P11-72: Make the thin black arrow for Q (with various subscripts) thick, color, and curved, as in
Fig. 11-2.
p. 664, Fig. P11-120: Make the direction arrows thinner.
p. 750, Fig. 14-21: Change to (italic)
p. 765, Fig. P14-91E: Change figure number to FIGURE P14-91.
p. 916, 917, Table A-4, 9th column title: Move the title Evap., hfg to a little left to left-align with the column.
p. 921, Table A-6, 2nd row, 3rd table and 3rd row, 3rd table: Left-align the values with those in 1st row, 3rd table.
p. 980, 981, Table A-13E, in all mini table titles: Change Tsat to Tsat (18 times).