V posobii izlozheny osnovnye zakony termodinamiki, teoriya termodinamicheskikh protsessov i tsiklov, a takzhe printsip deystviya i rabochie protsessy porshnevykh dvigateley vnutrennego sgoraniya, gazoturbinnykh dvigateley,dvigateley Stirlinga i kompressorov, vkhodyashchikh v sostav silovykh ustanovok s perechislennymi dvigatelyami. Kniga sostoit iz dvukh chastey: v pervoy rassmatrivayutsya voprosy termodinamiki, vo vtoroy – rabochie protsessy perechislennykh vyshe teplovykh dvigateley. Posobie prednaznacheno dlya bakalavrov, studentov i magistrov, izuchayushchikh teplovye dvigateli, a takzhe mozhet byt" polezno aspirantami i prepodavatelyam sootvetstvuyushchikh distsiplin