The book conveys the fundamentals of technical thermodynamics through numerous practical examples. It impresses with its clear and structured presentation, as well as its didactic orientation towards major American textbooks. Students learn to understand technical processes through ideal processes and then consider the aspects of real processes, comprehend and analytically handle thermodynamic processes and machines, apply balance equations for the conservation of mass and energy to technical problems, and work with thermodynamic diagrams. The second edition has been thoroughly revised and expanded. A new chapter on applications in technical processes has been added, along with the treatment of adsorption refrigeration machines and heat pumps, as well as some log p,h diagrams and material value tables. Example calculations are included.