Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 17-22, 2002, New Orleans, Louisiana. Annual compilation of 39 full-length,peer-reviewed technical papers covering the following Thermodynamics and the Design, Analysis, and Improvement of Energy fundamentals of thermodynamics; fuel cell and hydrogen technologies; applied thermodynamics; thermodynamics of power and process plants; thermodynamics of energy systems and the environment. Application of Heat Pumps and Refrigeration fluid mechanics and heat transfer in positive displacement compressors; heat actuated sorption and dessicant heat pumps; heat and mass transfer in heat pump/refrigeration cycles; emerging and new technologies for heat pump and refrigeration cycles and Combined Cooling, Heating and Power. Direct Thermal Energy Conversion/Thermal Management Technologies and Systems. Srinivas Garimella, et al