COURSE CONTENT

Introduction and Basic Concepts, Thermodynamics and Energy, Systems and Control Volumes, Properties of a System, State and Equilibrium, The State Postulate, Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics, Temperature and Temperature Scales, Pressure, Units & Conversion.

Properties of Pure Substances, Pure Substance, Phases & Phase-Change, Processes of Pure Substances, Property Diagrams for Phase-Change Processes, T-v, P-v, P-T Diagrams, The P-v-T Surface, Property Tables, Enthalpy, The Ideal-Gas Equation of State, Compressibility Factor, Other Equations of State.

Energy Analysis of Closed Systems, Moving Boundary Work, Adiabatic work, Internal Energy, Heat, The First Law of Thermodynamics, Energy Balance for Closed Systems, Specific Heats, Enthalpy, Relations of Ideal Gases.

Mass and Energy Analysis of Control Volumes, Conservation of Mass Principle, Mass Balance for Steady-Flow Processes, Flow Work, Energy Analysis of Steady-Flow Systems, Energy Balance, Some Steady-Flow Engineering Devices, Energy Analysis of Unsteady-Flow Processes.

The Second Law of Thermodynamics, Introduction to the Second Law, Heat Engines, The Second Law of Thermodynamics: Kelvin–Planck Statement, Refrigerators and Heat Pumps, The Second Law of Thermodynamics: Clausius Statement, Reversible and Irreversible Processes, The Carnot Cycle & The Carnot Principles, The Thermodynamic Temperature Scale.

Entropy, The Clausius Inequality, The Increase of Entropy Principle, Entropy Change of Pure Substances,  Entropy Diagrams, The Entropy Change of Ideal Gases Liquids and Solids, Isentropic Processes of Ideal Gases, Reversible Steady-Flow Work, Isentropic Efficiencies of Steady-Flow Devices, Entropy Generation, Entropy Balance of Closed Systems & Control Volumes.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this course the student will develop the following skills:

• Ability of determining thermodynamic properties of pure substances from analytical relations, diagrams and tables of property data.
• Ability to recognize, record and analyze the energy interactions of thermodynamic systems and the environment.
• Ability to apply mass, energy, entropy and exergy balances to thermodynamic systems and calculate parameters useful for designing and optimizing energy systems.
• Experimental exploration in laboratory exercises aims to bring trainees into contact with measurement devices, systems and procedures as well as methodologies for the processing and evaluation of their results.