Course Description

Course Name

Engineering Thermodynamics I

Session: VVLS3125

Hours & Credits

3 Credits

Prerequisites & Language Level

Taught In English

  • There is no language prerequisite for courses at this language level.

Overview

REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS AND COURSE MATERIALS

Textbook: Cengel & Boles, Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, 8th Ed (McGraw Hill)

 

DESCRIPTION

Principles of engineering thermodynamics: a study of the first and second laws, entropy, ideal and real gases

 

LEARNING GOALS

• Real-substance property estimation through charts, tables and equations of state
• Applications of the energy balance to processes in closed systems and control volumes
• Applications of the entropy inequality to processes in closed systems and control volumes
• Applications of the energy balance and the entropy inequality to cyclic processes

 

OUTLINE

1. ENERGY AND ENERGY TRANSFER
2. PROPERTIES OF PURE SUBSTANCES
3. ENERGY ANALYSIS OF CLOSED SYSTEMS
4. MASS AND ENERGY ANALYSIS OF CONTROL VOLUMES
5. REVIEW
6. PARTIAL EXAM 1
7. SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
8. ENTROPY
9. CYCLES
10. REVIEW
11. PARTIAL EXAM 2
12. FINAL EXAM

 

STUDENT LEARNING/COURSE OUTCOMES

ABET Criteria A: An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering

*Course content subject to change