FUNDAMENTALS OF THERMODYNAMICS AND HEAT

EG 569 ME Lecture: 3 Laboratory: 1.5 Tutorial: 1 Year: 2 Part: B

1. Introduction 1.1. Value of energy to society 1.2. Energy balance approach applications in engineering 1.3. Work and heat transfer 1.4. Macroscopic versus microscopic viewpoint 2. Energy and Energy Transfer

2.1. Concepts and definitions 2.2. Thermodynamic systems and their descriptions 2.3. Equilibrium states and quasi-equilibrium process 2.4. Some common properties: pressure, specific volume and temperature 2.5. Energy and its meaning 2.6. Energy transfer: work, heat transfer and power 3. Properties of Common Substances: 3

3.1. Simple compressible substance: liquid phase, saturation and phases, quality, superheated vapor and p-v diagram 3.2. Other thermodynamic properties: internal energy, entropy, and specific heats 3.3. Development of property data: graphical data presentation, equation of state and tabular data 4. First Law of Thermodynamics: 5

4.1. Conversation principles and the first law of thermodynamics 4.2. Control volume formulation: conservation of mass and conservation of energy 4.3. Control volume analysis: steady state analysis and unsteady state analysis 4.4. Control volume applications: steady and unsteady work applications, and steady and unsteady flow applications 4.5. Other statements of the first law 5. Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics: 6

5.1. Entropy and the second law for an isolated system 5.2. Reversible and irreversible processes 5.3. Temperature and pressure definitions 5.4. Entropy- property and relations 5.5. Control mass and volume formulation 5.6. Isentropic process for an ideal gas or for an incompressible fluid or solid 5.7. Cyclic processes and the carnot cycle
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5.8. Temperature measurement 6. Thermodynamic Cycles and Common Energy Systems: 6.1. Heat engine cycles 6.2. External heat transfer cycles 6.3. Rankine cycle 6.4. Internal combustion cycles 6.5. Refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pump cycles 7. Analysis Using the Second Law of Thermodynamics: 7.1. Reversible work 7.2. Availability 7.3. Irreversibility 7.4. Energy, Helmholtz function and Gibbs function 7.5. General process comparisons 8. Chemical Reactions and Combustion: 8.1. Establishing a common basis for combustion processes 8.2. Standards for the comparison of fuels 8.3. Applications to combustion systems 8.4. Application of the second law to combustion processes 8.5. Applications to real devices: efficiency of combustion devices 9. Introduction to Heat Transfer: 10 5 6 4

9.1. Basic concepts and modes of heat transfer 9.2. The conduction rate equation and heat transfer coefficient 9.3. Condution: insulation, R values and electric analogies; overall coefficient 9.4. Convection, radiation properties for black and grey bodies applications; 9.5. Radiation: radiation properties for black and grey bodies applications; earthatmosphere system, radiant heating systems Laboratories: Six laboratory exercises will be performed in this course. These are: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) Measurement of pressure, specific volume and temperature Experiment on compression and expansion of gases Experiment on thermal energy conduction Operation of refrigeration or heat pump Performance of small I.C. engine Thermal radiation experiment

Tutorials: Six assignments and two quizzes. Textbooks:

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"Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics", John R., Howell and Richard O. Buckius, McGraw-Hill Publishers, 1987.

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