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MEE482 / MAE570

Thermodynamics
Fall 2014
Instructed by
Prof. Liping Wang, ERC 327
Phone: (480) 727-8615, Email: liping.wang@asu.edu
Office Hours: 1:00 3:00 PM on Mon and Wed,
or email me for appointment
Course Introduction
M W 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM; Tempe SCOB228
Thermodynamics is everywhere!
Thermoelectrics
Science, 321, 145,2008
Course Objective
This course aims to provide a deeper understanding of basic concepts and
fundamentals in thermodynamics such as 1
st
and 2
nd
laws of thermodynamics,
energy, entropy and exergy analysis, as well as aims to apply them to real-
world applications through thermodynamic analysis of different systems such
as various power cycles and refrigeration cycles. This course is offered to both
undergraduate and graduate students.
Prerequisites
This course requires that all the students have already taken a first
undergraduate thermodynamics class such as MAE 240. Otherwise, the
approval from the instructor is required.
Course Webpage
my.asu.edu, look for MEE482/MAE570: Thermodynamics (2014 Fall)
Class Number: 82988 (MEE482), 82898 (MAE570)
Course Outcomes
Students are expected to demonstrate following abilities:
Be able to deepen fundamental understanding of 1
st
and 2
nd
laws of thermodynamics
Be able to analyze thermodynamic systems via energy, entropy, and exergy analysis
Be able to analyze thermodynamic models of power generation systems
Be able to analyze thermodynamic models of refrigeration systems
Be able to understand the basics of gas-vapor mixtures and chemical reactions
Undergraduates (MEE482):
Please sign off the First-day form and leave it to me after class
Specific core outcomes:
1. Analyze thermodynamic models of power plants based on both closed and open Brayton
cycles including the following: reheat, intercooling, recuperation, component efficiencies,
compressor bleed for cooling, pressure drops and variable specific heats.
2. Analyze thermodynamic models of power plants based on the steam Rankine cycle
including the following: combustion air preheaters, turbine reheat, feedwater heaters,
feedwater pumps, condensers, cooling towers and component efficiencies.
3. Analyze problems involving one or more of these concepts: adiabatic flame temperature,
heating value, thermal storage, power turbines, burner loops, perfect gases and
evaporative cooling
4. Model compact heat exchangers
5. Analyze a thermodynamic system design in terms of design-point, single value
parametric sensitivity studies, and optimization for weight, efficiency or cost

6. 0
Textbook
Required Textbook

Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach
with Student Resources DVD, 7
th
Edition,

by Yunus A. engel and Michael A. Boles,

ISBN 9780077366742, McGraw-Hill (2010)
Inside the complimentary CD:
Engineering Equation Solver (EES)
The semester score will be determined based on a set of evaluation
methods, and the weights are:

44% homework (10 @ 4.4% each)
36% midterm exams (3 @ 12% each)
20% final exam


The semester grade will be determined according to following scale:
A+: 97 semester score 100
A: 94 semester score < 97
A-: 90 semester score < 94
B+: 87 semester score < 90
B: 84 semester score < 87
B-: 80 semester score < 84
C+: 75 semester score < 80
C: 70 semester score < 75
D: 60 semester score < 70
E: semester score < 60
Grading Method
A total of ten homework will be assigned via the course webpage (Blackboard).
Assignments are usually due in one week at the beginning of that class in hard copy
only.

Please staple your work together. Late submission is not accepted unless there is
any justified excuse and may be subject to 10% penalty each day on the grade.
Please use drawings and equations to support your work, and discuss the results if
possible. Please keep your work legible as well. Discussion among students on the
homework is encouraged, but each student must turn in his or her own work.
Though the correctness of final answers is important, the grading will mainly focus
on the efforts and steps in solving problems in order to see how much a student
understands.

Some homework problems may need to use Engineering Equation Solver, which is
provided in the CD along with the textbook. I will make it available later via
Blackboard as well.
Homework (44%)
Midterm Exams (3 @ 12% each)
There are 3 midterm exams during the semester, and the scheduled dates for the
three midterm exams are shown in the table below. This schedule is subject to change,
but I will try my best to keep midterms scheduled as they are, unless there is any good
reason to change them. The midterm exams are in class and duration is one lecture
time (75 min).

All the exams (including the final exam) are closed-book, however, each student is
allowed to take two single-page letter size sheets with notes for each exam, additional
to the sheets you already have from previous exams (i.e., 2 cheat sheets for Midterm
1, 4 for Midterm 2, 6 for Midterm 3, and 8 for Final exam).

All sheets must be hand-written. Printouts and photocopies are NOT allowed.

Final Exam (20%)
The final exam will be on Monday, December 08, 2014, 4:50 PM 6:40 PM. Please be
aware that the time is different from regular class meeting time, and cannot be
changed.
Midterm and Final Exams
Tentative Schedule
Tentative Schedule and Topics for MEE482/MAE570 Thermodynamics
(Fall 2014)

Week Date Topics Reading Note
1 Fall semester begins on 08/21/2014 Ch. 1 No Class
2
M 08/25 Course intro;
Review of basic concepts
Ch. 1, 2 HW1
W 08/27 Properties of pure substances;
Energy analysis of closed systems
Ch. 3, 4
3
M 09/01 Labor Day Holiday No Class
W 09/03 Energy analysis in control volumes Ch. 5 HW1 Due / HW2
4
M 09/08 2
nd
law of thermodynamics Ch. 6
W 09/10 Entropy Ch. 7 HW2 Due
5
M 09/15 Midterm 1 HW3
W 09/17 Go over Midterm 1
6
M 09/22 Entropy analysis Ch. 7 HW3 Due / HW4
W 09/24 Exergy analysis Ch. 8
7
M 09/29 Exergy analysis Ch. 8 HW4 Due / HW5
W 10/01 Gas power cycles Ch. 9
8
M 10/06 Gas power cycles Ch. 9 HW5 Due
W 10/08 Midterm 2 HW6
9
M 10/13 Fall Break No Class
W 10/15 Go over Midterm 2

Tentative Schedule (contd)
Tentative Schedule and Topics for MEE482/MAE570 Thermodynamics
(Fall 2014)

Week Date Topics Reading Note
1 Fall semester begins on 08/21/2014 Ch. 1 No Class
2
M 08/25 Course intro;
Review of basic concepts
Ch. 1, 2 HW1
W 08/27 Properties of pure substances;
Energy analysis of closed systems
Ch. 3, 4
3
M 09/01 Labor Day Holiday No Class
W 09/03 Energy analysis in control volumes Ch. 5 HW1 Due / HW2
4
M 09/08 2
nd
law of thermodynamics Ch. 6
W 09/10 Entropy Ch. 7 HW2 Due
5
M 09/15 Midterm 1 HW3
W 09/17 Go over Midterm 1
6
M 09/22 Entropy analysis Ch. 7 HW3 Due / HW4
W 09/24 Exergy analysis Ch. 8
7
M 09/29 Exergy analysis Ch. 8 HW4 Due / HW5
W 10/01 Gas power cycles Ch. 9
8
M 10/06 Gas power cycles Ch. 9 HW5 Due
W 10/08 Midterm 2 HW6
9
M 10/13 Fall Break No Class
W 10/15 Go over Midterm 2

10
M 10/20 Vapor and combined power cycles Ch. 10
W 10/22 Vapor and combined power cycles Ch. 10 HW6 Due / HW7
11
M 10/27 Refrigeration cycles Ch. 11
W 10/29 Refrigeration cycles Ch. 11 HW7 Due / HW8
12
M 11/03 Thermodynamic property relations Ch. 12
W 11/05 Thermodynamic property relations Ch. 12 HW8 Due
13
M 11/10 Midterm 3
W 11/12 Go over Midterm 3 HW9
14
M 11/17 Gas mixtures Ch. 13
W 11/19 Gas-vapor mixtures and air
conditioning
Ch. 14
15
M 11/24 Chemical reactions Ch. 15 HW9 Due / HW10
W 11/26 Chemical reactions Ch. 15
16
M 12/01 Chemical and phase equilibrium Ch. 16
W 12/03 Last Class
(Review for final exam, Q&A)
HW10 Due
17 M 12/08 Final Exam 4:50-6:40PM
18 M 12/15 Final Grades Due

HW1 will be posted on Blackboard after the class today.

HW1 is due on next Wednesday class. (Sept. 03, 2014).
HW1

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