Thermodynamics (ChemE 260): Course Outline

1

Basic Concepts of Thermodynamics
Properties of a System, Closed and Open Systems, State and Equilibrium, Processes and Cycles, Forms of Energy, Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics, Pressure, Significant Digits and SI/English Unit Conversions

2

Properties of Pure Substances
Phase of a Pure Substance, Phase Change Processes, Property Diagrams, Property Tables, Equation of States, Compressiblility Factor, Specific Heats, Internal Energy and Specific Heats of Ideal Gases and Liquids

3

Energy Transfer by Heat, Work and Mass
Heat Transfer, Energy Transfer by Work, Mechanical Forms of Work, Conservation of Mass Principle, Flow Work and the Energy of a Flowing Fluid

4

The First Law of Thermodynamics
Closed Systems, Open Systems: Steady-flow Systems (Control Volumes)

5

The Second Law of Thermodynamics
Heat Engines, Efficiencies, Refrigerators and Heat Pumps, Reversible and Irreversible Processes, The Carnot Cycle and Heat Engine

6

Entropy
2nd law efficiencies, Tds Relations

10

Refrigeration Cycles
Performance, Reversed Carnot Cycle, Ideal Vapor-Compression/Expansion Cycle, Cascade Refrigeration Cycles, Actual Refrigeration Cycle

8

Gas Power Cycles
Air-standard Assumption, Brayton Cycle

9

Vapor Power Cycles
Rankine Power Cycle (with reheat)

 

Textbook: Thermodynamics – An Engineering Approach (6th Ed.),      Y. A. Cengel, M. A. Boles, McGraw-Hill 2007