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This course introduces you to one of the most powerful engineering principles you will ever learn: thermodynamics, which is the science of transferring energy from one place or form to another. We'll show you how to use the tools you'll need to analyse energy systems, such as solar panels, engines, and insulated coffee mugs. We will go over mass and energy conservation principles, first law analysis of control mass and control volume systems, properties and behaviour of pure substances, and applications to thermodynamic systems operating at steady state conditions.
Syllabus :
- Drivers for Changing the Way We Use Energy
- The Units of Energy and Power and the Sectors of Energy Supply and Demand
- Defining Open and Closed Systems
- Thermodynamic Properties
- Conservation of Energy for Closed Systems
- Work Transfer Mechanisms
- The First Law of Thermodynamics for a Closed System
- Heat Transfer
- Phase Diagrams
- 2D Phase Diagrams
- Thermodynamic Properties and the Saturation Region
- Internal Energy, Enthalpy, and the Specific Heats
- The Incompressible Substance and the Ideal Gas Models for Equations of State
- More Outcomes of the Ideal Gas Model
- Conservation of Mass for Open Systems
- Steam Turbine Example
- Flow Work and the Conservation of Energy
- Steady State, Steady Flow Devices
- Another Example: Compressing Water
- Example of Cooling a Microprocessor - Starting the Analysis
- Steam Tables Discussion
- Example of Cooling a Microprocessor - Finishing the Analysis
- Transient Analysis - Setting Up the Governing Equations
- Transient Analysis - Reformulating the Problem
- Cycle Analysis - Power Cycles
- Refrigeration and Heat Pump Cycles
- A Conceptual Introduction to the Second Law of Thermodynamics
- The Carnot Cycle
- The Rankine Power Plant
- A Brief Introduction to Ideal Performance and Entropy
- More Advanced Methods to Increase the Efficiency of Rankine Power Plants
- More Discussion on the Concepts and Theory of the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
- Assigning the State Information (or Pin the Tail on the Donkey)
- Finding ALL the State Information
- Putting it all Together, Cycle Analysis
- How we can Dramatically Improve Thermal Efficiencies - An Introduction to Waste Heat Recovery
- Let's Look Inside a Jet Engine
- Air Standard Power Cycles - The Brayton Cycle
- More Waste Heat Recovery - Combined Cycles
- Carbon Reserves and Global Warming
- Energy Carriers
- Setting the Bar for Performance
- The Hardware of Our Internal Combustion Engines
