Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Dr Nazmul Huda
Contact via 02 9850 9598
E6B 1.08
Tuesday 11.00 - 12.00, Friday 11.00 - 12.00
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
6cp at 200 level including MECH202
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
The unit is designed to give a comprehensive treatment of thermodynamics to the engineering students. The unit will provide the students with detailed understanding of energy systems and application of energy systems in practical engineering. In particular, the students will learn the concepts of energy, enthalpy, entropy, energy transfer, mass and energy balance, laws of thermodynamics, design principles of thermo-fluid systems, use of the property tables and how to the improve the design of the existing thermo-fluid systems.
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Name | Weighting | Due |
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Assignments | 15% | Week 4, Week 8, Week 10 |
Group Project | 15% | Week 12 |
Mid term test | 20% | Week 6 |
Final Exam | 50% | End of Semester (Date TBA) |
Due: Week 4, Week 8, Week 10
Weighting: 15%
Assignment based on problem solving
3 x 5% each
Due: Week 12
Weighting: 15%
Group Project on Sustainability
Project Report 10%
Presentation 5%
Due: Week 6
Weighting: 20%
Mid term test
Due: End of Semester (Date TBA)
Weighting: 50%
Final Examination
Primary Text:
Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach (8th Edition in SI Units)
by Yunus A. Cengel and Michael A. Boles
Supporting Texts:
1. Engineering Thermodynamics (4th Edition) by Rogers and Mayhew
2. Principles of Engineering Thermodynamics (7th Edition) by Moran, Shapiro, Boettner and Bailey
Week | Lecture Topics | Key Topics to be Covered |
1 | Introduction and Basic Concepts | Thermodynamics and Energy, Dimension and Units, Different Applications and definitions related to Thermodynamics, Processes and Cycle |
2 | Energy, Energy Transfer and General Energy Analysis | Forms of energy, Energy transfer by work and heat, First law of Thermodynamics, Energy efficiency |
3 | Renewable Energy | Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind, Hydro, Geothermal and Biomass Energy. |
4 | Properties of Pure Substances | Properties of pure substances, Phase change processes, Property diagram and property tables, Equation of state |
5 | Energy Analysis of Closed Systems | Closed system, Moving boundary work, Energy balance for Closed systems, Internal energy, enthalpy and specific heats. |
6 | Mass and Energy Analysis of Control Volumes | Conservation of mass, Flow work and Energy of a Flowing Fluid, Energy Analysis of Steady flow systems, Energy Analysis of Unsteady flow process |
7 | The Second Law of Thermodynamics | The Second Law, Thermal energy reservoir, Heat engines, Refrigerators and Heat pumps, Reversible and Irreversible Processes, The Carnot Cycle |
8 | Entropy and Exergy | Entropy, Entropy diagrams, Entropy change, Entropy balance, Exergy, Exergy change of a system, Exergy transfer by heat, work and mass, Exergy balance. |
9 | Gas Power Cycles | Analysis of Power Cycles, The Carnot Cycle, Otto Cycle, Diesel Cycle, Stirling and Ericsson Cycles, Brayton Cycle |
10 | Vapor and Combined Power Cycles | Rankine Cycle, Efficiency of Rankine Cycle, Regeneration, Cogeneration, Combined Gas-Vapor Power Cycles |
11 | Refrigeration Cycles | Refrigeration and Heat Pumps, Reversed Carnot Cycle, Refrigeration Cycles |
12 | Gas Vapor Mixture and Air Conditioning | Gas Mixtures, Properties of Gas Vapor Mixtures, Properties of Air, Air-Conditioning Processes |
13 | Chemical Reactions and Equilibrium | Fuels and Combustion, Combustion Processes, Enthalpy Formation and Combustion, Chemical Equilibrium. |
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