Undergraduate Course: Thermodynamics 3 (MECE09010)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Engineering |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 09 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Mechanical |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/teaching/mech/ |
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| Course description |
The course presents thermodynamics as a real world subject and insists that there is a pattern to working with thermodynamics which is summarised as Principles, Properties, Processes. This pattern is applied to a variety of machines and devices including turbines, reciprocating compressors, nozzles, power cycles, air conditioning systems and cooling towers. A final separate section introduces the basic ideas of heat transfer. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | 14:00 - 14:50 | | | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | 14:00 - 14:50 | | | King's Buildings | Tutorial | | 2-11 | | 11:10 - 12:00 | or 11:10 - 12:00 | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Monday, 14:00 - 14:50, Zone: King's Buildings. Lecture Theatre 2,Hudson Beare Building |
| Additional information |
Tutorials either Tue 11.10-12:00 or Wed 11.10-12.00. |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, the students should be able to
1. Apply the First Law to simple closed and steady flow systems using appropriate property data from tables, charts and equations.
2. Use a simplified theoretical model for reciprocating compressors to estimate the performance of these machines and explain the limitations of the theory.
3. Use velocity triangles to determine the work transfer in axial flow impulse and reaction turbines.
4. Use one-dimensional compressible flow theory to determine the gas velocities and flow rates in choked and unchoked nozzles.
5. Use the First Law to analyse the performance of simple power plant.
6. Give a qualitative explanation of some of the implications of the Second Law for these plants.
7. Use the simple theory of mixtures of ideal gases and vapours to calculate the performance of plant such as air conditioning systems and cooling towers.
8. Carry out simple heat transfer calculations involving conduction, convection and radiation.
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Assessment Information
Examination 80%
Practicals (laboratory) 20% |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Volfango Bertola
Tel: (0131 6)50 8697
Email: v.bertola@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Nicola Marshall
Tel:
Email: Nicola.Marshall@ed.ac.uk |
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