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Undergraduate Course: Thermodynamics 3 (MECE09010)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Engineering CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaMechanical Other subject areaNone
Course website http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/teaching/mech/ Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThe 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.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Engineering Thermodynamics 2 (SCEE08006)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Students MUST NOT also be taking Thermodynamics for power plant engineering with CO2 capture (PGEE10007)
Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) WebCT enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
King's BuildingsLecture1-11 14:00 - 14:50
King's BuildingsLecture1-11 14:00 - 14:50
King's BuildingsTutorial2-11 11:10 - 12:00or 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.
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)Thermodynamics 31:30
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.
Assessment Information
Examination 80%
Practicals (laboratory) 20%
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Contacts
Course organiserProf Jonathan Gibbins
Tel: (0131 6)50 4867
Email: jon.gibbins@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Kathryn Nicol
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687
Email: kathryn.nicol@ed.ac.uk
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