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Undergraduate Course: Thermodynamics 3 (MECE09010)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Engineering CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThe 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 description Not entered
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
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 22, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 2, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 4, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 47 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 80 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 20 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Examination 80%
Practicals (laboratory) 20%
Feedback Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)Thermodynamics 32:00
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.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/teaching/mech/
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information Tutorials either Tue 11.10-12:00 or Wed 11.10-12.00.
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Jia Li
Tel:
Email: J.Li@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Lynn Hughieson
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687
Email: Lynn.Hughieson@ed.ac.uk
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