Undergraduate Course: Engineering Thermodynamics 2 (SCEE08006)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course provides a basic grounding in the principles and methods of Classical Thermodynamics. It concentrates on: understanding the thermodynamic laws in relation to familiar experience; phase change, ideal gas and flow processes; using sources of data like thermodynamic tables and charts; application of the basic principles to the operation of various engine cycles. |
| Course description |
Week 1
Lecture 1 - Introduction
Basic Concepts and Definitions of Thermodynamics (topic 1.1)
Borgnakke & Sonntag (8th Ed.) Ch 1
Cengel & Boles (7th Ed.) Ch1 & Ch 2
Lecture 2 - Pure substances 1
Phase Change Properties, Phase Diagrams (topic 1.2)
Borgnakke & Sonntag (8th Ed.) Ch. 2.1 ¿ 2.3
Cengel & Boles (7th Ed.) Ch 3-1 - 3-4
Week 2
Lecture 3 - Pure substances 2
Thermodynamic Tables (example: water/steam), Ideal Gas Law (topic 1.2)
Borgnakke & Sonntag (8th Ed.) Ch 2
Cengel & Boles (7th Ed.), Ch 3-5 - 3-6
Lecture 4 - First law of thermodynamics
Introduction 1st law of thermodynamics (topic 2.1)
Energy transfer by heat and work (topic 2.2)
Borgnakke & Sonntag (8th Ed.) Ch 3.1-3.7
Cengel & Boles (7th Ed.), Ch 4-1 - 4-2
Week 3
Lecture 5 - First law of thermodynamics
Energy analysis (1st Law) of closed systems (topic 2.3)
Borgnakke & Sonntag (8th Ed.) Ch 3.6-3.9, 3.12-3.14
Cengel & Boles (7th Ed.), Ch 6-6 - 6-11
Lecture 6 - Specific Heats
Definitions, Specific Heats of Ideal Gases, Liquids and Solids (topic 2.4)
Borgnakke & Sonntag (8th Ed.) Ch 3.10-3.11
Cengel & Boles (7th Ed.), Ch 4-3 - 4-5
Week 4
Lecture 7 - Mass and Energy Analysis of Control Volumes
Control volume, Steady-state steady Flow Processes, Mass flow rate (topic 2.5)
Borgnakke & Sonntag (8th Ed.) Ch 4.1-4.4 & 4.6
Cengel & Boles(7th Ed.), Ch 5-1 - 5-3
Lecture 8 - 1st Law of Thermodynamics: Steady-flow Devices & Open Systems 2
Steady Flow Engineering Devices, Introduction to Unsteady Flow Processes (topic 2.6)
Borgnakke & Sonntag (8th Ed.) Ch 4.5 & 4.7
Cengel & Boles (7th Ed.), Ch 5-4 - 5-5
Week 5
Lecture 9 - 2nd Law of Thermodynamics and Intro to Carnot Cycle
Introduction, Definition, and Statements of the 2nd Law, Heat Engines, Thermal Efficiency, Heat Pumps and Refrigerators (topic 3.1)
Borgnakke & Sonntag (8th Ed.) Ch 5
Cengel & Boles (7th Ed.), Ch 6-1 - 6-5
Lecture 10 - Carnot Cycle
The Carnot Cycle, Reversible and Irreversible Processes (topic 3.2)
Borgnakke & Sonntag (8th Ed.): Ch 5.3-5.9
Cengel & Boles (7th Ed.), Ch 6-6 - 6-11
Week 6
Lecture 11 - Definition of entropy (topic 3.3)
Borgnakke & Sonntag (8th Ed.): Ch 6.1-6.4
Cengel & Boles (7th Ed.), Ch 7-1 - 7-6
Lecture 12 - Entropy Changes for Various Processes & Entropy Equation (topic 3.4)
Borgnakke & Sonntag (8th Ed.): Ch 6.5-6.10
Cengel & Boles (7th Ed.), Ch 7-7 - 7-9 & 7.13
Week 7
Lecture 13 - Heat Pump Laboratory Lecture
Borgnakke & Sonntag (8th Ed.): Ch 6.1-6.4
Cengel & Boles (7th Ed.), Ch 7-1 - 7-6
Lecture 14 - Entropy Equation for Open / Closed Systems & Total Entropy Generation (topic 3.5)
Borgnakke & Sonntag (8th Ed.): Ch 6.11-6.12 & Ch 7.1-7.6
Cengel & Boles (7th Ed.), Ch 7-10 - 7-13
Week 8
Lecture 15 - The Refrigeration Cycle (topic 4.1)
Borgnakke & Sonntag (8th Ed.): Ch 9.1 & 9.8-9.11
Cengel & Boles (7th Ed.), Ch 11-1 - 11-7
Lecture 16 - Power Cycles with Phase Change - Rankine (Steam Power Plant) Cycle (topic 4.2)
Borgnakke & Sonntag (8th Ed.): Ch 9.1 - 9.7
Cengel & Boles (7th Ed.), Ch 10-1 - 10-6
Week 9
Lecture 17 - Power Cycles with Phase Change - Rankine (Steam Power Plant) Cycle (topic 4.2)
Borgnakke & Sonntag (8th Ed.): Ch 9.1 - 9.7
Cengel & Boles (7th Ed.), Ch 10-1 - 10-6
Lecture 18 - Power Cycles I - Otto Cycle (topic 4.3)
Borgnakke & Sonntag (8th Ed.): Ch 10.8
Cengel & Boles (7th Ed.), Ch 9-4 - 9-5
Week 10
Lecture 19 - Power Cycles I - Diesel Cycle (topic 4.4)
Borgnakke & Sonntag (8th Ed.): Ch 10.9
Cengel & Boles (7th Ed.), Ch 9-4 & 9-6
Lecture 20 - Power Cycles III - Brayton Cycle (topic 4.5)
Borgnakke & Sonntag (8th Ed.): Ch 10.1 - 10.5
Cengel & Boles (7th Ed.), Ch 9-1 - 9-3 & 9-8 - 9-11
Week 11
Lecture 21 - Power Cycles III - Brayton Cycle (topic 4.5) / Review
Borgnakke & Sonntag (8th Ed.): Ch 10.1 - 10.5
Cengel & Boles (7th Ed.), Ch 9-1 - 9-3 & 9-8 - 9-11
Lecture 22 Review / Previous Exam Example Class
AHEP learning outcomes: EA2, P1, P3, SM2b, SM3b, EA1b, EA3b, P2, P4, P8.
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2018/19, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 22,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 1,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 3.5,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
60 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
80 %,
Coursework
20 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Examination 80%
Laboratory 20%
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 1:30 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 1:30 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand abstract concepts in relation to familiar experience.
- Transform familiar experience and simple engineering systems into conceptual models.
- Apply the basic principles of thermodynamics into analysing conceptual models.
- To use basic mathematical tools in analysing conceptual models.
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Reading List
Main text-book: "Fundamentals of Thermodynamics", 8th Edition, Wiley (2014)
Alternative Textbook: Çengel and Boles: "Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach", 5th Edition , McGraw Hill (2006).
Several texts are available in the Library.
For practicals: The worksheets and several handouts on Plotting Graphs, Treatment of Experimental Error, Conclusion Writing and Technical Report Writing. |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Brian Peterson
Tel: (0131 6)50 5572
Email: Brian.Peterson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Jennifer Yuille
Tel: (0131 6)51 7073
Email: Jennifer.Yuille@ed.ac.uk |
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