Undergraduate Course: Engineering Thermodynamics (Mechanical) 2 (MECE08014)
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 power cycles.
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| Course description |
Lecture 1 - Introduction
Basic Concepts and Definitions of Thermodynamics (topic 1.1)
Lecture 2 - Pure substances 1
Phase Change Properties, Property Diagrams (topic 1.2)
Lecture 3 - Pure substances 2
Property Diagrams (continued) and Tables, Saturated Liquid - Vapour Mixture, The Ideal Gas Law (continued topic 1.2)
Lecture 4 - Energy, Energy Transfer, and General Energy Analysis
Introduction to heat and work (topic 2.1)
Lecture 5 - 1st Law of Thermodynamics: Closed Systems
Energy analysis (1st Law) of closed systems / Forms of boundary work (topic 2.2)
Lecture 6 - Specific Heats
Definitions, Specific Heats of Ideal Gases, Liquids and Solids (topic 2.3)
Lecture 7 - Mass and Energy Analysis of Control Volumes
Control volume, Steady-state steady Flow Processes, Mass flow rate (topic 2.4)
Lecture 8 - 1st Law of Thermodynamics: Steady-flow Devices & Open Systems 2
Steady Flow Engineering Devices, Introduction to Unsteady Flow Processes (topic 2.5)
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)
Lecture 10 - Carnot Cycle, Definition of Entropy
The Carnot Cycle, Reversible and Irreversible Processes, and Entropy (topic 3.2, 3.3)
Lecture 11 - Heat Pump Laboratory Lecture
Lecture 12 - Definition of entropy as a property (topic 3.3)
Lecture 13 - Entropy change and Processes
Entropy generation, increase of entropy in processes, Isentropic processes (topic 3.4)
Lecture 14 - Entropy and work
Additional concepts on entropy in processes with work (topic 3.5)
Lecture 15 - Power Cycles I
Gas Power Cycles, Otto Cycle (topic 4.1)
Lecture 16 - Power Cycles II
Gas Power Cycles, Diesel Cycles (topic 4.1)
Lecture 17 - Power Cycles III
Brayton Cycle ideal and actual cycles (topic 4.1)
Lecture 18 - Vapor and Combined Power Cycles
Cycles Including Phase Change, Rankine Cycle (topic 4.2)
Lecture 19 - Vapor and Combined Power Cycles
Refrigeration cycles (topic 4.2)
Lecture 20 - Finishing of Cycles and Systematic Approach to Problem Solving
Lecture 21 - Review Session
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, 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) |
Written Exam %: 80
Practical Exam %:
Coursework %: 20
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| Feedback |
Office hours, tutorial problem sessions, question and answer time in lectures |
| 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:
- Apply basic thermodynamic concepts: thermodynamic states and properties, work, heat, and energy
- Represent and evaluate thermodynamic processes and cycles, including applications to fluid machinery, direct gas cycles, and direct vapor cycles
- Apply thermodynamic principles to real engineering systems and know the limitations of ideal assumptions
- Describe the 1st and 2nd Laws of thermodynamics, including the role of entropy in defining cycle operations
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Reading List
Çengel and Boles: "Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach"
Borgnakke and Sontag: "Fundamentals of Thermodynamics"
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Rachel Schwind
Tel:
Email: rschwind@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Catherine Davidson
Tel:
Email: c.davidson@ed.ac.uk |
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