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2010/1 Module Catalogue
 Module Code: ENG2081 Module Title: THERMODYNAMICS
Module Provider: Mechanical, Medical & Aero Engineering Short Name: ENG2081
Level: HE2 Module Co-ordinator: PACKWOOD AR Dr (M, M & A Eng)
Number of credits: 10 Number of ECTS credits: 5
 
Module Availability
Runs through Autumn and Spring Semesters as one continuous module
Assessment Pattern

Unit(s) of Assessment

 

 
Weighting Towards Module Mark( %)

 

Unseen Examination

 

 

80%

 

 

Mid semester assessment

 

 

20%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Qualifying Condition(s) 

 

 

A weighted average mark of 40% is required to pass the module.

 

 

 

 

 

 
Module Overview

The topic of thermodynamics develops that started in Level 1. It covers the importance of the 2nd law in understanding cycles and processes; the theoretical efficiency of common engine cycles; the analysis of air-vapour mixtures in air-conditioning and cooling towers; simple combustion chemical analysis and prediction of the thermal gain through combustion.  This module is taken by Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering students
Prerequisites/Co-requisites
Pass HE1, or equivalent.
Module Aims

To develop and apply prior understanding of the first law and develop and apply understanding of the second law, to perfect-gas thermodynamic processes and internal combustion gas power cycles - reciprocating and non-reciprocating  - mixtures of gases, and combustion.

 

 
Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the module, you will  be able to:

 

  • apply thermodynamic principles to various reciprocating engine cycles, gas turbine cycles and reversed cycles

     

  • understand consequences of flow friction and process irreversibility

     

  • calculate entropy changes in a system and predict system thermal efficiency

     

  • apply thermodynamic principles to properties of gas mixtures

     

  • apply the Gibbs-Dalton laws and calculate the changes in internal energy and enthalpy

     

  • analyse combustion of gases processes and predict heat energy gains.

     
Module Content

Fundamentals:

 

Further treatment of Laws of Thermodynamics, principally the second law, and its corollaries.  Irreversibility.   Perfect gases and perfect gas processes.

Reciprocating Engine Cycles:

Analysis of air standard cycles for reciprocating engines: Otto, Diesel, dual.  Cycle efficiency.

Gas Turbine Cycles:

 

Cycles of steady flow processes - gas turbine cycle, jet engine.  Thermal efficiency, net specific work output and work ratio.

 

 

Mixtures of gases, and of gases (and vapours):

 

Gibbs-Dalton Law, volumetric and gravimetric analysis, mean properties. 

 

Gases in equilibrium with a condensed phase, application of the First Law. 

 

The psychrometric chart, applications to cooling towers and air conditioning systems.

 

 

Combustion processes: 

 

Liquid and gaseous fuels, principally hydrocarbons.

 

Chemical equations, stoichiometry, analysis of products. 

 

The First Law applied to chemical reactions, (closed and) steady flow systems.  Enthalpy of reaction.

 

 
Methods of Teaching/Learning

24 lectures, 12 tutorials, and 62 hours independent learning time.

 

2 hours examination

 

Total student learning time 100 hours
Selected Texts/Journals

Required reading

 

Rogers GFC & Mayhew YR, Thermodynamics and Transport Properties of Fluids (SI Units).  5e, (1995) Blackwell. (ISBN 978-0-631-19703-4)

 

Çengel YA and Boles MA, Thermodynamics - An Engineering Approach, 6e, (2007)

 

McGraw-Hill.  (ISBN 978-007-125771-8)

 

Or (in place of the latter)

 

 

Cengel, Turner & Cimbala, Fundamentals of Thermal-Fluid Sciences, 3e, McGraw-Hill

 

 

Recommended Reading

 

Moran MJ & Shapiro HN, Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics (2006) Wiley

 

Borgnakke C & Sonntag RE, Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, 7e, (2009) Wiley

 

 
Last Updated
30 October 2009