Educational guide 2023_24 School of Engineering

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering (2010)

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Topic 1 Introduction: Thermodynamic systems, properties, pure substances and mixtures	Thermodynamic systems. Properties, state, process and thermodynamic cycle. Efficiency and energy consumption. Determination of thermodynamic properties of pure substances and mixtures.
Topic 2 First law of thermodynamics. Energy analysis of systems.	Conservation of mass and energy in a control volume. Energy analysis of a control volume. Application examples: Nozzles and diffusers; Pumps and compressors; Heat exchangers; Expansion valves.
Topic 3 Second Law and Entropy	Heat Engines, Carnot cycle and formulations of the second principle. Entropy concept. Entropy balance in a control volume. Isentropic processes. Isentropic performance in turbines, nozzles, compressors and pumps. Heat and work transfer in internally reversible stationary flow processes.
Topic 4 Power generation cycles	Steam Power cycles. Gas turbine cycles. Alternative engines: cycles and performance.
Topic 5 Refrigeraiton cycles and heat pumps	Introduction Vapor compression refrigeration. Properties of refrigerants. Absorption cooling. Heat pumps
Topic 6 Heat transfer	Introduction. Types of heat transmission. Heat transfer by conduction, convection, radiation and combined heat transfer. Heat exchangers.
Topic 7 Fluid mechanics fundamentals.	Introduction to Fluid Mechanics: Basic concepts. Fluid statics. Continuity equation. Balance of mechanical energy, power and performance.
Topic 8 Calculation of pipes, channels and fluid systems.	Flow in pipes and channels. Load losses. Pipe networks. Introduction to hydraulic machines: Characteristic curves and selection.

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