| Educational guide School of Chemical Engineering |
english |
| Double degree in Chemical Engineering and Food Bioprocess Technology (2019) |
 Subjects |
| TECHNICAL THERMODYNAMICS |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2023_24 |
| Subject | TECHNICAL THERMODYNAMICS | Code | 20904115 | |||||
| Study programme |
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Cycle | 1st | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 4 | Compulsory | Third | 1Q |
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| Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
| Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
| Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Topic 1 Energy analysis of thermodynamic systems |
Mass and energy conservation in a control volum. Energy analysis of a control volum. Application examples: Nozzles and diffusers; Pumps and compressors; Heat exchangers; expansión valves. Transient analysis. |
| Topic 2 Entropy and exergy analysis |
Entropy balance in a control volum. Isentropic Processes. Isentropic efficiency in turbines, nozzles, compressors and pumps. Heat and work transfer in internally reversible steady state processes. Exergy. Exergy balance in open and close systems; Examples. Exergetic efficiency. |
| Topic 3 Steam power cycles |
Rankine cycle. Regenerative power cycles. Working fluid characteristics. Binary steam cycles. Cogeneration Cicles. Exergy analysis of power plants. |
| Topic 4 Gas power cycles |
Internal combustion engines: Preliminary aspects. Standard air cycles of internal combustion enegines. Otto Cycle. Diesel cycle. Dual cycle. Power Gas turbines: Preliminary aspects. Standard air Brayton cycle. Regenerative gas turbine. Gas turbine with intermediate reheat and refrigeration. Combine cycle of gas and steam turbine. Erickson and Stirling cycles. |
| Topic 5 Flux compressible en toveres i difusors |
Preliminary aspects. Momentum equation for steady and unidimensional flows. Sound speed and Mach number. Steady unidimensional flow in nozzles and diffusers. Ideal gas and constant heat capacity flow. |
| Topic 6 Refrigeration and heat pumps |
Introduction. Vapour compression refrigeration. Refrigerant properties. Cascade and multiplestage compression systems. Steam Thermocompression refrigeration. Absorption refrigeration. Heat pumps. Gas refrigeration cycles: Inverse Brayton cycle. Aplications: gas liquefaction. |
| Topic 7 Humid air and air conditioning |
Fundamental concepts. Specific and relative humidity. Thermodynamic properties of humid air. Psychrometric diagram. Processes of humid air. Cooling towers. |
