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Course objectives:
To make familiarize you with the basic concepts,
devices, and properties used in thermal science
To teach the behavior of a simple pure substances
including solid, liquid, and gas phases
To teach how to evaluate energy, work and heat
transfers processes
To teach the conservation laws for mass and energy for
various physical systems
To teach application of process knowledge to the
analysis of complete systems
Course Outcomes:
Identify different subsystems, indicate where there is work, heat transfer
and the importance of temperature, pressure and density
Given a set of properties, identify the correct phase and remaining
properties for a substance
Given a physical setup, determine the associated work and heat transfers
that are the most reasonable approximations
Given a physical device and process, compute the work and heat transfer
Given a physical setup, formulate the ideal approximation to the
behavior and compute the corresponding work and heat transfer
Given an actual device, analyze the corresponding ideal device
Understanding how energy processes affect the environment
U.S. Department of Energy Fundamentals Handbook Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow,
Volume 1 of 3 (http://www.hss.doe.gov/nuclearsafety/techstds/docs/handbook/h1012v1.pdf)
Thermodynamics and Chemistry, 2nd Edition, by Howard DeVoe, Associate Professor Emeritus,
University of Maryland (http://www2.chem.umd.edu/thermobook/)
Online calculator of steam (i.e. water), which includes links for carbon dioxide (CO2) and ammonia
(NH3) properties: http://www.steamtablesonline.com/
Course schedule:
All reading material is from the reference texts Thermodynamics and Chemistry, 2nd
Edition by Howard Devoe, and the U.S. Department of Energy Fundamentals
Handbook Volume 1 Thermodynamics.
Week
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Topic
introduction, concepts, definitions, and
UNITS!!
thermodynamic properties, measuring
temperature and pressure
describing the states of different systems,
processes and pathways between states
the energy of a system
the 1st law of thermodynamics/the
conservation of energy
heat and work transfer
energy analysis of closed systems, internal
energy, enthalpy, specific heats
energy analysis of open systems, steady
state systems
Unit 1 Segment 2
Population cartogram
Unit 1 Segment 3
Renewables = net geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power
Based on U.S. Energy Information Administration data, 1980-2004
Small improvements in
combustion of fossil fuels can
have huge impact on carbon
reduction; compare to doubling
the contributions of renewable
resources in the global energy
portfolio, yet renewables are
vital to long term energy
solutions
Unit 1 Segment 4
Unit 1 Segment 5
You should have seen some of these properties before. What are
the units of density, specific volume, pressure and
temperature?
What category of properties are density, specific volume,
pressure and temperature? Intensive or extensive?
Unit 1 Segment 6