ME 311 - Principles of Thermodynamics I

• Use thermodynamic tables to find properties
• Apply the ideal gas and incompressible liquid and pure substance models to thermodynamic problems
• Write an energy balance for a closed system
• Use the closed system energy balance to evaluate processes, including determining work and heat transfer
• Write an energy balance for steady flow open system
• Use the open system energy balance to evaluate processes, including determining work and heat transfer

• Partial derivatives
• Differential and integral calculus
• Physics of liquids and gases

• Introduction, definitions, dimensions and units
• Thermodynamic properties, state, temperature and pressure
• Energy transfer by work, forms of mechanical work, moving boundary work
• The First Law of Thermodynamics, energy balances
• Pure substance model, phases and phase change of a pure substance, property tables
• Ideal gas model
• Internal energy, enthalpy, and specific heats of ideal gasses and liquids
• Open systems - conservation of mass
• Steady-flow system energy analysis of devices - nozzles, diffusers, turbines, compressors, throttling valves, mixing chambers, heat exchangers
• Energy and the environment
• Connections between energy generation, energy consumption and global climate change