ME 3102 - Principles of Thermodynamics II

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits

• Explain the different statements of the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
• Determine when the 2nd Law is violated in hypothetical engineering scenarios
• Interpret processes and cycles on T-s and P-v diagrams
• Apply a 2nd Law analysis (entropy balance) to processes involving both closed and open systems
• Evaluate the performance of Rankine and Brayton cycles, with their modifications
• Analyze refrigeration cycles
• Relate energy conversion efficiency to emissions and economics

• Multivariable calculus
• First-law analysis of open and closed systems
• Thermodynamic properties
• Thermodynamic processes and cycles

• Thermal energy reservoirs
• Heat engines
• Thermal efficiency
• Kelvin Planck statement of the 2nd Law
• Refrigerators and heat pumps
• Coefficient of performance
• Clausius statement of the 2nd Law
• Perpetual motion machines
• Reversible and irreversible processes
• Carnot cycle
• Carnot principles
• Carnot heat engine
• Carnot refrigerator and heat pump
• Entropy
• The increase in entropy principle
• Entropy change of pure substances
• Isentropic processes
• Property diagrams
• Statistical thermodynamics interpretation of entropy
• T-s diagrams
• Tds relations
• Entropy change of solids and liquids
• Entropy change of ideal gases
• Isentropic efficiency of steady flow devices
• Entropy balances on open and closed systems
• Exergy
• Reversible work and irreversibility
• 2nd Law efficiency
• The decrease in exergy principle
• Carnot cycle
• Air-standard assumptions
• Brayton cycle
• Brayton cycle with regeneration
• Brayton cycle with reheat and intercooling
• Carnot vapor cycle
• Rankine cycle
• Actual vs. ideal Rankine cycle processes
• Increasing the efficiency of the Rankine cycle
• Ideal reheat Rankine cycle
• Ideal regenerative Rankine cycle
• Cogeneration
• Combined gas-vapor power cycles
• Reversed Carnot cycle
• Ideal vapor-compression refrigeration cycle
• Actual vapor-compression refrigeration cycle