ME 2101 - Principles of Thermodynamics I

• Use thermodynamic tables to find properties
• Apply the ideal gas, 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 a steady flow open system
• Use the open system energy balance to evaluate processes, including determining work and heat transfer
• Use the open system energy balance to evaluate transient processes
• Appreciate the link between energy use and the environment

• Multivariable calculus

• Systems and control volumes
• Properties of a system
• State and equilibrium
• Processes and cycles
• Temperature and the zeroeth law of thermodynamics
• Standard thermal science problem solving methodology
• Forms of energy
• Mechanisms of heat transfer
• Mechanisms of work transfer
• First law of thermodynamics
• Energy conversion efficiencies
• Energy and the environment
• Phases of a pure substance
• Phase-change processes
• Property diagrams
• Property tables
• Ideas gas law
• Compressibility factor
• Closed system energy balances
• Boundary work
• Specific heats
• Internal energy, enthalpy, and specific heats of ideal gases
• Internal energy, enthalpy, and specific heats of liquids and solids
• Conservation of mass
• Energy of a flowing fluid
• Open system energy balances
• Steady flow engineering devices
• Unsteady flow processes