MEC 2110 - Thermodynamics I

• Identify closed and open systems including their interactions with the surroundings
• Identify and calculate various forms of work interactions and heat transfer
• Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of the conservation of mass and the first law of thermodynamics
• Determine accurately the thermodynamic properties of simple compressible substances, incompressible substances, and ideal gases
• Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of the second law including entropy, irreversibility, and the isentropic and 2^nd law efficiencies
• Apply conservation of mass, 1^st Law, and 2^nd law analyses to the solution of problems involving closed and open systems for both steady and transient processes
• Apply the principles of conservation of mass, conservation of energy, and the 2nd law of thermodynamics to thermodynamic cycles
• Analyze the performance of vapor and gas power cycles including Otto, Diesel, Rankine, and Brayton cycles
• Analyze the performance of vapor-compression refrigeration and heat pump cycles
• Explain the environmental impact of energy conversion systems

• Multivariable calculus

• Definitions: property, state, closed and open systems, temperature, pressure, work interactions and heat transfer, state postulate
• Forms of energy: kinetic, potential, and internal
• Properties of pure substances, phase diagrams; ideal gases and incompressible substances; compressibility factor
• Conservation of mass: steady and transient processes
• Conservation of energy: closed and open systems, and steady and transient processes
• Introduction to the second law: Kelvin-Planck and Clausius statements; Clausius inequality; irreversibility and entropy; and the Tds equations
• Second law analysis of thermodynamic systems: exergy (availability); entropy generation; closed and open systems; and isentropic and 2^nd law efficiencies
• Power, refrigeration, and heat pump cycles: vapor cycles (e.g., Rankine, and vapor-compression); and air standard analysis of gas cycles (e.g., Brayton, Otto, and Diesel)