Thermodynamics and Energy Course (3M TDE)

The revised course for 2014/15 has five Work Packages (WPs)

1: Thermodynamics; 2: Fuel Cells; 3: Combustion; 4: Power Plant Technologies; 5:

Nuclear Power.

Lecture Week Date WP Topic Staff

1 2 14/10/14 1 Introduction and basic thermodynamic RPL
relationships
2 3 21/10/14 1 Equilibrium in a single phase and between RPL
phases
3 4 28/10/14 1 Non-ideal gases and differential RPL
relationships with examples on equilibrium
in systems
4 5 04/11/14 1 Chemical equilibrium and chemical RPL
reactions
5 6 11/11/14 1 Computations of equilibrium compositions RPL
and examples
6 7 18/11/14 1 Carbon capture and storage (CCS) RPL
7 8 25/11/14 2 Introduction to fuel cells SNM
8 9 02/12/14 2 Types of fuel cells SNM
9 10 09/12/14 2 Fuel cell systems SNM
10 11 16/12/14 3 Introduction to combustion SNM

Christmas and New Year Break

11 16 20/01/15 3 Transport equations and diffusion flames SNM

12 17 27/01/15 3 The influence of turbulence on combustion SNM
13 18 03/02/15 3 The premixed turbulent flame SNM
14 19 10/02/15 4 Fossil-fired power plant SNM
15 20 17/02/15 4 Steam plant with link to combustion and SNM
CCS
16 21 24/02/15 4 Combined cycle plants SNM
17 22 03/03/15 5 Introduction to nuclear power SNM
18 23 10/03/15 5 Introduction to nuclear power reactors SNM
19 24 17/03/15 5 Thermodynamics of nuclear power plants SNM
20 25 24/03/15 Revision lecture SNM

SNM 01/10/14