Addis Ababa Science and Technology University

1 College: Electrical and Mechanical Department: Mechanical Engineering

Engineering
2 Course Category Common Course Course Code:MEng2105
Course Name Engineering Thermodynamics
3 Synopsis: Fundamental concepts; Pure substances; Vapor pressure curves; Steam
tables; Phase diagrams of steam; First law of Thermodynamics: closed and
open systems, enthalpy; Second law of Thermodynamics: Reversible and
irreversible processes; Carnot cycle; Entropy; Ideal gases and their mixtures;
gas-steam mixtures; wet air; psychometric charts and air conditioning process;
Vapor power and refrigeration cycles; Air standard cycles;
4 Name(s) of Misrak Girma (PhD)
Academic Staff:
5 Semester and Semester Choose an Year: Choose an
Year offered: : item. item.
6 Credit Hour: 3
7 Prerequisite/ Co- Applied Mathematics I (Math-1051)
requisite:
8 Course Learning Outcome ( CLO): At the end of the course the student will be able to do:
CLO1 Apply Zeroth law of thermodynamics to formulate temperature scales and relationship
between internal energy, heat and work.
CLO2 Apply the first law of thermodynamics to calculate the property changes in a systems
CLO3 Explain the basics of pure substances and state the second law of thermodynamics and
its application
CLO4 Explain the basic concept of entropy
5. CLO5 Explain the basics of gas power cycle, vapor power cycle and Refrigeration cycles
9 Mapping of the course Learning Outcomes to the program Learning Outcomes, Teaching Methods
and Assessment:
Program Learning Outcomes (PO)
Outcomes

Teaching Assessment
Learning

PO11

PO12
PO10

Methods
PO1

PO2

PO3

PO4

PO5

PO6

PO7

PO8

PO9
Course

Assign

report
Quiz

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L T P O
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CLO2 √ √ √ √ √
CLO3 √ √ √ √
CLO4 √ √ √ √
CLO5 √ √ √ √
Indicate the relevancy between the CLO and PO by ticking “√”on the appropriate relevant box
1 Transferable Skills (if applicable)
0 (Skills learned in the course of study which can be useful and utilized in other settings)
1
2
3…
etc
1 Distribution of Student Learning Time (SLT)
1 Teaching and Learning Activities Tot
CLO Guided learning Guided Independent al
Course Content Outline (F2F) Learning Learning (SL
(NF2F) (NF2F) T)

L T P O
Chapter 1: CLO1 4 3 1 5 13
Basic Concept and Definition
Thermodynamics and Energy,
Note on dimensions and units,
Closed and open systems,
Forms of energy, Properties of
system, State and equilibrium,
Process and cycles, Pressure,
Temperature and the zeroth law
of thermodynamics
Chapter 2: CLO2 4 6 1 7 18
First Law of Thermodynamics
and Energy
Introduction to the first law,
Definition of heat, Heat transfer
modes, Work, Mechanical
forms of work, The first law of
thermodynamics, Specific
heats, Internal energy,
enthalpy, and specific heats of
ideal gases, solids, and liquids,
The first law of thermodynamics
for control volume
Chapter 3: CLO3 4 3 1 7 15
Properties of pure substance
Pure substance, Phases of a
pure substance, Phase-change
processes of pure substance,
Property diagrams for phase-
change processes, Vapor
pressure and phase equilibrium,
Property tables, The ideal gas
equation of state,
Compressibility factor- a
measure of deviation from ideal
gas behavior
Chapter 4: CLO3 4 3 1 6 14
Second Law of
Thermodynamics
Introduction to the second law
of thermodynamics, Thermal
energy reservoirs, Heat
engines, Refrigerators and heat
pumps, The Carnot cycle, The
Carnot principles, The Carnot
heat engine, The Carnot
refrigerator and heat pump,
Chapter 5: Entropy CLO4 4 3 1 6 14
Entropy and the clausius
inequality; Definition of entropy;
The increase of entropy
principle, Entropy change of
pure substance, Entropy
change of liquids, solids, and
ideal gases,
Chapter 6: Gas Power Cycles CLO5 2 3 1 5 11
Carnot cycle; Otto cycle: the
 ideal cycle for spark ignition
engines; Air standard diesel
cycle; Brayton cycle;
Regenerative brayton cycle
Chapter 7: Vapor Power CLO5 2 3 1 5 11
Cycle
Carnot cycle; Rankine cycle;
The ideal reheat cycle;
Regenerative cycle; Deviation
from real cycles
Chapter 8: Refrigeration CLO5 2 3 1 5 11
Cycles
Refrigeration and heat pump;
Refrigerant; Reversed Carnot
refrigerator and heat pump;
The vapor- compression
refrigeration cycle; Real vapor-
compression refrigeration cycle
Total 107
Assessment
Continuous Assessment Percentage F2F NF2F SLT
Total-50(%)
1 Quiz 5% 1 - 1
2 Tests 20% 2 1 3
3 Assignments 25% -
Total 4
Final Exam Percentage 50 F2F NF2F SLT
(%)
Final Exam 3 6 9
Grand Total SLT 120
L = Lecture, T = Tutorial, P = Practical, O = Others, F2F = Face to Face, NF2F = Non Face to
Face
Note: indicates the CLO based on the CLO’s numbering in item 9.
1 Special 1 Choose an item.
2 requirements and 2 Choose an item.
resources to
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deliver the course
1 Textbook and 1 Cengel Y A.,Bole M A., Thermodynamics – An Engineering Approach,
3 reference: Sep 22, 2006.(Textbook)
2 Sonntag R.E.,” Fundamentals of Thermodynamics”, Sept 13, 2004
3 Moran, Michael J. “Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics”, 5th ed.,
2003.
4 P.k.Nag. “Engineering Thermodynamics”, - Tata McGraw Hill
Publications, 2007