COURSE CODE: MEC 3401

COURSE TITLE: THERMODYNAMICS I

Course Content

● Basic Concepts of Thermodynamics:

Working fluids and Thermodynamic Systems, basic parameters of state and their units
of measurements, equation of state, equation of state for mixture of ideal gasses, heat
and work, internal energy, enthalpy, entropy. Basic thermodynamic processes-isochoric,
isobaric, isothermal, adiabatic and polytropic processes.

● Laws of Thermodynamics:
Introduction to the Zeroth, First, Second and Third laws of thermodynamics. The first
Law of Law of conservation and conversion of energy, analytical expression of First Law
of Thermodynamics. The Second Law of Thermodynamics and its applications.

● Steam:
Liquid-Gas mixtures, Water vapor and steam-fundamentals, steam generation,
parameters of state of steam and basic relationships, the h-s (Mollier diagram) for
steam, basic thermal dynamic processes of water vapor (steam). Flow and throttling of
gasses and vapors- flow through nozzles, throttling.

● Cycles:
Cycles of internal combustion engines, compressors, gas turbines and jet engines,
steam power plants to include pre-heat and regeneration, refrigeration units and heat
pumps. Thermodynamic properties of humid air and psychrometry.

Reacting Mixtures and Combustion:

Fuels, combustion process and analyses, heat of formation, adiabatic combustion
temperature, entropy generation in combustion

● Introduction to Heat Transfer:

Conduction, Convection, and Radiation.

● Introduction to Renewable Energy Sources:

Introduction to energy generated from natural resources - Solar, Wind, Hydro and
Geothermal.
Course Objectives

Students successfully completing this course will demonstrate the ability to:
1. Use control volume analysis to develop basic equations;
2. Use first, second and third laws of Thermodynamics to analyze typical
thermodynamic
cycles using working substances in from of liquid and gas/steam;
3. Apply concepts of mass and energy conservation (Continuity and Bernoulli
equations) to
solve problems in Thermodynamics;
4. Analyze basic combustion systems and appreciate basics of Heat Transfer; and
5. Apply basic knowledge of renewable energy sources.