Engineering Thermodynamics II

COURSE CONTENT

Exergy, Reversible Work and Irreversibility, Second-Law Efficiency, Exergy Change of a System, Exergy Transfer, The Decrease of Exergy Principle, Exergy Destruction, Exergy Balance: Closed Systems, Control Volumes.

Gas Power Cycles, Basic Considerations, The Carnot Cycle and Its Value in Engineering, Air-Standard Assumptions, Reciprocating Engines, Otto-Diesel Cycles, Stirling and Ericsson Cycles, Brayton Cycle, Ideal Jet-Propulsion Cycles, Second-Law Analysis.

Vapor and Combined Power Cycles, The Carnot Vapor Cycle, Rankine Cycle: Energy Analysis of the Ideal Rankine Cycle, The Ideal Reheat & Regenerative Rankine Cycles, Second-Law Analysis, Cogeneration, Combined Gas–Vapor Power Cycles.

Refrigeration Cycles, The Reversed Carnot Cycle, The Ideal & Actual Vapor-Compression Refrigeration Cycle, Heat Pump Systems, Innovative Vapor-Compression Refrigeration Systems.

Thermodynamic Property Relations, The Maxwell Relations, The Clapeyron Equation, General Relations for du, dh, ds, Cv, and Cp,  The Joule-Thomson Coefficient, Enthalpy, Internal Energy, Entropy Changes of Real Gases.

Gas Mixtures, Composition of a Gas Mixture: Mass and Mole Fractions, P-v-T Behavior of Gas Mixtures: Ideal and Real Gases, Gas–Vapor Mixtures and Air-Conditioning.

Chemical Reactions, Fuels and Combustion, Theoretical and Actual Combustion Processes, Enthalpy of Formation and Enthalpy of Combustion, First-Law Analysis of Reacting Systems, Adiabatic Flame Temperature, Second-Law Analysis of Reacting systems.

Compressible Flow, Stagnation Properties, Speed of Sound and Mach Number, One-Dimensional Isentropic Flow, Property Relations for Isentropic Flow of Ideal Gases, Isentropic Flow through Nozzles.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this course the student will develop the following skills:

• Energy analysis and design of cycles and power and cooling systems.
• Implementation of thermodynamic laws and mass, energy, entropy and exergy balances for the design and optimization of energy production and consumption systems.
• Use of Thermodynamic relationships for calculations of thermodynamic properties of substances used in technological processes.
• Analysis of thermodynamic processes including gas mixtures, chemical reactions and high speed flow systems.
• Experimental exploration in laboratory exercises aims to bring trainees into contact with measurement devices, systems and procedures as well as methodologies for the processing of their results and their evaluation.

The above knowledge is necessary and prerequisite for further courses in Mechanical and Aeronautics Engineering, such as that of Heat Transfer, ICE, Gas Turbines and Steam Turbines, etc.