ABET Criteria 2000 Course Description
by M. Kostic
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Catalog Description:
MEE 350. ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS. (3). Principles of thermal energy conversion; properties of pure substance; work and heat; first law of thermodynamics, control volume, steady state and steady flow process; uniform state and uniform flow process; second law of thermodynamics, entropy, availability; power and refrigeration cycles. PRQ: MEE 211and MATH 336.
Textbooks: THERMODYNAMICS An Engineering Approach, 6th or Latest Ed., by Y.A. Cengel and M.A. Boles, McGraw-Hill,
Supplemental references: In addition to numerous references given in the Textbook, other references will be given during the lectures along with handouts and additional materials when appropriate (Homework - HW and supplemental materials).
Instructor: Dr. Milivoje Kostic, P.E., Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Tel: 753-9975, email: kostic@niu.edu ; Web www.kostic.niu.edu
Office and Class/Lab hours: See Web posted schedule at: Office Hours and Info. Office: EB 208.
Teaching Assistant:
Office and Class/Lab hours: See Web posted schedules and locations at: Office Info. Office: EB 254 Lab Tel: 753-1252; or in EB 231 (CAD/CAM Lab) Tel: 753-1255
Coverage of and Objectives with relationship to ABET Outcomes:
A-math/sci./eng., c-design, d-teams, E- prb.solv., f-ethics, h-gen.ed., i-life-ed., j-contemp., K-modn.tools:
(capital letters: high and medium coverage, small letters: low coverage; see ABET Instruction Notes for more information)
This course in Thermodynamics is aimed to provide students with basic theory and practice in the discipline. Strong emphasis is placed on problem solving and professional judgment. After completing the course, students are expected to be able to apply learned knowledge and skills of this course in order to understand, analyze and design different thermal components, processes and systems.
1. Introduction to the course, including importance of professional ethics, engineering design, communications and teamwork, use of modern tools and life-long learning. Outcome A, c, d, E, f, h, I, j, K.
2. Basic concepts of thermodynamics, including dimensions and units, closed and open systems, properties of a system, state and equilibrium processes and cycles, forms of energy, energy and environment, temperature and the zeroth law of thermodynamics, pressure, the manometer, barometer and the atmospheric pressure, as well as problem solving technique. Outcome A, E, h, I, j, K.
3. Properties of pure substances, including diagrams for phase-change processes, property tables, the ideal-gas equation of state, compressibility factor, other equations of state, specific heats, internal energy, and enthalpy. Outcome A, E, K.
4. Energy transfer by heat, work, and mass, including mechanical forms of work, nonmechanical forms of work, conservation of mass principle, flow work and the energy of a flowing fluid. Outcome A, E, K.
5. The first law of thermodynamics, including energy balance for closed systems, energy balance for steady-flow systems, some steady-flow engineering devices, and energy balance for unsteady-flow processes. Outcome A, E, I, K.
6. The second law of thermodynamics, including thermal energy reservoirs, heat engines energy conversion, efficiencies, refrigerators and heat pumps, perpetual-motion machines, reversible and irreversible processes, the Carnot cycle the Carnot principles, the thermodynamic temperature scale, the Carnot heat engine the Carnot refrigerator and heat pump. Outcome A, E, I, K.
7. Entropy, including the increase of entropy principle, entropy change of pure substances, isentropic processes, property diagrams involving entropy, entropy change of liquids and solids, the entropy change of ideal gases, reversible steady-flow work, minimizing the compressor work, isentropic efficiencies of steady-flow devices, and entropy balance. Outcome A, E, K.
8. Exergy - a measure of work potential, including work potential of energy, reversible work and irreversibility, second-law efficiency, exergy change of a system, exergy transfer by heat, work, and mass, the decrease of exergy principle and exergy destruction, exergy balance: closed systems and control volumes exergy balance. Outcome A, E, I, K.
9. Gas power cycles, including basic considerations in the analysis of power cycles, the Carnot cycle and its value in engineering, air-standard assumptions, an overview of reciprocating engines, gasoline engine Otto cycle, diesel engine cycle, gas-turbine Brayton cycle, and the second-law analysis of gas power cycles. Outcome A, E, K.
10. Vapor and combines power cycles, including the Carnot vapor cycle, Rankine cycle: the ideal cycle for vapor power, the ideal reheat and regenerative and the second-law analysis of vapor power cycles. Outcome A, E, K.
11. Refrigeration cycles, including refrigerators and heat pumps, the ideal reversed Carnot vapor-compression refrigeration cycle, actual vapor-compression refrigeration cycles, selecting the right refrigerant heat pump systems, innovative vapor-compression refrigeration systems, gas refrigeration cycles, and absorption refrigeration systems. Outcome A, E, I, K.
Prerequisites by topic:
1. MEE 211 for topics No. 2, and 5.
2. MATH 336 for topic No. 3, 5, and 7.
Topics (and estimate hours): [To HW]
1. Basic Definitions and Concepts of Thermodynamics (3 hours, wk1).
2. Energy, Energy Transfer, and General Energy Analysis (3 hours, wk2)
3. Properties of pure substances and (4.5 hours, wk3,4).
4. Review and Midterm (1.5 hours, wk4,5).
5. Energy Analysis of Closed Systems: the 1st law of thermodynamics (3 hours, wk5).
6. First law analysis for control volume (6 hours, wk6,7).
7. The 2nd law of thermodynamics (3 hours, wk8).
8. Entropy, and Second law analysis for control volume [PDF] (4.5 hours, wk9,10).
9. Review and Mid (3 hours, wk10).
10. Irreversibility and availability - Exergy (3 hours, wk11).
11. Gas power cycles (4.5 hours, wk12,13).
12. Vapor and combined power cycles (3 hours, wk13,14).
13. Refrigeration and A/C cycles (3 hours, wk14,15).
14. Review and Final Examination (3 hours, wk15,16).
Computer Usage:
Students are expected to use engineering/math calculation software, like MathCAD or MATLAB (or FORTRAN, BASIC, or C programs, etc.) to solve some homework problems and projects, which may require computational programming and graphing.
Laboratory Projects:
Not planed, but may be introduced if time and schedule allows.
Grading:
Homework 15%; Projects 10%; Midterms and Quizzes 30%; Final exam 45%. If any item is not required/graded for the whole class, the other items are prorated proportionally. Final Exam is comprehensive and its passing grade is required to pass the course (see Class/HW/Lab/Exam Policies).