ME351 THERMODYNAMICS OF HEAT POWER
| Course Code: | 5690351 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Mechanical Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. ALMILA GÜVENÇ YAZICIOĞLU |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the student will learn
- basic concepts of the thermodynamics,
- how to evaluate thermo physical properties of the substances,
- several forms of work and heat,
- conservation of energy for the control mass and control volume processes,
- qualitatively the limits of the performance of thermal engines,
- to predict the direction of the processes and understand impossibility of the some processes.
Course Content
Conservation of energy. Conservation of mass. Work and heat. First law of thermodynamics. Properties and processes of ideal gases. Second law of thermodynamics. Compressors, internal combustion engines. Properties of steam. Heat exchangers. Steam power plants, nuclear energy power plants. Pumps and fans. Refrigeration. (Offered to non-ME students only).
Course Learning Outcomes
The students will gain
- Ability to identify thermodynamic equilibrium state and understand the basic differences between thermodynamics and heat transfer, fluid mechanics courses.
- Habit of correct use of units.
- Ability to differentiate system and control volume processes.
- Understanding of usage of thermodynamic tables.
- Ability to identify the limits of the ideal gas assumption.
- Ability to differentiate qualitatively heat and work.
- Ability to calculate work.
- Ability to appreciate the energy conversion.
- Ability to differentiate unsteady and steady flow applications.
- Ability to analyze different steady flow devices.
- Ability to analyze the heat engines and calculate thermal efficiency.
- Ability to analyze the refrigerators, heat pumps and calculate coefficient of performance.
- Ability to construct ideal cycles applying reversible processes.
- Ability to spot the source of irreversibility.
- Ability to differentiate ideal engine and actual one.
- Ability to appreciate a new property, entropy, not a directly measurable one but indicating the direction of the process.
- Ability to find isentropic efficiency.
- Ability to derive some thermodynamical relations using entropy concept.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | No | Yes | ||
| 1 | Ability to establish the relationship between mathematics, basic sciences and engineering sciences with engineering applications. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Ability to find and interpret information | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Ability to follow the literature and technology related to his/her topic of interest | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Recognition of the need to keep oneself up to date in his/her profession | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Possession of written and oral communication skills | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Ability to conduct team work (within the discipline, inter-disciplinary, multi-disciplinary) | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Ability to produce original solutions | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Use of scientific methodology in approaching and producing solutions to engineering problems and needs | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Openness to all that is new | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Ability to conduct experiments | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Ability to do engineering design | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Awareness of engineering ethics, knowledge and adoption of its fundamental elements | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Ability to take societal, environmental and economical considerations into account in professional activities | ✔ | |||
| 14 | Possession of pioneering and leadership characteristics in areas related to the profession | ✔ | |||