QE111: Elementary Thermodynamics

Course Number : QE111
Course Title : Elementary Thermodynamics
Credits : 3
No Course Content Time Allocated (hours)
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Foundamentals:

Matter and its phases,matter as a continuum;Open and closed thermodynamics systems;Work and heat interactions;Property,state,pure substances two property rules;Change of state process ,reversibility;quasi-statistic assumptions

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The Zeroth Law and the First Law:

Zeroth Law,thermal equilibrium and temperature;First Law,conservation of energy;Application of First Law to closed systems,internal energy,cyclic processes;First law applied to the open system,flow work and enthalpy

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03

Thermodynamic substances:

The perfect gas and real gas,specific heat at constant volume and constant pressure,gas constant and ratio of specific heats;Solids and liquids;Equilibrium between phases;vapours,use of steam tables.

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Application of First Law to closed systems:

Work and heat interactions during constant volume and fully resisted constant pressure,isothermal,adiabatic and polytropic expansion processes

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05

Application of First Law to open systems:

Steady flow energy equation;Steady flow expansion devices with work and heat interactions:Ducts,diffusers and nozzles;Mixing devices;Heat exchangers;Throtting;Unsteady flow energy equation;Charging and discharging of pressure vessels.

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06

Air standard cycles:

Analysis of the Otto,Diesel and Carnot cycles and other simple hypothetical cycles

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07

The Rankine cycle:

Analysis of the cycle without superheat

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08

The Second Law:

Statements and important corollaries:The reversible engine efficiency;The reversible heat pump and its performance;Thermodynamics scale of temperature;Entropy;Clausius inequality;Reversiblity and the second law.

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Laboratory classes :4x3 hour classes 12  
Semester assement test 12
Total 27 9 12 3
Assessment Percentage Marks
Continuous Assessment 20  
         Class participation   10
         Course Work   10
Written Examinations 80  
         Mid-semester   10
         End-semester   70
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