Thermodynamics II

Review of Thermodynamics I: Energetics, efficiency. Vapor Power Systems: Modeling and analyzing vapor power systems, superheat and reheat, regenerative vapor power cycle, other vapor cycle aspects. Gas Power Systems: Air-standard-Otto cycle, diesel cycle, dual cycle, Brayton cycle, regenerative gas turbines with reheat & inter cooling, gas turbines for aircraft propulsion, combined cycles, Ericsson and Stirling cycle. Refrigeration and Heat Pump Systems: Vapor compression refrigeration systems, cascade and multistage systems, absorption refrigeration, heat pump systems, gas refrigeration systems. Ideal Gas Mixtures: Mixture composition, p-V-T relations for ideal gas mixtures, U, H, S and specific heats for ideal gas mixtures. Psychometric Principles and Psycho-meters: Psychometric charts, analyzing air-conditioning processes, cooling towers. Reacting Mixtures and Combustion: Combustion process, conservation of energy in reacting systems, adiabatic flame temperature, thermodynamic relations, equations of state, important mathematical relations.

Hours: XYZ where X = Lecture, Y = Lab, Z = Credit
All hours are per week.
3 Lab hours constitute 1 credit hour
1 credit hour implies 1 lecture of 50mins per academic week. 16 weeks in total.
Pre-Requisite courses are courses required to be completed before this course may be taken
Co-Requisite courses are courses required to be taken along with this course