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Mechanical Engineering - MEEN 309

Advanced Thermodynamics

• Introduce basic concepts.
• Define properties if pure, simple compressible substance,
• Introduce the ideal gas.
• Introduce the First Law of Thermodynamics.
• Analyze the Control Volume Energy Analysis
• Introduce the Second Law and Entropy.
• Evaluate Entropy change in solids & liquids.
• Analyze consequences of the Second Law.
• Introduce Gas Power Cycles:
• Air Standard Cycles
• Carnot Cycle
• Otto Cycle
• Diesel Cycle
• Dual Cycle
• Brayton Cycle
• Analyze the reciprocating devices.
• Analyze compressor and turbine irrversibilities.
• Discuss the regenerative gas turbine cycle, inter-cooling and reheating.
• Solving problems based on gas power cycles.
• Introduce the Vapor Power Cycles:
• Rankine Cycle
• Reheat Cycle
• Regenerative Cycle
• Combined Cycle
• Cogeneration Systems
• Solve problems based on Vapor Power cycles.
• Introduce the Refrigeration Cycles:
• Reversed Carnot Cycle
• Vapor-Compression Refrigeration
• Heat Pumps
• Discuss the Cascade and Multistage Vapor-Compression Systems.
• Analyze Gas Refrigeration Cycles.
• Analyze the composition of gas mixtures.
• Derive the Pv-T relationships for Ideal-Gas Mixtures.
• Determine the internal energy, enthalpy, and entropy for Ideal-Gas Mixtures.
• Determine the properties of Ideal-Gas Mixtures.
• Discuss the Adiabatic-Saturation and Wet-Bulb Temperatures.
• Introduce the Psychometric Chart.
• Analyze the Air-Conditioning Processes.
• Analyze the Control-Volume Availability.

Prepared by Dr. Pankaj Chandra, P.E.