Mechanical Engineering Thermodynamics

3 credits · Undergraduate Programs

Review of fundamentals; thermodynamic properties; flow and non-flow processes; Carnot cycle; Rankine cycle including reheat and regeneration. Engine gas cycles including Otto, Diesel and dual combustion cycles; simple gas turbines; reheat, intercooling, and heat exchange. Reciprocating air compressors and expanders. Heat-pump and refrigeration cycles and their performance criteria. Air conditioning process and psychrometry. Combustion processes, chemical equilibrium, dissociation. Prerequisite(s): Engineering 311 or Physics 449.