Energy Transformations and Heat Engines

3 credits · Undergraduate Programs

Introduction to the thermodynamics of how heat engines transform heat into useful forms of energy for electricity and transportation. Examination of using pV diagrams to calculate work; efficiency; waste heat; and changes in entropy. Prerequisite(s): Energy Science 201, and Chemistry 201 or 202, and Chemistry 203 or 204, and Mathematics 267 or 277, or admission to Natural Science (Energy Science Concentration); and 3 units from Physics 211, 221, 227; and 3 units from Physics 223, 259, 355. Antirequisite(s): Credit for Energy Science 317 and Science 507.17 (Engines and Electricity) will not be allowed. Also known as: (formerly Science 317)