Thermodynamics

1.5 credits · Undergraduate

Systems, states and processes, equilibrium and non-equilibrium processes; first law of thermodynamics, energy, work, heat; second law of thermodynamics, entropy irreversibility; energy conversion and the second law, thermal efficiency, irreversible work losses; properties and property relations for simple substance; reversible processes in closed systems; Carnot, Otto, Diesel and Atkinson cycles; processes in open systems, pumps, compressors, turbines etc; Rankine cycle, Brayton cycle, heat pump/refrigeration cycles.