INTERMEDIATE THERMODYNAMICS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: M E 361 or CBE 311 , or graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Characterize a fluid’s deviation from its ideal gas behavior Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Calculate the exergy for a system at any thermodynamic state away from the dead state Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Model the relationship between thermodynamic properties in terms of equations of state (EOS) and fundamental property relations Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Characterize combustion processes that include water vapor in both reactant and product streams Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Derive and solve the time dependent energy and entropy balance equations for closed and open systems Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Characterize a fluid’s deviation from its ideal gas behavior Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Calculate the exergy for a system at any thermodynamic state away from the dead state Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Model the relationship between thermodynamic properties in terms of equations of state (EOS) and fundamental property relations Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Characterize combustion processes that include water vapor in both reactant and product streams Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Derive and solve the time dependent energy and entropy balance equations for closed and open systems Audience: Graduate