308800 (v.1) Thermodynamics 236
| Area: | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
| ** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. ** | |
| Lecture: | 2 x 1.5 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Laboratory: | 2 x 2 Hours Quarterly |
| Other Requisite(s): | Completion of first year of course: Completion of CFY Engineering |
| Syllabus: | Thermodynamic system, control volume, Thermodynamic properties, processes and property diagrams. Thermodynamic equilibrium, zeroth law, work at system boundary, pure substances (steam/gas), ideal gas behaviour, first law, internal energy and enthalpy, heat and work conversion. Cyclic and non-cyclic processes, steady flow energy equation, second law, heat engine and heat pump - reversibility and irreversibility. Second law statements, clausius inequality, entropy as a property and measure of irreversibility. |
| ** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. ** | |
| Field of Education: | 030701 Mechanical Engineering |
| Funding Cluster: | 08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying |
| SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Supplemental *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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