308801 (v.1) Thermal Engineering Processes 331

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:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

2 x 2 Hours Once-only

Prerequisite(s):

    8160 (v.5) Thermodynamics 231 or any previous version
    OR
    8161 (v.4) Thermodynamics 232 or any previous version
AND
308800 (v.1) Thermodynamics 236 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Second Law and corollaries, Temperature Scale and Isentropic efficiency. Steam plant cycle and plant performance improvement. Gas turbine plant cycle and plant performance improvement. Air/moisture mixtures and Psychrometry. Refrigeration cycle and air-conditioning. (1-D) Heat conduction in plane wall and radial systems, Thermal network. Convection and convective heat transfer coefficient. Heat loss from pipes and critical insulation. Extended surfaces and fin analysis. Heat exchanger analysis; Log Mean Temperature and effectiveness. Thermal radiation; Blackbody and Graybody behaviour. Shape factor; Radiation thermal resistance and thermal network.

** 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

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External