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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: 30701 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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