Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Practical
Module Offerings
4508NCCG-APR-PAR
4508NCCG-JAN-PAR
4508NCCG-SEP-PAR
4508NCCG-SEP_NS-PAR
Aims
This module introduces students to the principles and concepts of thermodynamics and its application in modern engineering. On successful completion of this module students will be able to investigate fundamental thermodynamic systems and their properties, apply the steady flow energy equation to plant equipment, examine the principles of heat transfer to industrial applications, and determine the performance of internal combustion engines.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Investigate fundamental thermodynamic systems and their properties.
2.
Apply the Steady Flow Energy Equation to plant equipment.
3.
Examine the principles of heat transfer to industrial applications.
4.
Determine the performance of internal combustion engines.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Revision: of energy, laws of thermodynamics, gas laws
Introduction to concept of entropy
Polytrophic processes: constant pressure, constant volume, adiabatic and isothermal systems
Diagrammatic methods: PV and TS
Steady Flow Energy analysis
Heat transfer: modes, use of U and k values, heat exchangers, regenerators, heat losses from pipes, optimal lagging
Internal combustion engines: Otto, Diesel and Carnot cycles, applications of theory to practical applications, efficiency
Other devices: heat pumps, Stirling cycle