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The document provides a syllabus for an Engineering Thermodynamics course including course details, objectives, learning outcomes, descriptions of course contents organized in 6 chapters, references, and assessment methods. The syllabus aims to introduce students to basic principles of thermodynamics and its applications in process industry.

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Syllabus

The document provides a syllabus for an Engineering Thermodynamics course including course details, objectives, learning outcomes, descriptions of course contents organized in 6 chapters, references, and assessment methods. The syllabus aims to introduce students to basic principles of thermodynamics and its applications in process industry.

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Debre Tabor University

Faculty of Engineering
Department of chemical engineering
Engineering Thermodynamics syllabus
Course title Engineering Thermodynamics
Course code CBEg2102
Course manager Wondimhunegn Misganaw
Degree program B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering
Module name Chemical Engineering Basics
ECTS 5 CP
Contact hours 5 hours per week
Pre-requisites None
Semester Year 2nd semester II
Status of course Core
Teaching and learning methods Brain storming, interactive lecture and group
discussion
Attendance requirements at least 75% of the class

Course objective
The course aims to introduce students with basic principle of thermodynamics in understanding
heat transfer and efficiency analysis of heat engines and process units in process industry.

Learning outcome
At the end of this course, the students will be able to:

 Learner should be able to demonstrate understanding of basic concepts of


thermodynamics.
 Explain thermodynamic laws and their application
 To understand the concepts of energy transformation, conversion of heat into work.

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 To understand the fundamentals of differences between work producing and work
consuming cycles.
 To apply the concepts of thermodynamics to basic energy systems.
 Apply the concept of Carnot Principles for efficiency analysis of refrigeration and heat
pump.
 To differentiate between quality and quantity of energy, heat and work, enthalpy and
entropy, etc.
 To Analyze basic power cycles, apply the laws of thermodynamics to various real life
systems

Course Description/ Course Contents

Chapter One 1. Basic concept and terminology in thermodynamics


 Definition and scope of thermodynamics
 Systems and their behavior
 Measures of amount or size
 Force, Pressure, Work, Energy, Heat
 Temperature and the Zeroth law of thermodynamics
Chapter Two 2. Properties of Pure Substances: phase change, Property diagrams;
tables
 Pure substance
 Phase of pure substance
 Property diagram for phase change processes
 Equation of state: Ideal gas equation, Virial Equation, Cubic
Equation
 Generalized Correlations for Gases
 Generalized Correlations for Liquids
Chapter Three 3. Energy and First Law of Thermodynamics
 Mechanisms of Energy Transfer
 Closed System
 Open System
Chapter Four 4. Heat Effects
 Sensible Heat Effects
 Latent Heat of Pure Substances
 Standard Heat of Reaction, Formation, Combustion
Chapter Five 5. Second Law of Thermodynamics
 Basic terminology for the second law
 The statement of second laws of thermodynamics
 The Carnot principle
Chapter Six 6. Entropy: System entropy change

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References

1. Y. A.Cengel and M. A. Boles: Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, 5 th


Edition (Text)
2. Tesfaye Dama (Dr.Ing.) Thermodynamics I.
3. J.M.Smith, H.C.Van Ness and M.M. Abbott: Introduction to Chemical Engineering
Thermodynamics, 5th Edition
4. M.J. Moran and H.N. Shapiro. Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics: 5th
edition.
Assessment/Evaluation System
Assignment/ Project work …………………………………...20%
Quiz and Test………………………………………………….40%
Final exam …………………………………………………...40%

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