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Thermodynamics Course Outline

The Thermodynamics I course at Hawassa University aims to introduce second-year electrical and computer engineering students to fundamental principles of thermodynamics, including energy transfer and efficiency analysis in heat engines. The course covers topics such as the laws of thermodynamics, energy conversion, properties of pure substances, and energy analysis in various systems. Assessments include assignments, quizzes, a test, and a final exam, with a total of 5 ECTS credits awarded upon completion.

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Thermodynamics Course Outline

The Thermodynamics I course at Hawassa University aims to introduce second-year electrical and computer engineering students to fundamental principles of thermodynamics, including energy transfer and efficiency analysis in heat engines. The course covers topics such as the laws of thermodynamics, energy conversion, properties of pure substances, and energy analysis in various systems. Assessments include assignments, quizzes, a test, and a final exam, with a total of 5 ECTS credits awarded upon completion.

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Hawassa University-Institute of Technology

Faculty of Manufacturing
Mechanical Engineering Department
Course Title: Thermodynamics I
ECTS Credits: 5
Target Groups: 2nd year electrical and computer Engineering Students (BSc.)
Semester: II
Course Instructor: Temesgen W. (MSc.)
Office: Mechanical Engineering department staff office

Teaching and Learning Methods Lecture, Tutorial and home study

Attendance At least 85% of lectures sessions

Classroom Policy Turn off all things that beep (e.g. phones, ipods, pagers)

Cheating/plagiarism it is strictly forbidden and any misconduct is accountable per according to


Hawassa University student code of conduct.

Course objectives and Competence to be acquired:


 The course aims to introduce students to basic principles of thermodynamics (zeroth, first and second laws) in
understanding heat transfer and efficiency analysis of heat engines process units in process industry.
Learning Outcome:
After completion of the course the students will be able to:
 understand fundamental laws and basic principle of thermodynamics and their applications in heat and
mass transfer processing units and efficiency analysis in chemical process industries.
 understand the different forms of energy and transformation.
 know how heat and mass flux, in absence of reactions, be predicted or interpreted using thermodynamic
model.
 know how thermodynamics is applied in engineering practices by doing real-world engineering examples.

COURSE CONTENTS

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1. INTRODUCTION AND BASIC CONCEPTS 5. THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
1.1. Thermodynamics and Energy 5.1 Introduction to the Second Law
1.2. Importance of Dimensions and Units 5.2 Thermal Energy Reservoirs
1.3. Systems and Control Volumes 5.3 Heat Engines
1.4. Properties of a System 5.4 Refrigerators and Heat Pumps
1.5. Density and Specific Gravity 5.5 Reversible and Irreversible Processes
1.6. State and Equilibrium 5.6 The Carnot Cycle and Heat Engine
1.7. Processes and Cycles 5.7 The Carnot Refrigerator and Heat Pump
1.8. Temperature and Pressure 6. ENTROPY
2. ENERGY CONVERSION AND GENERAL ENERGY ANALYSIS 6.1 Entropy
2.1 Forms of Energy 6.2 The Increase of Entropy Principle
2.2 Mechanism of Energy Transfer 6.3 Entropy Change of Pure Substances
2.2.1 Energy Transfer by Heat 6.4 Isentropic Processes and Efficiencies of
2.2.2 Energy Transfer by Work Steady Flow Devices
2.3 Mechanical Forms of Work 6.5 Property Diagrams Involving Entropy
2.4 The First Law of Thermodynamics 6.6 The T ds Relations
2.5 Energy Conversion Efficiencies 6.7 Entropy Change of Liquids, Solids Ideal
2.6 Energy and Environment Gases
3. PROPERTIES OF PURE SUBSTANCES 6.8 Reversible Steady-Flow Work
3.1 Pure Substance 6.9 Entropy Balance
3.2 Phases of a Pure Substance 7. BASIC ENERGY CONVERSION CYCLES
3.3 Phase-Change Processes of Pure Substances 7.1 Device converting heat to work and vice
3.4 Property Diagrams for Phase-Change Processes versa in thermodynamic cycle
3.5 Property Table 7.2 Heat engine, heat pump and refrigeration
3.6 The Ideal-Gas Equation of State 7.3 Efficiency an COP
3.7 Compressibility Factor—A Measure of Deviation from 7.4 Carnot cycle
Ideal-Gas Behavior
3.8 Other Equations of State
4. ENERGY ANALYSIS ON CLOSED AND OPEN SYSTEMS
4.1 Moving Boundary Work
4.2 Energy Balance for Closed Systems
4.3 Internal Energy, Enthalpy, and Specific Heats (Solid,
liquid, Ideal Gases)
4.4 Conservation of Mass
4.5 Flow Work and the Energy of a Flowing Fluid
4.6 Energy Analysis of Steady-Flow System – Some Steady-
Flow Engineering Devices
4.7 Energy Analysis of Unsteady-Flow Processes
4.8 Limitations of the first law of Thermodynamics
ASSESSMENTS Assignments [10%], Quizzes [10%], Test [30%], Final Exam [50%]
LITERATURE:
1. Boles M. A., & Çengel Y. A. (2006). Thermodynamics: An Engineering approach (8th Ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
2. Moran, M. J., & Shapro, H. N. Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics (5th Ed.). John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

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