MEKELLE UNIVERISTY

EIT -M
SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
THERMAL AND ENERGY SYSTEM CHAIR
Course IEng3082 Credit Hours 3
Number(code)
Degree Program B. Sc.in Industrial Status of course Compulsory
engineering
Course Title: Thermodynamics Contact Hours Lecture 2 & Tutorial hrs 3
Class year :3rd First semester Instructors Akatew H. MSc in Energy Technology
(Mechanical Engineering)
Habtamu Tafere
Pre-requisite Applied Mathematics I, Attendance req. 100%
(Math 1031)
Course Objectives:
• To familiarize the students with basic concepts of the first and second laws of Thermodynamics and their applications in
engineering problems.
• To provide the student with a comprehensive treatment of classical Thermodynamics.
• To prepare the student to effectively use thermodynamics in the practice of engineering
• To provide a comprehensive study of gas and vapor power cycles and systems
• Thermodynamic relations for simple compressible substances,
• Applications of the first and second laws of Thermodynamics to such thermal systems and processes.
Student Learning Outcome
 Students will demonstrate a basic understanding of the nature of the thermodynamic processes for pure substances and
ideal gases.
 Students will demonstrate a basic understanding of the first law of thermodynamics and its applications to systems and
control volumes.
 Students will demonstrate a basic knowledge of the second law of thermodynamics and its applications to systems and
control volumes.
 Students will demonstrate ability to use the first law of thermodynamics for energy conservation analysis of different
thermodynamic processes of systems and control volumes.
 Students will demonstrate ability to use the second law of thermodynamics for entropy balance analysis of different
thermodynamic processes of systems and control volumes.
 Students will demonstrate ability to evaluate the thermal performance of different heat engine cycles.
Cha Content of course Time Model of Required Feed bake
pters required Delivery Assessments 2018/19
(weeks)
1 Basic concepts of thermodynamics (6hr) Lecture& Quiz 1 (5%) November 28
Thermodynamics and energy Tutorial Individual
Note on dimensions and units 1st week Assignment 1 on
Closed and open systems chapter one (5%)
Forms of energy
Properties of system
State and equilibrium
Process and cycles
The state postulate
Pressure
Temperature and the zeroth law of
thermodynamics
2 Properties of a Pure Substance (12hr) Group Presentation First Week of
Pure substance 2nd and 3rd Lecture& December
Phases of a pure substance week Tutorial
Phase-change processes of pure substance
Property diagrams for phase-change processes
Vapor pressure and phase equilibrium
Property tables
The ideal gas equation of state

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 Compressibility factor- a measure of deviation
from ideal gas behavior
3 Work and Heat (12hr) 4th week Lecture& Quiz 2on chapter 2 December 30
and 5th Tutorial and 1 (15%)
Definition of work week
Units of work Assignment 2 on
Work done at the moving boundary of a simple chapter 3 (5%)
compressible system
Other systems that involve work
Definition of heat
Units of Heat
Heat transfer modes
Comparison of heat and work
4 The First Law of Thermodynamics (12hr) 6st week Lecture& Group Mid of
Closed system / control mass and Tutorial presentation January
Open system / control volume 7st week Individual
Steady state/ steady flow processes Presentation
Unsteady state / unsteady flow process
5 The Second Law of Thermodynamics(10hr) 8st week and Lecture& Quiz 3 on chapter End of
Heat engines and refrigerators 9st week Tutorial 3(5%) January
Reversible and irreversible processes
The Carnot cycle
Entropy
6 Power Cycle (10hr) 10st week Lecture&
Vapor power cycles and 11st Tutorial Group
week presentation (10
7 Gas Power and Refrigeration Cycles (8hr) 12st and Lecture& point)
Introduction to Gas power cycles 13th week Tutorial
Refrigeration Cycles (optional) 14st week Lecture&
Tutorial
References:
1. Cengel Y A.,Bole M A., Thermodynamics – An Engineering Approach, Sep 22, 2006.
2. Sonntag R.E.,” Fundamentals of Thermodynamics”, Sept 13, 2004.
3. Michael J. Moran, H.N. Shapiro, “Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics”, Mar 9, 2007.
4. Eastop T.D and McConkey A., Applied Thermodynamics, Feb 29, 1996.
5. WarkK.Jr, Advanced Thermodynamics for Engineers, Sep. 1994.
6. ASME Steam Tables (Crtd), Jun 30, 2006.
7. Richard E. Sonntag, Claus Borgnakke and Gordon J. Van Wylen, Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, 5th Edition, John
Wiley & Sons, 1998.
8. W. Z. Black and J. G. Hartley, Thermodynamics, 3 rd Edition, Harpen Collins Publishers, 1996

Evaluation:
Continuous assessment …….……………………………………………………….. 50%
Final Examination …………………………………………………………………… 50%.

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