MEE4362

Thermodynamics 3

J Ghojel

4 points · 36 lecture hours and 12 laboratory hours · Second semester · Caulfield · Prerequisites: MEE4361

Objectives Develop skills and understanding of the approaches and methods used in engineering applications of thermodynamics, combustion and heat transfer.

Synopsis Radiation: properties, grey and real surfaces, view factors. Refrigeration plant and heat pumps: reversed Carnot and vapour compression cycles, multistage compression and heat exchange, system components and performance. Thermodynamic relations: Maxwell relations, Clapeyron equation and the saturation pressure-temperature relationship, real gas behaviour and approximations. Combustion: first and second law analysis of reacting systems, dissociation, IC engine combustion. Air conditioning: air-vapour mixtures, humidity, dew point, saturation temperature, psychrometry, analysis of air conditioning plant and cooling towers.

Assessment Examination (3 hours): 70% · Laboratory work, a 1-hour test, tutorial: 30%

Prescribed texts

Holman J P Heat transfer McGraw-Hill, 1989
Rogers and Mayhew Engineering thermodynamics: Work and heat transfer Longman, 1992
Van Wylen G J and Sonntag R E Fundamentals of classical thermodynamics SI edn, 3rd edn, Wiley, 1985
Mills A F Heat transfer Irwin, 1992
Eastop and McConkey Applied thermodynamics in engineering Longman, 1993

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