Al al-Bayt University

Faculty of Engineering

Renewable Energy Engineering Department

Course Title: Thermodynamics

Course Level: 2nd year students.

Course Number: 0706231

Credit Hours: 3

Course Description: This course will provide students with an introduction to the most powerful engineering principles of thermodynamics! This course will cover the topics of mass and energy conservation principles; first law analysis of control mass and control volume systems; properties and behavior of pure substances; and applications to thermodynamic systems operating at steady state conditions.

Course Objectives:

  • To present a comprehensive and rigorous treatment of classical thermodynamics while retaining an engineering prospective, and in doing so
  • To lay the groundwork for subsequent studies in such fields as fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and statistical thermodynamics, and also
  • To prepare the student to effectively use thermodynamics in practice of engineering.

Course Outlines

  1. Some concepts and definitions
  2. Properties of a pure substance
  3. Work and heat
  4. The first law of thermodynamics
  5. First law analysis for a control volume
  6. The second law of thermodynamics
  7. Entropy
  8. Second law analysis for a control volume

Course Contents:

Week / Topic
1 / Some concepts and definitions
2 / Properties of a pure substance
3 / Work and heat
4 / The first law of thermodynamics
5 / The first law of thermodynamics
6 / The first law of thermodynamics
7 / First law analysis for a control volume
8 / First law analysis for a control volume
9 / The second law of thermodynamics
10 / The second law of thermodynamics
11 / The second law of thermodynamics
12 / Entropy
13 / Entropy
14 / Second law analysis for a control volume

Course Outcomes:

  • Ability to understand the basic concepts of thermodynamic such as temperature, pressure, system, properties, process, state, cycles and equilibrium.
  • Ability to conduct experiments regarding the measurement and calibration of temperatures and pressures in groups.
  • Ability to identify the properties of substances on property diagrams and obtain the data from property tables.
  • Ability to define energy transfer through mass, heat and work for closed and control volume systems.
  • Ability to apply the first Law of Thermodynamics on closed and control volume systems.
  • Ability to apply Second Law of Thermodynamics and entropy concepts in analyzing the thermal efficiencies of heat engines such as Carnot and Rankine cycles and the coefficients of performance for refrigerators.

Exams and Grading Policy:

First exam: 25 points

Second exam: 25 points

Final exam: 50 points

Total : 100 points

Teaching Strategies

A variety of learning methods will be used including the following:

  • Lecture, explanation, and readings
  • In-class discussion and cooperative learning activities
  • Solve problems
  • Quizzes & Homework

Text Book: Fundamentals of thermodynamics, Richard E. Sonntag, Claus Borgnakke and Gordon J. Van Wylen, Sixth edition, 2003, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003.

References:

  1. Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, 6thEditionYunus A. Cengel, Michael A. BolesMcGraw-Hill, 2008
  2. Fundamentals of classical thermodynamics, Richard E. Sonntag, Gordon J. Van Wylen, third edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.