| Educational guide School of Chemical Engineering |
english |
| Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering (2010) |
 Subjects |
| THERMAL ENGINEERING I |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2023_24 |
| Subject | THERMAL ENGINEERING I | Code | 20224108 | |||||
| Study programme |
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Cycle | 1st | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 6 | Compulsory | Second | 1Q |
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| Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
| Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
| Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Topic 1 Introduction: Thermodynamic systems, properties, pure substances and mixtures. |
Thermodynamic systems. Properties, state, process and thermodynamic cycles. Efficiency and energy consumption. Ideal gas. Determination of thermodynamic properties of pure substances and mixtures. |
| Topic 2 First law of thermodynamics. Energy analysis of systems |
Conservation of mass and energy in closed and open systems. Energy analysis of a control volume. Application examples: Nozzles and diffusers; Pumps and compressors; Heat exchangers; Expansion valves. |
| Topic 3 Second Law, Entropy and Exergy |
Heat Engines, Carnot cycle and formulations of the second principle. Entropy concept. Entropy balance in a control volume. Isentropic processes. Isentropic performance in turbines, nozzles, compressors and pumps. Heat and work transfer in internally reversible stationary flow processes. Exergy. Exergy balance in closed and open systems |
| Topic 4 Reciprocating Engines |
Introduction. Power cycles of reciprocating engines. Power and performance. |
| Topic 5 Gas Turbines |
Gas turbine cycles. Gas turbines and performance. |
| Topic 6 Steam Turbines |
Steam power cycles. Steam turbines and their performance. Fundamental equations of turbomachines. |
