Course: Thermodynamics - Seminar

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Course title Thermodynamics - Seminar
Course code KKE/STM
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Jírovec Kapitán, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Compressibility, expansivity, extensibility and their relation, Boyles Law, Gay-Lussacs Law, Charles law; equation of the state of ideal gas; general gas constant 2. First law of thermodynamics: internal energy, work; enthalpy; reversible processes in ideal gas; specific heat capacity; molar heat capacity; Mayer?s law 3. Entropy: thermal cycles; efficiency; Carnot cycle and its efficiency; entropy; temperature-entropy diagram; Mollier chart 4. Entropy in reversible engines operating between only two reservoirs; thermodynamic temperature scale; consequences of the second law for non-flow processes 5. Real gases: properties of liquids and vapours; tables of properties; diagrams of properties; non-flow processes 6. Throttling of real gases; vapour power cycles; gas power cycles; heat pump and refrigeration cycles 7. Mixtures of gases: mixtures of perfect gases; mixing processes; gas and saturated vapour mixtures; wet air: thermodynamic properties of wet air; Mollier psychrometric chart h-x; moist air processes 8. Flow processes: compressible flow; speed of sound; isentropic flow; critical state; the Rankine-Hugoniot equation application; nozzles and diffusers; mass flow rate. 9. Work transfer: reciprocating expanders and compressors; reciprocating internal-combustion engines 10. Conduction: Fourier?s law of heat conduction; one-dimensional steady conduction through a composite wall; analytical and numerical non-steady conduction; conduction with internal heat source 11. Convection: forced and free convection; principles of dynamic similarity applied to free and forced convection; free convection in limited space 12. Radiation: laws of black-body radiation; Kirchhoff?s law and grey-body radiation; radiation exchange between two grey plane surfaces; shield planes 13. Lambert?s law; radiation exchange between two general surfaces; combined modes of heat transfer: parallel-flow and counter-flow heat exchangers

Learning activities and teaching methods
Seminar
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 25 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
successfully pass 2 mathematics exams at FST, FAV, FEL or another technical university
master the material from mechanics and thermodynamics as part of the physics fundamentals exam at FST, FAV, FEL or another technical university
acquire additional professional knowledge by independent study of theoretical knowledge
Skills
solve mathematical problems at level 2 of mathematics exams at FST, FAV, FEL or at another technical university
solve problems from mechanics and thermodynamics at the level of the physics fundamentals exam at FST, FAV, FEL or at another technical university
independently acquire additional professional skills based on practical experience and their evaluation
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
explain the basic laws of thermodynamics and heat transfer clearly and convincingly to both experts and laymen
explain thermal processes with ideal gas and real fluids
Skills
solve simple problems from thermodynamics and heat transfer
independently use their knowledge for thermodynamic analysis of thermal processes
acquire additional professional knowledge and skills based on practical experience and carry out their evaluation
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Seminar
Skills
Seminar
Competences
Seminar
assessment methods
Knowledge
Seminar work
Skills
Seminar work
Competences
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Kalčík, Josef; Sýkora, Karel. Technická termomechanika. 1. vyd. Praha : Academia, 1973.
  • Mareš, Radim. Kapitoly z termomechaniky. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7043-706-3.
  • Sazima, Miroslav. Sbírka příkladů z termomechaniky. nezměn. vyd. Praha : ČVUT, 1969.


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