Course: Thermodynamics

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Course title Thermodynamics
Course code KKE/TM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šika Václav, Ing.
  • Sovka Jan, Ing.
  • Bárta Jan, Ing.
  • Pánek Jiří, Doc. Dr. RNDr.
  • Koutecký Radek, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Škrabal Tomáš, Ing.
  • Rudolf Martin, Ing.
  • Končel Miroslav, Ing.
  • Kaláb Petr, Ing.
Course content
Topics of lectures according to weeks: 1. Fundamental concepts: thermodynamic system; property of state; thermodynamic equilibrium; compressibility, expansivity, extensibility and their relation, Boyle?s Law, Gay-Lussac?s 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; Clausius? integral; specific entropy; temperature-entropy diagram; Mollier chart; second law of thermodynamics; mathematical formulation of the second law of thermodynamics 4. Corollaries of the second law: reversible engines operating between only two reservoirs; thermodynamic temperature scale; consequences of the second law for non-flow processes; the validity and limitations of the second law of thermodynamics 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: Dalton?s and Amagat?s laws; mixtures of perfect gases; the 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; Prandl?s equation; the Rankine-Hugoniot equation; 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
Lecture, Practicum
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 35 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 30 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 65 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to successfully pass two mathematics exams at FST, FAV, FEL or another technical university
to acquire additional professional knowledge by independent study of theoretical knowledge
Skills
to solve mathematical problems at level of two mathematics exams 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
to explain the basic laws of thermodynamics and heat transfer clearly and convincingly to both experts and laymen
to explain thermal processes with ideal gas and real fluids
Skills
to solve problems from thermodynamics and heat transfer
to use students' knowledge independently for thermodynamic analysis of heat processes
to acquire additional professional knowledge and skills based on practical experience and carry out their evaluation
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Skills
Practicum
Competences
Lecture
assessment methods
Knowledge
Written exam
Skills
Test
Competences
Written exam
Recommended literature
  • GRODA, Bořivoj; TRÁVNÍČEK, Petr; VÍTĚZ, Tomáš. Termomechanika. Brno: Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7509-516-9.
  • GRODA, Bořivoj; VÍTĚZ, Tomáš. Termomechanika: cvičení. Brno: Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7509-319-6.
  • Mareš, Radim. Kapitoly z termomechaniky. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7043-706-3.
  • PAVELEK, Milan. Termomechanika. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM. Učební texty vysokých škol, 2011. ISBN 978-80-214-4300-6.


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