Appendix IB. Course Syllabi

ME 330 Thermodynamics I

Catalog Description:
For students electing one course in engineering thermodynamics. First and second laws of thermodynamics. Properties and processes for pure substances. Selected applications including cycles for power and refrigeration. Psychrometrics. Credit for only one course in each of the following groups may be applied toward graduation: 330, 231; 440, 442. The following courses are for students who are not in the mechanical engineering program: 330, 440. Credit in these courses will not be counted toward a degree in mechanical engineering.

Prerequisites: Math 265, Phys 222.

Textbooks and other required materials:
Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, M. Moran and H. Shapiro, 4^th Edition, John Wiley, 1999.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of ME 330, students should be able to:

1. Use thermodynamic terminology and concepts appropriately.
2. Define appropriate system boundaries for analyzing a variety of thermodynamic components and systems.
3. Determine and calculate the appropriate energy transfers and system properties to solve closed system processes and cycles.
4. Determine and calculate the appropriate mass and energy transfers and properties to solve steady flow open system applications with any number of heat, work, or mass flows crossing the system boundary.
5. Use tables, charts, equations, and software to fix states of a pure substance and determine relationships among pressure, temperature, specific volume, internal energy, enthalpy, and entropy.
6. Determine when a process is reversible, irreversible, or impossible.
7. Calculate states and performance parameters for vapor power cycles based on the Rankine cycle.

Topics Covered and Schedule:

1. Definition of units and thermodynamic quantities (2 days)
2. First law concepts applied to closed systems (4 days)
3. Property evaluations for generalized thermodynamic substances and ideal gases (5 days)
4. Energy and mass analysis for control volumes (8 days)
5. Second law of thermodynamics (3 days)
6. Entropy evaluations (6 days)
7. Vapor power systems (4 days)
8. Refrigeration (5 days)
9. Psychrometrics (8 days)

Contribution of course to meeting professional component:
Engineering Science: 3 credits
Engineering Design: 0 credits

Relationship of course to program objectives:
This course contributes toward the following program objectives: Apply technical knowledge; identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems; and use techniques, skills, tools of engineering.

Person who prepared this description and date:
Jon Van Gerpen, December 13, 1999