Duration
26h Th, 26h Pr
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This class aims at understanding and being able to describe the operating principle of the most used thermal machines. The latter ones include thermal engines and heat pumps/refrigerators. For each of them, the ideal thermodynamic cycle described by the working fluid will be represented in the most usual thermodynamic diagrams. The lectures will cover the different « performance losses » occurring in actual machines and show how the actual cycle differs from the ideal one. Performance criteria of thermodynamic machines and their components will be introduced. The study of these machines and components will be based on the First Law of Thermodynamics (applied to closed systems and control volumes, in steady-state and transient regimes), as well as on the Second Law. The class will introduce the concept of exergy (« quality/availability of heat »), humid air and combustion.
Table of contents is given hereunder (it follows that of the reference textbook)
Chapter 0 : Introduction
Chapter 1: Basic concepts
Chapter 2: Energy, energy transfer and general energy analysis
Chapter 3: Properties of pure substances
Chapter 4: Energy analysis of closed systems
Chapter 5: Mass and energy analysis of control volumes
Chapter 6: The second law of thermodynamics
Chapter 7: Entropy
Chapter 8: Exergy
Chapter 9: Gas power cycles
Chapter 10: Vapor and combined power cycles
Chapter 11: Refrigeration cycles
Chapter 14: Air - water-vapor mixtures
Chapter 15: Combustion
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This course contributes to the learning outcomes I.1, I.2, II.1, III.1, III.2, IV.1, IV.2, V.1 of the BSc in engineering.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Recommended or required readings
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Additional information:
Practical closed-book examination with exercises and questions on the theory (60% of the final score)
Assignments to be realized with EES software (30% of the final score)
Assessment of laboratory sessions represents 10% of the final score.
It is compulsory to attend the laboratory sessions.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
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