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Engineering Thermodynamics

Course Code :
MPR 251
Level :
Undergraduate
Course Hours :
4.00 Hours
Department :
Department of Petroleum Engineering

Instructor information :

Title:Assistant Lecturer
Name: Moustafa Raafat Aziz Shousha
Office hours:1-Hours

Area of Study :

 Enrich students’ knowledge about thermodynamics.  Train students to apply the fundamental principles of thermodynamics.  Allow students to explore the fundamental principles of thermodynamics through experimentation.  Develop students' skills for analyzing experimental data and working in teams.

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Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Engineering Thermodynamics

Introduction, Fields of application, Fundamental concepts and definitions, Thermodynamics Systems; System Classification, Properties and State Processes and Cycles, Properties of a Pure substance; Vapor - Liquid - Solid - Phases of Pure substance, Ideal gas relations, Work and Heat; definitions, kinds of work, heat transfer modes, The first law of thermodynamics; closed system analysis, Control - Volume analysis and applications, Transient process analysis, The second law of Thermodynamics; Heat Engines and Refrigerators, Carnot cycle, Reversed Carnot cycle, Entropy, Irreversibility and availability, Mixtures of gases.

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Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
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Engineering Thermodynamics

Course outcomes:

a. Knowledge and Understanding:

1-	Identify basic applied and engineering science related to thermodynamics.
2-	Define new terms in thermodynamics.
3-	List different types of energies found in nature.
4-	Distinguishes between ideal and real gases.
5-	Demonstrate different methods to obtain the thermodynamic properties for different substances and phases.
6-	Define the zeroth, first and second laws of thermodynamics.
7-	Identify applications related to thermodynamics, considering the constraints which mechanical engineers have to judge to reach an optimum operation.

b. Intellectual Skills:

1-	Deduce the equations of the first, second laws of thermodynamics.
2-	Solve different engineering problems related to thermodynamics.
3-	Analyse different engineering systems using thermodynamics principles.
4-	Calculate the energy efficiency ratio for different engineering systems.
5-	Relate the energy efficiency ratio of a given system to Carnot efficiency.

c. Professional and Practical Skills:

1-	Practice basic experiments related to thermodynamics.
2-	Follow up safety requirements at experimental work and observe the appropriate steps to manage risks.
3-	Analyse experimental results.
4-	Write a technical report on a project or an assignment.

d. General and Transferable Skills:

1-	Collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary team in preparing researches in heat transfer.
2-	Refer to relevant literatures.

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Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
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Engineering Thermodynamics

Course topics and contents:

Topic	No. of hours	Lecture	Tutorial/Practical
Basic concepts and definitions; system types.	6	3	3
Property and state, processes and cycles.	6	3	3
Definition of work and heat transfer.	9	6	3
Ideal gases; state equation; specific heat at constant pressure and volume.	9	3	6
Pure substances and phase equilibrium.	6	3	3
Tables of thermodynamic properties.	6	3	3
First law of thermodynamics; closed and open systems.	6	3	3
Applications of first law of thermodynamics.	9	3	6
Transient system analysis.	9	6	3
Second law of thermodynamics.	12	6	6
Entropy.	12	6	6

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Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Engineering Thermodynamics

Teaching And Learning Methodologies:

Teaching and learning methods
Interactive lecture
Discussion
Problem-based learning
Laboratory experiments
Research activity

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Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Engineering Thermodynamics

Course Assessment :

Methods of assessment	Relative weight %	Week No.	Assess What
Assignments	5.00
Final Exam	40.00
Lab. Exper.	5.00
Mid- Exam I	15.00
Mid- Exam II	15.00
Oral Exam	5.00
Participation	10.00
Quizzes	5.00

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Engineering Thermodynamics

Books:

Book	Author	Publisher

Recommended books :

Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, Richard E. Sonntag, Claus Borgnakke, and Gordon J. Van Wylen , John Wiley &Sons, Inc., 2003. Applied Thermodynamics for Engineering Technologists, T.D. Eastop and A.McConkey, Longman Group, Ltd. 1998.