COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION


Course Name
Engineering Thermodynamics
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
ME 201
Fall/Spring
4
0
4
5
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s)
Course Objectives This course focuses on classical thermodynamics. Constructs the principles of thermodynamics such as mass, heat, energy, work, efficiency, ideal, and real thermodynamic cycles and processes. Covers open and closed systems, perfect gas law, and the first and second laws of thermodynamics with their applications in several engineering fields.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Define the principles of thermodynamics
  • Classify the systems as open and closed
  • Explain first and second law of thermodynamics
  • Analyze ideal and real thermodynamic cycles
  • Solve engineering problems using properties, property tables and the relationships of thermodynamics
Course Description Heat, work, kinetic theory of gases, equation of state, thermodynamics system, control volume, first and second laws of thermodynamics, reversible and irreversible processes, introduction to basic thermodynamic cycles, system applications, entropy
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Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Basic concepts of temperature, temperature scales, pressure, and absolute and gage pressure and basic principles of thermodynamics such as system, state, state postulate, equilibrium, process, and cycle. Textbook: Chapter 1
2 Introduction to concepts of energy, forms of energy, three mechanisms of heat transfer, work, first law, energy balances. Textbook: Chapter 2
3 Pure substance and a discussion of the physics of phase-change processes. Demonstration the property tables and property diagrams, The compressibility factor, the equations of van der Waals, Beattie-Bridgeman, and Benedict-Webb-Rubin Textbook: Chapter 3
4 The moving boundary work, the conservation of energy principle for closed systems, and development of the general energy balance applied to closed systems Textbook: Chapter 4
5 Specific Heats, specific heat at constant volume and the specific heat at constant pressure, internal energy and enthalpy change in incompressible substances, thermodynamics aspects of biological systems Textbook: Chapter 4
6 Review and Midterm Exam I
7 Conservation of mass principle, application of mass conservation to various systems, application the first law of conservation of energy principle to control volumes. Textbook: Chapter 5
8 Steady flow processes, analysis of steady flow devices, energy balance to general unsteady-flow processes Textbook: Chapter 5
9 The second law of thermodynamics, the valid processes as those statisfy both the first and second laws of thermodynamics, thermal energy reservoirs, reversible and irreversible processes Textbook: Chapter 6
10 Carnot Cycle, carnot principles, the idealized Carnot heat engines, refrigerators and heat pumps Textbook: Chapter 6
11 Review and Midterm II
12 Entropy to quantify the second-law effects, the increase of entropy principles, entropy changes in pure substances Textbook: Chapter 7
13 Isentropics processes, the reversible stady-flow work and the isentropics efficiencies of various devices, entropy balance Textbook: Chapter 7
14 Entropy balance Textbook: Chapter 7
15 Review
16 Final
Course Notes/Textbooks

Yunus Çengel and Michael A. Bowles, Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, McGraw Hill Book Company, Ninth Edition, 2019.

Suggested Readings/Materials

Moran, MJ; Shapiro, HN; Boettner, DD; Bailey, MB, “Principles of Engineering Thermodynamics (8th edition), Wiley, Singapore ISBN: 978-1-118-96088-2

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
15
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
35
Final Exam
1
50
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
2
50
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
50
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
4
64
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
14
2
28
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
3
6
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
20
Final Exams
1
20
    Total
150

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To have knowledge in Mathematics, science, physics knowledge based on mathematics; mathematics with multiple variables, differential equations, statistics, optimization and linear algebra; to be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge in complex engineering problems

2

To be able to identify, define, formulate, and solve complex mechatronics engineering problems; to be able to select and apply appropriate analysis and modeling methods for this purpose.

3

To be able to design a complex electromechanical system, process, device or product with sensor, actuator, control, hardware, and software to meet specific requirements under realistic constraints and conditions; to be able to apply modern design methods for this purpose.

4

To be able to develop, select and use modern techniques and tools necessary for the analysis and solution of complex problems encountered in Mechatronics Engineering applications; to be able to use information technologies effectively.

5

To be able to design, conduct experiments, collect data, analyze and interpret results for investigating Mechatronics Engineering problems.

6

To be able to work effectively in Mechatronics Engineering disciplinary and multidisciplinary teams; to be able to work individually.

7

To be able to communicate effectively in Turkish, both in oral and written forms; to be able to author and comprehend written reports, to be able to prepare design and implementation reports, to present effectively, to be able to give and receive clear and comprehensible instructions.

8

To have knowledge about global and social impact of engineering practices on health, environment, and safety; to have knowledge about contemporary issues as they pertain to engineering; to be aware of the legal ramifications of engineering solutions.

9

To be aware of ethical behavior, professional and ethical responsibility; information on standards used in engineering applications.

10

To have knowledge about industrial practices such as project management, risk management and change management; to have awareness of entrepreneurship and innovation; to have knowledge about sustainable development.

11

Using a foreign language, he collects information about Mechatronics Engineering and communicates with his colleagues. ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1)

12

To be able to use the second foreign language at intermediate level.

13

To recognize the need for lifelong learning; to be able to access information; to be able to follow developments in science and technology; to be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to Mechatronics Engineering.

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest