| Course Objectives: |
To provide mechatronics engineering students with necessary knowledge in thermodynamic energy and its transfer. |
| Course Content: |
Introduction to thermodynamics, ideal gasses, internal energy, enthalpy, energy transfer by work, heat and mass, the first and second laws of thermodynamics, refrigerators and heat pumps, Carnot cycle, entropy, reversibility. Transient and steady state one dimensional heat transfer, two dimensional steady state heat transfer, surface heat transfer, numerical methods, radiation heat transfer, heat exchangers,introduction to convection heat transfer. Hydrostatics, kinematics of flow, continuity equation, Euler’s and Bernoulli’s equations, viscous flow equations, head loss in ducts and piping systems, momentum theorems, dimensional analysis and similitude, potential flow, circulation and vorticity. |
| Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Introduction to Thermal-Fluid Systems Engineering: Engineering Basics, Constitutional Relations, 0th & 1st Laws of Thermodynamics, Units and Conversions |
• Thermal System Case Studies
• Analysis of Thermal Systems
• Defining Systems
• Describing Systems and Their Behavior
• Units and Dimensions
• Two Measurable Properties: Specific Volume and Pressure
• Measuring Temperature
• Reviewing Mechanical Concepts of Energy
• Broadening Our Understanding of Work
• Modeling Expansion or Compression Work
• Broadening Our Understanding of Energy
• Energy Transfer by Heat
• Energy Accounting: Energy Balance for Closed Systems
• Energy Analysis of Cycles
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| 2) |
Evaluating Properties, p-v-T relations, Ideal Gas Model |
• Evaluating Properties
• Fixing the State
• p-v-T Relation
• Retrieving Thermodynamics Properties
• p-v-T Relations for Gases
• Ideal Gas Model
• Internal Energy, Enthalpy, and Specific Heats of Ideal Gases
• Evaluating u and h of Ideal Gases
• Polytropic Process of an Ideal Gas
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| 3) |
Control Volume Analysis with Mass and Energy |
• Conservation of Mass for a Control Volume
• Conservation of Energy for a Control Volume
• Analyzing Control Volumes at Steady State
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| 4) |
2nd Law of Thermodynamics and Introduction to Entropy |
• Introducing the Second Law
• Identifying Irreversibilities
• Applying the Second Law to Thermodynamic Cycles
• Maximum Performance Measures for Cycles Operating between Two Reservoirs
• Carnot Cycle
• Introducing Entropy
• Retrieving Entropy Data
• Entropy Change in Internally Reversible Processes
• Entropy Balance for Closed Systems
• Entropy Rate Balance for Control Volumes
• Isentropic Processes
• Isentropic Efficiencies of Turbines, Nozzles, Compressors, and Pumps
• Heat Transfer and Work in Internally Reversible, Steady-State Flow Processes
• Accounting for Mechanical Energy
• Accounting for Internal Energy
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| 5) |
Thermodynamic Cycles with Examples I
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• Modeling Vapor Power Systems
• Analyzing Vapor Power Systems—Rankine Cycle
• Improving Performance—Superheat and Reheat
• Improving Performance—Regenerative Vapor Power Cycle
• Vapor Refrigeration Systems
• Analyzing Vapor-Compression Refrigeration Systems
• Vapor-Compression Heat Pump Systems
• Working Fluids for Vapor Power and Refrigeration Systems
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| 6) |
Thermodynamic Cycles with Examples II
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• Engine Terminology
• Air-Standard Otto Cycle
• Air-Standard Diesel Cycle
• Modeling Gas Turbine Power Plants
• Air-Standard Brayton Cycle
• Regenerative Gas Turbines
• Gas Turbines for Aircraft Propulsion
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| 7) |
Getting Started in Fluid Mechanics: Fluid Statics |
• Pressure Variation in a Fluid at Rest
• Measurement of Pressure
• Manometry
• Mechanical and Electronic Pressure and Measuring Devices
• Hydrostatic Force on a Plane Surface
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| 8) |
Lagrangian and Eulerian Descriptions of Fluid Motion, Velocity Kinematics and Vector Fields for Physical Quantities and Gradients, Other Kinematic Descriptions
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• Lagrangian and Eulerian Descriptions
• Flow Patterns and Flow Visualization
• Plots of Fluid Flow Data
• Other Kinematic Descriptions
• Vorticity and Rotationality
• The Reynolds Transport Theorem
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| 9) |
Midterm Exam |
Weeks 1-6 |
| 10) |
Control Volume Analysis with Mass and Momentum, Energy and Momentum Equations in Fluid Mechanics
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• Fluid Flow Preliminaries
• Momentum Equation
• Applying the Momentum Equation
• The Bernoulli Equation
• Further Examples of Use of the Bernoulli Equation
• The Mechanical Energy Equation
• Applying the Mechanical Energy Equation
• Compressible Flow
• One-dimensional Steady Flow in Nozzles and Diffusers
• Flow in Nozzles and Diffusers of Ideal Gases with Constant Specific Heats
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| 11) |
External Flow, Drag and Lift Phenomena with Power relations |
• Boundary Layer on a Flat Plate
• General External Flow Characteristics
• Drag Coefficient Data
• Lift
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| 12) |
Heat Transfer by Conduction: Governing Equation in Solids, Steady and Unsteady Analysis |
• Heat Transfer Modes: Physical Origins and Rate Equations
• Applying the First Law in Heat Transfer
• The Surface Energy Balance
• Introduction to Conduction Analysis
• Steady-State Conduction
• Conduction with Energy Generation
• Heat Transfer from Extended Surfaces: Fins
• Transient Conduction
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| 13) |
Heat Transfer by Convection: Governing Equation in Liquids, Active and Passive Cooling |
• Forced Convection
• External Flow
• Internal Flow
• Free Convection
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| 14) |
Heat Transfer by Radiation: Introduction and Basics
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• Fundamental Concepts
• Radiation Quantities and Processes
• Blackbody Radiation
• Radiation Properties of Real Surfaces
• The View Factor
• Blackbody Radiation Exchange
• Radiation Exchange between Diffuse-Gray Surfaces in an Enclosure
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
| 1) |
Sufficient knowledge in mathematics, science and engineering related to their branches; and the ability to apply theoretical and practical knowledge in these areas to model and solve engineering problems. |
5 |
| 2) |
The ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems; selecting and applying appropriate analysis and modeling methods for this purpose. |
5 |
| 3) |
The ability to design a complex system, process, device or product under realistic constraints and conditions to meet specific requirements; the ability to apply modern design methods for this purpose. (Realistic constraints and conditions include such issues as economy, environmental issues, sustainability, manufacturability, ethics, health, safety, social and political issues, according to the nature of design.) |
5 |
| 4) |
Ability to develop, select and use modern techniques and tools necessary for engineering applications; ability to use information technologies effectively. |
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| 5) |
Ability to design experiments, conduct experiments, collect data, analyze and interpret results to examine engineering problems or discipline-specific research topics. |
5 |
| 6) |
The ability to work effectively in disciplinary and multidisciplinary teams; individual work skill. |
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| 7) |
Effective communication skills in Turkish oral and written communication; at least one foreign language knowledge; ability to write effective reports and understand written reports, to prepare design and production reports, to make effective presentations, to give and receive clear and understandable instructions. |
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| 8) |
Awareness of the need for lifelong learning; access to knowledge, ability to follow developments in science and technology, and constant self-renewal. |
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| 9) |
Conform to ethical principles, and standards of professional and ethical responsibility; be informed about the standards used in engineering applications. |
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| 10) |
Awareness of applications in business, such as project management, risk management and change management; awareness of entrepreneurship, and innovation; information about sustainable development. |
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| 11) |
Information about the universal and social health, environmental and safety effects of engineering applications and the ways in which contemporary problems are reflected in the engineering field; awareness of the legal consequences of engineering solutions. |
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