Study Guide

Objective

After completing the course, the student should be able to make calculations on basic thermodynamic processes such as heating / cooling, mixing, compression / expansion and combustion, as well as cyclical processes.

Content

Thermodynamic properties of various fluids including humid air
Thermodynamic processes
Thermal power generation
Refrigeration plants and heat pumps
Combustion

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Can calculate the thermodynamic state variables using tables, charts, computer programs or formulas.
Can use energy and mass balances to make calculations for individual steady-state processes.
Can calculate efficiencies for turbines and compressors.
Can calculate simple cyclical processes and interpret diagrams on these.
Can calculate the amount of air, the amount of flue gas and the specific enthalpy of the flue gas with graphs or software.
Can, in standard calculations, use correct symbols and present the calculation in a reasonably systematic way.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Knows and is able to explain the meaning of important thermodynamic quantities and concepts and how these quantities depend on each other.
Can make more demanding calculations for cyclical processes.
Can perform calculations on processes with humid air involving condensation / water supply.
Can make energy calculations based on flue gas composition.
Can use computerized tools to effectively analyze and describe relationships.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Knows the statistical interpretation of the entropy concept and can draw simple conclusions based on it.
Can do calculations for non-steady-state processes.
Can determine the amount of air, the amount of flue gas and the composition of the flue gas by stoichiometric calculations.
Can derive thermodynamic relationships.
Can use computerized tools to make mathematically more complicated thermodynamic calculations.

Qualifications

None