Fundamental Thermodynamics

General Data
Academic program	ECAM LaSalle Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Programme			Module Manager(s) : AHMAD Hafiz Muhammad,MAJDOUB Fida
EC Type : Lectures	Fundamental Thermodynamics (LIIEEng02EFundThermo)
Tutorials : 10h00 Lectures : 10h00 Individual work : 20h00 Total duration: 20	Status	Period Semester 2	Teaching language : English

General objectives
By the end of this course, students will be able: To decompose a thermodynamic problem in several blocks to optimize the solving approach To formulate appropriate assumptions to define the scope of the problem and simplify it while keeping a reasonable level of accuracy - To build a graphical representation (PVT curves) of a thermodynamic system to facilitate the understanding and the solving process

General objectives

By the end of this course, students will be able:
To decompose a thermodynamic problem in several blocks to optimize the solving approach
To formulate appropriate assumptions to define the scope of the problem and simplify it while keeping a reasonable level of accuracy
- To build a graphical representation (PVT curves) of a thermodynamic system to facilitate the understanding and the solving process

Content
Introduction to basic concepts of system, state, surroundings, process , and cycle; review the concept of temperature, temperature scales, pressure , various types of pressure and their calculation Definition and different forms of Energy Physical properties and state description, various methods to determine the properties of matter, equations of state for gases, ideal gases vs. real gas. First law of thermodynamics and application to ideal gases for closed and open systems Energy analysis for closed systems Mass and Energy analysis for open systems/control volumes

Content

Introduction to basic concepts of system, state, surroundings, process , and cycle; review the concept of temperature, temperature scales, pressure , various types of pressure and their calculation
Definition and different forms of Energy
Physical properties and state description, various methods to determine the properties of matter, equations of state for gases, ideal gases vs. real gas.
First law of thermodynamics and application to ideal gases for closed and open systems
Energy analysis for closed systems
Mass and Energy analysis for open systems/control volumes

Corequis
Mathematics for Engineers 1 General mechanics 1 Chemistry 1 Physics

Bibliographie
[1] Y. CENGEL and M. BOLES, ‘Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach’, 8th edition, McGraw-Hill Education, 2014, 1024 pages. (Reference Book) [2] Thermodynamics: From Concepts to Applications, Second Edition 2nd Edition CRC Press Arthur Shavit , Chaim Gutfinger

Assessment(s)
N°	Nature	Coefficient	Observable objectives
1	To understand the basic concepts of thermodynamics To decompose a thermodynamic problem in several blocks to optimize the solving approach To formulate appropriate assumptions to define the scope of the problem and simplify it while keeping a reasonable level of accuracy	1	Exam