COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THERMODYNAMICS I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MEE 2024 THERMODYNAMICS I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Mechanical Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR CAN ÖZGÜR ÇOLPAN

Offered to

Mechanical Engineering (Evening)
Mechanical Engineering

Course Objective

This course essentially provides the fundamental principles of thermodynamics and furnishes engineering applications for mastering these principles. Within the couse, together with introducing the reversible process concept, 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics are covered.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to understand units, terms, sketches and tables related to thermodynamics.
2   Ability to calculate the work in open and closed systems
3   Ability to understand entropy term and its generation.
4   Ability understand heat machines and their thermal efficiencies.
5   Ability understand ideal gase behavours.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introductory comments, importance of thermodynamics in mechanical engineering practice
2 Properties of pure substances.
3 P-V-T behavior of a pure substance, ideal gas model.
4 Energy of a system, work and heat as energy interaction between systems.
5 The first law of thermodynamics, applications to closed systems.
6 midterm exam 1
7 The first law of thermodynamics for open systems.
8 Energy analysis of steady state steady flow systems (SSSF).
9 Energy analysis of unsteady state systems.
10 The second law of thermodynamics, the carnot cycle, the reversible process.
11 The entropy concept, the inequality of clasius, the entropy change of a pure substance.
12 midterm exam 2
13 The fundamental equation of thermodynamics, entropy generation.
14 Entropy change of an ideal gas, illustration of reversible processes on T-s diagram.

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Sonntag, Borgnakke, & Van wylen, Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, sixth edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2003
Supplementary Book(s):
References:
1.Wark, K., Thermodynamics, McGraw-Hill Publications, 1998.
2.Çengel, Y., Boles, M., Thermodynamics, fourth edition, McGraw-Hill Publications, 2002.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, assignments

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE1 * 0.25 + MTE2 * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE1 * 0.25 + MTE2 * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 2 12 24
Preparing presentations 3 8 24
Preparing assignments 3 8 24
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Midterm 2 2 4
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15532
LO.25532
LO.35532
LO.45532
LO.55532