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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Advanced
School/College
Unit aim
Builds on introductory thermodynamics and fluid mechanics units to further students’ understanding of the fundamentals of classical thermodynamics and heat transfer, and covers applications in mechanical engineering thermal systems. The unit revises the second law, introduces chemical reactions and combustion, and addresses power cycles, refrigeration, air-conditioning and liquefaction. Modes of heat transfer and heat exchanger design are addressed.
Unit content
Revision of fundamentals; second law, entropy, exergy
Power and refrigeration cycles
Refrigeration and liquefaction
Air conditioning
Gas turbines
Mixtures, psychrometry, chemical reactions and combustion
Conduction, convection and radiation
Heat exchanger design
Thermal technology in practice
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify and explain the fundamental principles of thermodynamics and heat transfer | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | ||||
| 2 | analyse thermal engineering problems in terms of the fundamental principles of thermodynamics and heat transfer | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 3 | model and solve thermodynamics and heat transfer problems | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 4 | develop skills in effectively and safely using laboratory equipment in a team environment for experimental investigation and measurement of thermodynamic and heat transfer phenomena, and in reporting findings | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | |||||
| 5 | understand the application of thermodynamics and heat transfer in mechanical engineering professional practice. | Communication and social skills | ||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- identify and explain the fundamental principles of thermodynamics and heat transfer
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA6: Communication and social skills
- analyse thermal engineering problems in terms of the fundamental principles of thermodynamics
and heat transfer
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- model and solve thermodynamics and heat transfer problems
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- develop skills in effectively and safely using laboratory equipment in a team environment
for experimental investigation and measurement of thermodynamic and heat transfer
phenomena, and in reporting findings
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA6: Communication and social skills
- understand the application of thermodynamics and heat transfer in mechanical engineering
professional practice.
- GA6: Communication and social skills
Prescribed texts
- Cengel, YA & Ghajar, A, 2014, Heat and Mass Transfer: Fundamentals and Applications, 5th edn, McGraw-Hill, USA. ISBN: 10: 0073398187.