DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING AND PHYSICS Dr. Ted Thiede Associate Professor of Engineering and Physics

PHY 240: Thermodynamics I Course Information Page
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:	Fundamental engineering concepts of power systems, cooling systems and system efficiency.  First and second law analysis.  Entropy, reversible and irreversible processes, ideal gases.  Application to simple physical, chemical and engineering problems.  Three lectures per week, incorporating laboratory activities for students and demonstrations as appropriate.
ASSIGNMENTS:	Homework Quizzes (1/6 of grade) Hour exams (3).    (1/2 of grade) Final Examination  (1/3 of grade) You may need to download the AdobeAcrobat Reader.  Those enrolled in the course should access the MSU Blackboard site frequently
TOPICS:	Forms of energy  Properties, states and equilibrium  Processes and cycles  Pressure and Temperature  Pure substances  Phase change  Property tables  Equations of state  Heat transfer and work  The first law of thermodynamics  Internal energy, enthalpy and specific heats  Control volumes  Steady flow processes  Unsteady flow processes  Thermal energy reservoirs and heat engines  Energy conversion efficiencies	Refrigerators and heat pumps Reversible and irreversible processes  The Carnot Cycle  Entropy  Property diagrams  The Tds relations  Entropy change of solids and liquids  Entropy change in ideal gases  Reversible steady flow work  Isentropic efficiencies  Entropy balance  Power cycles  Air standard assumptions  Otto cycle, Diesel cycle  Brayton cycle  Ideal jet propulsion cycles
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