ME 321: Engineering Thermodynamics II Course Information Page
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:	Gas mixtures, air-water vapor mixtures. Air conditioning system design. Priniciples and design of energy conversion devices, power and refrigeration cycles. Principles of combustion, chemical equilibrium, one-dimensional gas dynamics. Noxzle design. Continuation of ME 220.  Prereq: ME220, MA 214, and engineering standing.
ASSIGNMENTS:	Daily Homework and Projects (1/6) Three Exams (1/6 each) Final Examination  (1/3) You may need to download the Adobe Acrobat Reader Those enrolled in the course may access course information using the MSU Blackboard system
TOPICS:	Carnot Vapor Cycle Rankine Cycle Reheat and Regeneration Cogeneration 2nd Law analysis of Vapor Cycles Combined Gas-Vapor Cycles Vapor-Compression Refrigeration Heat Pump/Air Conditioning Systems Alternative Refrigeration Cycles Maxwell Relations Clapeyron Equation General Property Relations Joule-Thompson Coefficient Gas Mixtures	Gas-Vapor Mixtures Humidity, Dew point, Wet and Dry Bulb temperature Air Conditioning Processes Fuels and Combustion Combustion Processes Enthalpies of Combustion and Formation, Heating Values 1st Law Analysis of Reacting Systems Adiabatic Flame Temperature 2nd Law Analysis of Reacting Systems Chemical Equilibrium Phase Equilibrium Stagnation Properties, Speed of Sound, Mach Number Isentropic Flow Through Nozzles Normal Shocks
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