ES 340       Thermodynamics       Spring 2011

Catalog Info:     The fundamental concepts of thermodynamics, and their application to pure substances.                        Topics include: properties of pure substances; work, heat, energy and the First Law of                            Thermodynamics; technique of First Law analysis; disorder, entropy and the Second                              Law of Thermodynamics; and technique of Second Law Analysis. 

 

Prerequisites:     PH 132 and MA231.

 

Textbook:          Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, 6th edition, Michael J. Moran and                                  Howard N. Shapiro, John Wiley &Sons (2008). 

 

Instructor:                  Ian I. Suni, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

                           Office: 236 CAMP                        Tel: 268-4471

                           Email:        isuni@clarkson.edu     Office Hrs: TTh 10:40-12:00, W 1:00-2:20

 

Class:                 Section 02  TTh, 1:00 – 2:15 pm    SC 360

 

Topical Outline:          Energy and the First Law: Chapters 1 and 2.

                                    Properties of Pure, Simple, Compressible Substances: Chapter 3.

                                    Control Volume Analysis (First Law): Chapter 4.

                                    Second Law: Chapter 5.

                                    Entropy: Chapter 6.

                                    Thermodynamic Relations: Chapter 11 (11.1-11.4).

                                    Power and Refrigeration Cycles: Chapters 8-10 (8.1-8.3, 9.1-9.3, 10.1-10.3).

 

Grading:            Home Work:                                         6%

                           EXAM I:            February 8th                        22%

                           EXAM II :         March 10th                  22%

                           EXAM III:         April 14th                             22%

                           FINAL:     Cumulative                          28%

 

Notes:        All exams are open book and are given in class at the usual time and place.  Booklets of tables              will be used, so contact me if you do not have one. 

                  Missing an exam will result in ZERO for that exam unless there is a valid excuse with                    documentation.  In that case, the scores on subsequent exams will be more heavily weighted.                 No make-up exams will be given for any reason whatsoever.  No exams will be given in                 advance, for any reason whatsoever. 

 

                  Homework Assignments will be collected and partially graded. No late assignments will be            accepted. Not all problems will be graded.  Solutions will be posted after due date.

 

Jan. 20       2.8             2.29           2.32           2.46           2.56           2.63           2.77           2.79                    2.87

Feb. 1        3.11          3.13           3.18           3.25           3.35           3.59           3.84           3.101        

Feb. 15      4.17           4.32           4.44           4.55           4.65           4.92           4.101                  4.109        

Mar. 1        5.24           5.30           5.37           5.44           5.48           5.70           5.75           5.78

Mar. 24      6.15           6.21           6.27           6.29           6.50           6.84           6.137                  6.163

Mar. 31      11.6           11.7           11.11         11.12         11.32         11.34        

Apr. 12      8.7             8.20           9.3             9.28           10.9           10.15

 

Course Objectives:

1.      Students will learn the fundamental principles of thermodynamics.

2.      Students will be able to analytically solve problems by applying conservation principles to   thermodynamic systems.

 

Course Outcomes:

 

1.      Students will learn the concepts of internal energy, heat, work, enthalpy, and entropy.

2.      Students will be able to obtain values of thermodynamics properties using equations of state, graphs, tables, various thermodynamic relations, and the principle of corresponding states for single component systems.

3.      Students will be able to apply the first law of thermodynamics to physical systems, both closed and open.

4.      Students will be able to apply the second law of thermodynamics to physical systems, both closed and open.

5.      Students will be able to analyze standard models of cyclic heat engines, refrigeration cycles, and heat       pumps.