AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE: The course is organized so that to build
both theoretical background and practical skills necessary for understanding and further
studies in the field of applied thermodynamics and heat transfer as well as solving of applied
engineering problems.
DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE: The course consists of four parts: Fundamentals of
Thermodynamics, Application of Thermodynamics, Heat transfer fundamentals and Heat
exchangers. The course program is correlated with the other subjects (inputs and outputs)
related to both the Thermodynamics and the Heat transfer. The first part of the course covers
the following main topics: fundamental concepts of thermodynamics; basic definitions and
units; conservation of mass and energy; properties of pure substances; ideal and actual gases;
non-reacting ideal gas mixtures and ideal gas water vapor mixtures; energy analysis of closed
and open systems; the second law of thermodynamics and entropy. The second part of the
course covers the following: air-standard cycles of internal combustion engines and gas
turbines; vapor power cycles and combined cycles; refrigeration and air-conditioning cycles.
The third part of the course deals with the basic modes of heat transfer (conduction,
convection, and radiation) and some combined modes of heat transfer. The fourth part of the
course covers topics related to tube-in-tube heat exchangers and shell and tube heat
exchangers.
