Course units
UD 1. Combustion and Heating Generators.
Chemical and thermodynamic of the combustion process.
Physical of the combustion process: burners and combustion chambers.
Heating generators: energy balance in steam boilers.
UD 2. Power Cycles and Engines.
Energy and exergy balance in steam turbine and gas turbine power cycles.
Energy and exergy balance combined power cycles.
Energy balance in internal combustion engines.
UD 3. Cooling Systems and Air Conditioning.
Mechanical compression refrigeration machines. Energy and exergy balance
Refrigerants, compressors, heat exchangers and valves
Mechanical compression refrigeration machines.
Conditioning process and space air conditioning.
Air-conditioning systems.
