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May 06, 2024
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ME 30500 - General Thermodynamics I
Credit Hours: 3.00. Properties of pure substances, work and heat, first and second laws of thermodynamics, entropy, irreversibility and availability, power and refrigeration cycles, thermodynamic relations. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours

Syllabus Available
Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional
Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture

Offered By: Regional Campus Only

Course Attributes:
Upper Division

May be offered at any of the following campuses:     
      Northwest- Westville
      Northwest- Hammond

Learning Outcomes: 1. Determine properties such as specific volume, internal energy, enthalpy, and entropy using the tables of thermodynamic properties. 2. Determine the work done and the heat transfer for a given process. 3. Apply the first law of thermodynamics to analyze power and refrigeration cycle. 4. Determine the thermal efficiency of various processes and cycle. 5. Understand the second law of thermodynamics and the concept of entropy generation. 6. Determine irreversibility and availability.



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