Learning Outcomes

Having completed this course you will be able to:

• Describe the basic concepts of systems and states
• Illustrate property diagrams of pure substances
• Solve energy balance problems associated with closed systems
• Discuss the principles of conservation of mass
• Determine mass and energy balance for steady flow processes
• Distinguish between reversible and irreversible processes
• Explain the working principles of the Carnot cycle
• Define the principles of Entropy and Exergy
• Outline the applications of exergy in various systems
• Evaluate the performance of a gas power cycle
• Examine problems associated with gas power cycles
• Describe the entropic relations of an ideal gas
• Derive common thermodynamic relations