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THERMAL POWER ENGINES

Course
MCLE446 - THERMAL POWER ENGINES
Department
Mechanical Engineering - English - Undergraduate
Course Type
Course
Status
Required
Language
English
Credit
3
ECTS
0
T+P+L
3 + 0 + 0
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Prerequisite
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Course Description

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THERMAL POWER ENGINES

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Course Syllabus

Week Topic
Week 1 Introduce the second law of thermodynamics.
Week 2 Apply the second law of thermodynamics to cycles and cyclic devices.
Week 3 Describe the Carnot cycle.
Week 4 Define a new property called entropy to quantify the second-law effects.
Week 5 Calculate the entropy changes that take place during processes for pure substances, incompressible substances, and ideal gases.
Week 6 Examine a special class of idealized processes, called isentropic processes.
Week 7 Develop the property relations for these processes.
Week 8 Mid-Term Exams
Week 9 Mid-Term Exams
Week 10 Evaluate the performance of gas power cycles for which the working fluid remains a gas throughout the entire cycle.
Week 11 Develop simplifying assumptions applicable to gas power cycles.
Week 12 Review the operation of reciprocating engines.
Week 13 Analyse both closed and open gas power cycles.
Week 14 Solve problems based on the Otto and Diesel cycles.
Week 15 Solve problems based on the Brayton cycle.

Reference Books & Course Materials

  1. 01 Çengel, Y A, Boles, M A and Kanoğlu M, 2019, Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, 9th Edition, McGraw-Hill Education, New York.

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Program Outcomes

  1. Should be able to write effective reports, understand written reports, and prepare design and production reports.
  2. Should have the ability to make effective presentations.
  3. Should have the ability to give and have clear and understandable instructions.
  4. Should gain consciousness (awareness) about the necessity of lifelong learning.
  5. Should have the ability to access information.
  6. Should have the ability to follow developments in science and technology and constantly renew himself/herself.
  7. Should gain the awareness of professional and ethical responsibility and should act in accordance with ethical principles.
  8. Should gain knowledge about the standards used in engineering applications.
  9. Should gain knowledge about project management, risk management, and change management practices in business life.
  10. Should gain awareness about entrepreneurship, and innovation.
  11. Should gain knowledge about development in sustainability.
  12. Should gain knowledge about the effects of engineering practices on health, environment, and security at universal and social dimensions and the problems of the age reflected in the field of engineering.
  13. Awareness should be gained about the legal consequences of engineering solutions.
  14. Should have sufficient knowledge in mathematics, science, and subjects specific to the relevant engineering discipline.
  15. Should have the ability to use theoretical and applied knowledge in mathematics, science, and related engineering disciplines in complex engineering problems.
  16. Should have the ability to detect, define, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems.
  17. Should have the ability to select and apply appropriate analysis and modeling methods to solve complex engineering problems.
  18. Should have the ability to design a complex system, process, device, or product to meet specific requirements under realistic constraints and conditions.
  19. Should have the ability to apply modern design methods.
  20. Should have the ability to develop, select, and use modern techniques and tools necessary for the analysis and solution of complex problems encountered in engineering applications.
  21. Should have the ability to use information technologies effectively.
  22. Should have the ability to design experiments, for the study of complex problems or discipline-specific research topics.
  23. Should have the ability to conduct experiments, collect data, analyze and interpret results for the study of complex problems or discipline-specific research topics.
  24. Should have the ability to work in intradisciplinary teams.
  25. Should have the ability to work in interdisciplinary teams.
  26. Should have the skills to work individually.
  27. Should have the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
  28. Should have the knowledge of at least one foreign language.

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