CHE 231 / ME 305 Elementary Thermodynamics

Schedule Fall 2007

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Use this schedule to plan your reading and studying. The topic sequence is good, but the actual dates will change based on our progress.

Readings are keyed to Sonntag, Borgnakke, and Van Wylen, Fundamentals of Thermodynamics (6th ed.).

August 20 Administrivia  
  Thermodynamics: Introduction Text p. 14
  Definitions Text pp. 14-18
August 22 Definitions Text pp. 14-18
  Concept Review: Moles Text pp. 19-20
August 24 Concept Review: Moles Text pp. 19-20
  Concept Review: Force Text pp. 20
  Pressure Text pp. 25-31
August 27 Pressure Text pp. 25-31
  Energy Text pp. 21-23
August 29 Phase Behavior Text pp. 44-51
August 31 Phase Behavior Text pp. 44-51
September 8 Thermodynamic Tables Text pp. 51-59
September 10 Equations of State Text pp. 61-69
  Work Text pp. 84-99
September 12 Work Text pp. 84-99
  Heat Text pp. 100-01
  Heat Transfer Text pp. 101-03
September 14 First Law Analysis (Closed Systems) Text pp. 116-24, 141-43
September 17 Review for Test 1  
September 19 Test 1  
September 21 Polytropic Processes  
  Internal Energy Text pp. 124-26
  Enthalpy Text pp. 130-33
  Specific Heat Text pp. 133-35
September 24 Thermodynamic Properties of Ideal Gases Text pp. 135-41
September 26 Thermodynamic Properties of Solids & Liquids  
  Solving Thermo Problems Text pp. 126-30
September 28 Conservation of Mass Text pp. 143-44, 162-65
October 1 First Law Analysis: Open Systems Text pp. 165-67
October 3 First Law Analysis: Open Systems Text pp. 165-67
  Steady Flow Processes Text pp. 167-69
October 5 Steady Flow Processes Text pp. 167-69
October 8 Common Steady Flow Devices Text pp. 169-83
October 10 Test 2  
October 14 Common Steady Flow Devices Text pp. 169-83
October 22 Review Test  
October 24 Uniform State/Uniform Flow Processes Text pp. 183-93
October 26
October 26 Uniform State/Uniform Flow Processes Text pp. 183-93
October 26
October 29 2nd Law of Thermodynamics Text pp. 220-23
  Reversibility Text pp. 223-27
October 31 Carnot Cycle Text pp. 227-33, 236-39
November 2 Heat Engines Text pp. 214-20
  Thermal Efficiency Text pp. 214-20
November 5 Entropy Text pp. 251-57
November 7 Entropy Data Text pp. 257-59
  Calculating Entropy Changes: Reversible Processes Text pp. 259-64
November 9 Calculating Entropy Changes: Closed Irreversible Processes Text pp. 264-66
November 12 Test III  
November 14 Entropy Generation and Increase Text pp. 266-72
  Process Entropy Changes Text pp. 272-82
  2nd Law Analysis of Open Systems Text pp. 282, 302-3, 316-17
November 16 2nd Law Analysis of Flow Processes Text pp. 304-16
November 19 2nd Law Analysis of Flow Processes Text pp. 304-16
November 27 2nd Law Analysis of Flow Processes Text pp. 304-16
November 29 2nd Law Analysis of Flow Processes Text pp. 304-16
December 1 Assessment Test  
December 4    
December 6    
December 8 General Review  
TBA    

Revised: 26 July 2005 by RMP