Unit Code: DAU501

Unit Name: Applied Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

Description: The unit develops understanding of mass, energy, heat, work, efficiency, ideal and real thermodynamic cycles, heat and mass transfer processes. The unit deals with first & second laws of thermodynamics, perfect gas law, properties of real gases and the general energy equation. The course is also designed to introduce a basic study of the phenomena of heat and mass transfer to develop methodologies for solving a wide variety of practical engineering problems and to provide useful information concerning the performance and design of systems and processes.

Learning Target Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the learner can: 1. Explain how various heat engines and other thermodynamic devices work by the governing laws. 2. Apply the equations and laws of thermodynamics to the system of thermodynamic components to estimate the required balances of heat, work & energy flow. 3. Explain the concepts of path dependence/independence and reversibility/irreversibility of various thermodynamic processes. 4. Apply analysis to simple heat engine to estimate thermal efficiency and work at various points in the cycle. 5. Analyse and account for the consequence of heat transfer in thermal analyses of engineering systems. 6. Analyze heat exchanger performance by using the appropriate methods.

Prerequisite: DAU401

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 12

Offered In: Semester 2