Mechanical Engineering Course of Study
Subject:
Academic Year:
Lecturer:
Number of periods per week:
Number of total weeks:
Thermodynamics I AMEE 200
2004 – 2005 (Fall Semester)
Dr. George Karagiorgis
3+1*
14
*Laboratory hours
Course Outline:
 Fundamentals of engineering thermodynamics: thermodynamic system,
control volume concept, units of measurement, energy, work, heat, property of
pure substances.
 The first law of thermodynamics: forms of energy, conservation of energy,
thermodynamic properties, conservation of mass and the first law applied to a
control volume, the steady-state steady-flow process, the uniform-state
uniform-flow process.
 The second law of thermodynamics: the Carnot cycle, the thermodynamic
property entropy, the T-s and h-s diagram, reversible and irreversible
processes, efficiency.
 Application to engineering systems, power and refrigeration cycles: Otto cycle,
diesel cycle, refrigeration cycles, turbines, compressors, pumps.
Laboratory Work: (A selection of the following labs)
 Experiment 1:
Adiabatic Gas Law
 Experiment 2:
Heat Engine and Temperature Difference
 Experiment 3:
Heat Engine efficiency (Detailed Study)
 Experiment 4:
Heat Pump Coefficient of Performance
 Experiment 5:
Refrigeration
 Experiment 6:
Air-conditioning unit
Assessment:
Final exam
Coursework
60%
40%
The passing mark is 50%. To pass the course you must get a 35% grade in both final
exams and coursework.
Mechanical Engineering Course of Study
Coursework:
Test 1: First Law of thermodynamics(last week of October)**
Test 2: The second Law of Thermodynamics (Last week of November)**
4 – 7 Lab reports
** The dates of the tests and assignments are likely to change slightly.
Grading system:
Tests
100%
Textbooks:
 Advanced Thermodynamics Engineering. Kalyan Annamalai, Ishwar Kanwar Puri,
CRC Press, 2001.SolidWorks manual, 2003
References:
 Applied Thermodynamics for Engineering Technologists. T.D. Eastop and A.
McConkey, Longman, 1997.
 Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics. M. Moran and H. Shapiro, Wiley
& Sons, 4th Edition, 2000.
 Fundamentals of Thermodynamics. Sonntag, Borgnakke, & van Wylen; John
Wiley & Sons, 6th Edition, 2002.
 Thermodynamics and Heat Power. Cranet Bluestein, Prentice Hall, 6 th Edition,
2000.
 Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach. Yunus A. Cengel, Michael A. Boles,
McGraw Hill College Div., 4th edition, 2001.
 Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics. Adrian Bejan, Wiley-Interscience, 2nd
edition, 1997.