EN4803

More in depth than EN-3211, this course will cover the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics and its effect on the thermal efficiency of heat engines and power plants. It will also introduce the property of entropy and its use in analyzing power cycles and subsidiary components, such as turbines, compressors, pumps and pistons. These concepts will be applied to analyze engineering power cycles, including the Otto, Diesel and Brayton gas cycles, the Rankine vapor power cycle used in steam power plants, binary and combined cycles, and cogeneration. Fuel combustion and compressible flows in nozzles will also be covered.

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