Course Overview
Students will solve problems in Thermodynamics involving perfect gases, heat and work transfers; the mean effective pressure, indicated power, brake power, and efficiencies of internal combustion engines; calculation of heat balance and ideal cycles of internal combustion engines; and energy transfers in reciprocating air compressors.
Prerequisite(s)
- Term 3.
Credits
5.0
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Solve problems involving expansion and compression of perfect gases.
- Solve problems involving work transfer and heat energy supplied during expansion and compression processes of perfect gases.
- Solve problems involving the calculation of the mean effective pressure, indicated power, brake power, and efficiencies of internal combustion engines.
- Solve problems involving the heat balance of internal combustion engines.
- Solve problems involving the ideal cycles of the internal combustion engines.
- Solve problems involving energy transfers in reciprocating air compressors.
Effective as of Winter 2011
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