Enables students to analyse and design advanced power, propulsion, heating and cooling systems using thermodynamic principles.
Linked modules
Pre-requisite: FEEG1003
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Syllabus
• Introduction to applications of thermodynamics, and environmental and socio-economic factors.
• Thermodynamic properties and processes: Thermodynamic properties and non-ideal fluids; analysis of real thermodynamic processes (compressors and turbines, throttles, nozzles, co/counterflow heat exchangers, property change due to combustion); description of combustion mechanisms; chemical equilibrium.
• Internal combustion engine applications: Operating principles and performance parameters thermodynamic analysis of ideal and real cycles (including availability analysis); Improving performance, and current directions in engine technology.
• Gas turbine applications: Analysis of real gas turbines – Adaptations for power generation (intercooling, reheat, recuperation, blade cooling); gas turbines for aero-propulsion (incl. propulsive efficiency and bypass).
• Vapour cycles: Properties of condensable fluids, use of tables, charts and equation of state; Carnot and Rankine power cycles; Effects of steam temperature and pressure, reheat, regenerative feedwater heating, and boiler efficiency.
• Boilers and combined cycles: Steam generation in bio-mass and coal-fired power plant; combined-cycles – heat recovery steam generators and consideration of the pinch-point.
• Refrigeration and Psychrometry: Refrigerants and refrigeration applications; Mixtures of air and water; Applications to air conditioning.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Teaching methods include
• Lectures including examples and demonstration experiments, with lecture notes provided.
• Example papers, example classes, and online problem solving tutorials.
• Laboratory briefings
• Structured power plant analysis activity with demonstrator support.
Learning activities include
• Individual work on examples.
• Laboratory measurements, analysis, and assessment activity.
• Power plant analysis activity: background reading, computational analysis, and assessment activity.