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Introduction to thermodynamics and heat transfer.
The first part of the course is an introduction to engineering thermodynamics with emphasis on its rigorous general foundations. After a concise summary of the definitions of energy, entropy and availability, several applications of energy and entropy balances are discussed including bulk-flow interactions and modelling of energy-conversion devices (pumps, compressors, turbines, heat exchangers) and the simplest energy conversion systems; steam tables; moist air; exergy; cost allocation of energy consuption in cogeneration plants. The second part of the course is an introduction to heat transfer covering conduction (Fourier law; heat diffusion equation and its solutions in simple geometries with fixed and convective boundary conditions; fins; lumped capacitance method and Heisler diagrams for unsteady problems), convection (laminar and turbulent flow; boundary layers; dimensionless parameters; correlations for simple forced convection configurations), and radiation (blackbody radiation; gray surfaces; radiation exchange among gray surfaces).
Gyftopoulos and Beretta, Thermodynamics. Foundations and Applications, Dover 2005.
Lectures and recitations
Written exam in two parts to verify both the level of preparation in the theory and the problem solving ability.