Postgraduate Course: Thermodynamics for Energy Systems (MSc) (PGEE10030)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course will consider advanced applications of thermodynamics in a range of engineering contexts. Topics covered will include advanced power cycles, psychrometry and an introduction to combustion. |
| Course description |
- Introduction to exergy
- Thermodynamic cycles for power plants and other engineering applications
- Ideal gas mixtures and psychrometry (simple gas/vapour mixture models)
- Combustion and gasification
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | Students MUST NOT also be taking
Thermodynamics (Mechanical) 4 (MECE10012)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Have a deeper understanding of the significance of the First and Second Laws and be able to apply them to relevant engineering systems (e.g. power plants and refrigeration systems);
- Understand the division of energy into available and unavailable energy, that degradation of energy occurs in energy processes, and carry out second law analyses of simple plant;
- Carry out calculations on power cycles, heat pumps and combined heat and power plants and recognise the good, the bad and the impossible in energy systems;
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Reading List
No book required, but texts that can be referred to include:
Borgnakke and Sonntag, Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, Wiley.
Cengel and Boles, Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, McGraw Hill.
Moran & Shapiro, Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, Wiley. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Thermodynamics,energy systems |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Mathieu Lucquiaud
Tel: (0131 6)50 7444
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Course secretary | Mr James Foster
Tel: (0131 6)51 3562
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