Lecture 1
Lecture 1
Lecture #1
Asst. Prof. Dr. Yanin Sukjai
18 January 2024
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Outline
• Self introduction
• Course syllabus
Course syllabus
Course syllabus
• Reasons of existence
• A mandatory subject in mechanical engineering curriculum.
• A prerequisite to several other core subjects e.g. heat transfer, air
conditioning, refrigeration, power plant engineering, applied
thermodynamics for engineering applications.
• Required by the Council of Engineers of Thailand for associate
mechanical engineering license.
• Course description
• Thermodynamics concepts and definitions. The zeroth law of
thermodynamics and temperature scales. Energy, energy transfer, and
general energy analysis. Properties of pure substances. The first law
of thermodynamic and its applications. Energy analysis of closed
systems, Mass and energy analysis of open systems. The second law
of thermodynamics. Entropy and exergy. Thermodynamic cycles:
power cycles, and refrigeration cycles. Gas-vapor mixture and
psychometry. Chemical reactions.
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Course syllabus
• Course instructors
• Section 1: Asst. Prof. Dr. Yanin Sukjai
• Required textbook
• Y. A. Cengel, M. A. Boles, and M. Kanoglu (2018)
Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, 9th Edition (SI Units),
McGraw-Hill, New York.
• References
• W. Asvapoositkul (2018) Engineering Thermodynamics,
Chulalongkorn University Press, ISBN 978-974-03-3763-8.
• M.J. Moran and H.N. Shapiro Fundamentals of Engineering
Thermodynamics, Wiley, ISBN 978-0-470-03037-0
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Course syllabus
• Lecture schedule:
• Section 1: Thursday 13.30-16.30 CB2408
• Recorded lectures via LEB2 LearnIt
• Grading
Course syllabus
• Grading policy
• Students whose final normalized scores are less than 40% will be
graded as fail (F). Any other grading will be based on relative
performance of the whole class.
Class schedule
Week Date Lecture Topics Covered Chapter
1 18/01/2024 1 Class introduction and logistics 1
Introduction and Basic Concepts
2 25/01/2024 2 Energy, Energy Transfer, and General Energy 2
Analysis
3 01/02/2024 3 Properties of Pure Substances 3
4 08/02/2024 4 Energy Analysis of Closed Systems 4
5 15/02/2024 5 Energy Analysis of Closed Systems 4
6 21/02/2024 - Midterm Exam 1
7 29/02/2024 6 Mass and Energy Analysis of Control Volumes 5
8 07/03/2024 7 Mass and Energy Analysis of Control Volumes 5
9 14/03/2024 8 The Second Law of Thermodynamics 6
10 21/03/2024 9 Entropy 7
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Class schedule
Week Date Lecture Topics Covered Chapter
11 28/03/2024 10 Entropy 7
12 01/04/2024 - Midterm Exam 2
13 11/04/2024 11 Gas Power Cycles 9
14 18/04/2024 12 Vapor and Combined Power Cycles 10
15 25/04/2024 13 Vapor and Combined Power Cycles 10
16 02/05/2024 14 Refrigeration Cycles 11
17 09/05/2024 15 Gas-Vapor Mixtures and Air-Conditioning 14
18 16/05/2024 16 Chemical Reactions 15
19 24/05/2024 - Final Exam
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Term project
• Objective
• To encourage students to solve actual engineering problems with
independent exploration of topics from published literature.
• Expectations
• A group of up to 4 students explores and solves thermodynamic problems
based on research papers published in Scopus or ScienceDirect database.
• Publication date of the selected paper must be in 2024 so they are new
and not duplicated with term projects from previous semesters.
• The research paper should include common thermodynamic devices e.g.
nozzles, turbine, compressor, heat exchanger, or thermodynamics cycles
e.g. gas power cycles, vapor and combined power cycles, and refrigeration
cycles etc.
• Your system of interest must have at least 20 thermodynamic stages to
be qualified as a research problem.
• Students are expected to perform some calculations and sensitivity study
of key performance indicators of the selected system
• The selected research topic is subject to instructor’s approval.
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Term project
• Deliverables
• Report
• Students are expected to produce a report of academic
conference quality with proper reference and citations.
• The written report should consist of the following topics:
objective, background, motivation, problem statement, theory,
methodology, results and discussion, conclusion, and reference.
• Presentation
• Students are expected to deliver a formal presentation
summarizing their activities, findings, and lessons learned.
• Presentation materials should be of professional quality used in
business meetings.
• In other word, you must prepare a PowerPoint presentation
slides and deliver your presentation in the form of face-to-face
business meeting onsite.
• Each group will have 15-20 minutes to deliver those key points.
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Term project
• Code of conduct for term project submission
• Students are expected to produce a report of academic conference
quality with proper reference and citations.
Term project
• Code of conduct for term project submission
• Late submission up to 3 days after the deadline will only get half of
credit.
• Late submission more than 3 days after the deadline will not be
accepted and be treated as a missing submission.
Term project
• Academic dishonesty policy
Questions?
In nature, logarithmic spiral is the most energy efficient way for something to grow