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ME 200
Thermal/Fluids
Engineering
Stages of a Project
? Enthusiasm
? Disillusionment
? Panic
? Search for the guilty party
? Punishment of the innocent party
? Fame and honor for the non-
participants
Omni, 1980
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What is Design?
? ABET:
“The process of devising a system, component,
or process to meet desired needs. It is a
decision-making process (often iterative), in
which the basic sciences, mathematics, and
engineering sciences are applied to convert
resources optimally to meet a stated objective.”
Thermal-Fluids Design
? Design associated with principles of
thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid
mechanics
? Hardware: fans, pumps, compressors,
engines, heat exchangers, turbines,
reactors, pipes
? Systems: power generation, refrigeration,
air conditioning, electronics cooling, fluids
transport, and food, chemical, and
process industries
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Basic Course Topics
? Analysis, selection, and modeling of
thermal/fluid equipment
? System simulation
? System optimization
? Basics of economics
? Optimization using exergy
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Aircraft Development Cycle
Engineering Design
Flow Diagram
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Need/Opportunity
? Make sure that this statement
describes the need, not a possible
solution.
? For example:
? City officials want to enlarge a reservoir
to store larger quantities of water
vs.
? City officials need more water during
certain times of the year
Probability of Success
? Need to choose success criteria
? For example, a 10% rate of ROI for a 5-year plant life
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Market Analysis
? Higher volume means lower price because cost
is lower (usually) in a large plant
Technical Design
? This is what we’re focusing on in this
class!
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Feasibility
? Is the project even possible?
Infeasibility can be caused by
? Lack of investment capital
? Lack of land or labor
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Other important factors
? Relevant codes, standards, laws
? Interference with other systems
? Liability – written documentation of
everything is important!
? Environmental concerns
? Safety and reliability
? Disposal/recycling
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Workable vs. Optimum System Example
? Pump and piping must be selected to convey 3
kg/s of water over distance of 250 m and an
elevation rise of 8 m.
? To design a workable system
? P ?elevation rise ?=?gZ= ?1000 kg/m 3 ??9.81 m/s 2 ??8 m ? ? 78.5 kPa
Optimum System
? Optimize life-cycle cost.
? Assume that installation and
maintenance costs are the same for
all cases and thus can be ignored.
? Three main costs
? Pump first cost (increases with ? P)
? Piping first cost (decreases with ? P)
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Optimum System
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