ME 63

Mechanical Engineering Thermodynamics

Asst. Prof. Gab Mercado and Dewitt Dalisay
jemercado@up.edu.ph
jedalisay@up.edu.ph

1st Semester of A.Y. 2016-2017.

WFUV : ME 4 WF 10:00 12:30 | WFWX : ME 4 WF 13:00 15:30.

course description and objectives

This is an introductory course on engineering thermodynamics for mechanical engineering majors. The primary ob-
jective of this course is to foster appreciation of the nature of energy and its manipulation, as well as the nature of
impossibilities. Students are expected to focus on learning rather than grades. After all, they are honorable and excellent
students, and definitely not sly capitalists. This course aims to:

Provide students with a thorough understanding of fundamental concepts in thermodynamics.

Provide students with the ability to identify and analyze basic thermodynamic systems, processes, and cycles.
Provide students with experiences, group or individual, of solving problems systematically.
Ensure that students are ready for solving a wide range of practical problems directly involving thermodynamics.

learning outcomes
After the course, the student should be able to:

Frame anything in the context of thermodynamics.

Systematically solve engineering problems involving direct applications of thermodynamics.
Explain to children what (1) thermal equilibrium, (2) energy conservation, and (3) irreversibility are.
Define and describe energy in its archetypal forms, identify energy pathways, and assess feasibilities in the context
of thermodynamics.
Analyze thermodynamic systems, processes, and cycles.
Describe and analyze basic power, refrigeration, and heat pump cycles.

requirements and expectations

Readings. 32 half-sequences at 0% each. Students are expected to read assigned readings before corresponding
lectures start.
Seatworks. 32 half-instances at 0.5% each. Students are expected to be present during seatworks which is every
meeting.
Midterm exams. 3 instances at 16% each. Each exam is out of 100 and score should not go below 40.
Final exam. 1 instance at 36%. The final exam is out of 100 and score should not go below 40.

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calendar

Week Topics Activities

1 Course introduction
Fundamental concepts I: definitions, units, and systems
Fundamental concepts II: thermodynamic properties S1; R1: 1.1-1.7
2 Systematic problem solving in engineering S2; R2: 1.8-1.9, 2.1-2.3
Mechanical energy and work
Boundary work and other types of work
Internal energy and total energy
3 Heat transfer I: modes S3; R3: 2.4-2.6
Heat transfer II: analysis
1st law C.M. analysis I: energy balances
1st law C.M. analysis II: thermodynamic cycles
4 Thermodynamic properties I: relations and tables S4; R4: 3.1-3.6, 3.8-3.10
Thermodynamic properties II: internal energy and enthalpy
Thermodynamic properties III: specific heats and incompressible substances
End of E1 coverage
5 Compressible substances and the ideal gas model E1; S5; R5: 3.11-3.15
Ideal gas properties and polytropic processes
6 1st law C.V. analysis I: mass and energy balances S6; R6: 4.1-4.5
7 1st law C.V. analysis II: flow devices S7; R7: 4.6-4.10
8 1st law C.V. analysis III: system integration S8; R8: 4.11-4.12
1st law C.V. analysis IV: transient analysis
9 The second law I: introductory concepts and irreversibilities S9; R9: 5.1-5.7
The second law II: thermodynamic cycles
10 The second law III: temperature scales and maximum performances S10; R10: 5.8-5.11
The second law IV: Carnot cycles and Clausius inequality
End of E2 coverage
11 Entropy I: the property called entropy S11; R11: 6.1-6.5
Entropy II: the fundamental thermodynamic relation
Entropy III: incompressible substances and ideal gases
12 Entropy IV: closed systems E2; S12; R12: 6.6-6.10
Entropy V: open systems
13 Entropy VI: isentropic processes S13; R13: 6.11-6.13
Entropy VII: isentropic efficiencies
Entropy VIII: steady-state flow processes
End of E3 coverage
14 System Analysis I: vapor power systems S14; R14: 8.1-8.3
15 System Analysis II: vapor refrigeration systems S15; R15:10.1-10.2, 10.6
System Analysis III: vapor heat pump systems
16 System Analysis IV: gas power systems E3; S16; R16: 9.1-9.6
17 Course debriefing F

course references
Moran, M.J., H.N. Shapiro, D.D. Boettner, and M.B. Bailey (2014). Fundamentals of Engineering Thermody-
namics, 8th Edition. John Wiley & Sons.
Cengel, Y.A. and M.A. Boles (2015). Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, 8th Edition. McGraw-Hill.
Borgnakke, C. and R.E. Sonntag (2013). Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, 8th Edition. John Wiley & Sons.
U.S. Department of Energy (1992). DOE Fundamentals Handbook: Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, and Fluid
Flow.
Bergman, T.L., A.S. Lavine, F.P. Incropera, and D.P. DeWitt (2011). Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer,
7th Edition. John Wiley & Sons.