Course description
Title of the Teaching Unit
Energetics
Code of the Teaching Unit
12UST30
Academic year
2023 - 2024
Cycle
Number of credits
4
Number of hours
45
Quarter
2
Weighting
Site
Anjou
Teaching language
French
Teacher in charge
BERGER Benjamin
Objectives and contribution to the program
Energy, its use and conversion paths are at the core of all human activities. Two basic principles, the thermodynamics first and second laws, rule the fundamentals of all the aspects of energy use and conversion.
This class introduces these two laws and, combined with learning outcomes from basis in Chemistry II, presents their applications on practical problems of thermodynamics systems like compressors or turbines.
The class also prepares the students to the study of complex conversion cycles (e.g. steam cycles).
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basis in Chemistry (Chimie II)
Content
• Laws and transformations of perfect gases
• First and second principles of thermodynamics
• Work Equation for thermodynamic transformations
• Compressors and turbines : introduction and applications
• Pressure drops : introduction and applications
• Steam and Mollier diagram : introduction and applications
• Steam cycles : introduction
Teaching methods
Two types of activities :
- Lectures
- Practical classes
Lectures and practical classes will be held on site and online (blended learning) regarding the prescriptions due to the COVID-19 situation.
Assessment method
If the rules regarding the sanitary situation allow it, the examination will be on site (access to class support authorized) on practical questions involving theatrical concepts of the lectures and practical classes.
References
MARTIN & WAUTERS, Eléments de thermodynamique technique, 1ère Ed., Presses universitaires de Louvain, 2014.
ENGEL & REID, Thermodynamics, Statistical thermodynamics & Kinetics, 2nd Ed., Pearson Education, 2009.
CENGEL & BOLES, Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, McGraw-Hill, 2010.