COURSE CODE: MCE 204
COURSE TITLE: Engineering Thermodynamics
NUMBER OF UNITS: 3 Units
COURSE DURATION: 3 hours per week
COURSE DETAILS:
Course Coordinator: Dr. ISMAILA, Salami Olasunkanmi ND. Eng, M.Sc. Ph.D
E-mail: ismailasalami@yahoo.com
Office Location: MCE Dept., COLENG
Other Lecturers: None
COURSE SYNOPSIS:
Definition of terms and general concept of systems, surrounding, process, temperature, heat work and energy. First law of thermodynamics and application to open systems. Second law of thermodynamics and application to heat engines. Entropy. First and second laws combined. Perfect gases. Joule-Thompson coefficient. Equilibrium processes. Maxwell’s relations. Two phase system. Thermodynamic functions of solution. P.V.T – relationship. Work from heat energy. Refrigeration.