361-0301/08 – Thermomechanics (Termo)
| Gurantor department | Department of Power Engineering | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Zdeněk Kadlec, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Radim Janalík, CSc. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | | |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FS | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Students get acquainted with details of gas thermodynamics, and they acquire some knowledge concerning issues of heat transfer. This knowledge is a prerequisite for deeper understanding of problems regarding efficient generation, transformation, and distribution of thermal energy.
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Summary
In the course, students will learn about thermodynamics of gases, thermal balance calculations and basics of heat transfer. The course is focused on practical applications such as heat machines, compressors, heat exchangers, etc. The acquired knowledge is a prerequisite for understanding the nature of economical heat recovery, its distribution and transformation to mechanical work. Acquired information is indispensable in a number of technical fields such as power generation, heating, automotive, construction, metallurgy, renewable resources, etc.
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Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Credit and written Examination.
E-learning
If necessary via LMS Moodle, TEAMS, ….
Other requirements
curriculum continues on the subject of Physics and Mathematics at the bachelor level.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Basic concepts, I. law of thermodynamics for closed system, Avogadro's law.
2. Reversible changes of ideal gas, p-v and T-s diagram, relations between quantities, work, communicated heat.
3. Direct and reverse heat cycles. II. Law of Thermodynamics Entropy, p-v and T-s diagrams.
4. Comparative cycles of internal combustion engines. Ideal and real circulation, performance.
5. Equilibrium combustion turbines. carnotization of combustion turbine circulation.
6. Machines for compressing and transporting air. Single-stage compression, multi-stage compression.
7. Simplified calculation for real gas. Gas mixtures. Adiabatic gas mixing.
8. Couples. Phase diagram, Clausius-Rankine circulation, steam tables, T-s and i-s diagrams.
9. Ideal circulation of steam equipment, ways of increasing its efficiency.
10. Humid air and wet technical gases. Basic terms, Molier diagram.
11. Adiabatic flow of gases and vapors. Flow rate.
12. Types of thermal energy transfer, heat transfer through a flat wall
13. Stationary conduction and heat transfer through unlimited cylindrical wall.
14. Heat exchangers, basis of heat calculation of recuperative heat exchangers.
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