635-0416/01 – Thermomechanics (TM)
| Gurantor department | Department of Thermal Engineering | Credits | 6 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Dr. Ing. René Pyszko | Subject version guarantor | prof. Dr. Ing. René Pyszko |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2008/2009 | Year of cancellation | 2022/2023 |
| Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
- to show the characteristics of ideal and real liquids, gas; and par
- to solve status equation, a mixture of gas, Avogadro's law
- to characterize the basic laws of ideal gas
- to solve simple examples of thermal cycles, and be familiar with the examples of real cycles
- to understand the laws in the field of steam and the moist air
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Summary
The first law of thermodynamics, heat, work, status variables, of ideal gases. Mixtures of gases. Enthalpy and technical work. Basic processes in the p-v diagram. Entropy. The second law of thermodynamics, reversible and irreversible processes. Carnot cycle. Basic processes in T-s diagram. Real gases and vapours. Boiling and condensation. Application of water vapour diagrams in thermal calculations. Moist air, Mollier's diagram.Basic calculations of processes with moist air. Thermodynamics of gases flowing. Mach number. Hugonit's equation and design of nozzle shape for various technical applications. Thermal cycles of engines (Otto, Diesel). Principle of turbines and rocket engine. Constant-pressure gas turbines. Steam thermal cycles, cooling technique, heat pumps.
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Recommended literature:
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Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Practical solving problems
E-learning
available in the pdf form
Other requirements
There are no additional requirements.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Basic concepts, the equation of state
2. Avogadro's law, a mixture of ideal gases
3. The first law of thermodynamics
4. Essential reversible processes of ideal gases
5. Thermal cycles, the Carnot cycle
6. The second law of thermodynamics, entropy
7. Thermodynamics of steam
8. The basic thermodynamic processes of vapours
9. Moist air
10. The flow of gases and vapours
11. Cycles of real thermal machines
12. Compressors
13. Cooling devices
14. Heat transfer by conduction, covection and radiation
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Assessment of instruction