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Thermomechanics

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 361-0301/07
Abbreviation Termo
Course title Thermomechanics
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Power Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Zdeněk Kadlec, Ph.D.

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.

E-learning

If necessary via LMS Moodle, TEAMS, ….

Literature

MORAN, M.J.; Shapiro, H.N. Fundamental of Engineering Thermodynamics. 2.vyd.
New York : John Wiey & Sons, Inc., 1992. ISBN 0471076813 .

Advised literature

JÍLEK, M.: Thermomechanics, 3.vyd. Praha: ČVUT, 2011,176 s. ISBN 978-80-01-04750-7
JÍLEK, M.: Exercises and Labs in Thermomechanics, 3.vyd. Praha: ČVUT, 2012,138 s. ISBN 978-80-01-05086-6