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Thermomechanics

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 361-3301/01
Abbreviation TMC
Course title Thermomechanics
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Power Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Zdeněk Šmída, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Basic concepts, I. Law of thermodynamics for a closed system, Avogadro's law.
2. Reversible changes of an ideal gas, p-v and T-s diagram, relations between quantities, work, and transferred 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 cycle, power.
5. Equal-pressure combustion turbines, Carnotization of the combustion turbine cycle.
6. Machines for compressing and transporting air, single-stage compression, multi-stage compression.
7. Simplified calculation for real gas, gas mixtures, and adiabatic gas mixing.
8. Vapors, phase diagram, Clausius-Rankin cycle, steam tables, T-s and i-s diagrams.
9. Ideal circulation of steam equipment, methods of increasing its efficiency.
10. Moist air and moist technical gases, basic concepts, Mollier diagram. Adiabatic flow of gases and vapors, outlet velocity.
11. Types of heat energy transfer: heat transfer through a plane wall.
12. Stationary conduction and heat transfer through an unlimited cylindrical wall.
13. Heat exchangers, basis of thermal calculation of recuperative heat exchangers.

E-learning

If necessary via LMS Moodle, TEAMS, ….

Literature

[1] POIRIER, B. A conceptual guide to thermodynamics. Online. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley, 2014. ISBN 978-1-118-84053-5 . Dostupné z: https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=630e7474-24ca-3b70-b1a7-218158b35ebd. [cit. 2025-02-27].
[2] MORAN, M. J., SHAPIRO, H. N. Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics. Online. 5th ed. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley, 2006. ISBN ISBN 978-0-470-03037-0 .

Advised literature

[1] ÇENGEL, Y. A., BOLES, M. A., KANOGLU, M. Thermodynamics: an engineering approach. 10th edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2024. ISBN 978-1-266-15211-5 .
[2] HADDAD, W. M., CHELLABOINA, V., NERSESOV, S. G. Thermodynamics: A Dynamical Systems Approach. Online. Princeton University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-1-4008-2697-1 . Dostupné z: https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=97143e57-b2d9-39c1-8cc0-52c0b95f935c. [cit. 2025-02-27].