ES3B5 Engines and Heat Pumps
Module Leader: Prof. R.E. Critoph
Module Information
Scope
This 15 CATS module is one of the third year modules for:
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Aims
All mechanical engineers accredited by the I.Mech.E. are expected to have a knowledge of the thermodynamic basis of a number of types of engine and refrigerators / heat pumps together with the principles (such as the Second Law) that constrain their performance. This module addresses those requirements.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module the student should be able to...
- Understand the Second Law of Thermodynamics as applied to the processes occurring in internal combustion engines.
- carry out simple thermodynamic analyses of various engine cycles.
- carry out simple thermodynamic analyses of refrigeration and heat pump cycles.
- carry out simple calculations relating to the combustion of fuels.
Syllabus
1. Second Law of Thermodynamics
2. Properties of working fluids
3. Entropy of perfect gases
4. Otto cycle engines
5. Diesel cycle engines
6. Rankine cycle engines
7. Fuels and combustion
8. Refrigeration and Heat pump cycles
Teaching Methods
This module includes 30 hours of lectures.
Required self-study: 120 hours
Assessment
A 15 CATS module: 90% examined via a 3 hour paper
Exam rubric information:
- Answer 4 Questions chosen from 6
and 10% assessed consisting of a laboratory assignment.
Links to:
Required Textbook:
G.F.C. Rogers and Y.R. Mayhew, Thermodynamic and transport properties of fluids : SI units (5th ed.), Oxford : Blackwell, 1995
Recommended Textbook:
Y.A. Çengel & M.A. Boles, Thermodynamics : an engineering approach, 5th ed., London : McGraw Hill, 2006
