Course Outline

Dr. Md. Zahurul Haq

ProfessorDepartment of Mechanical Engineering

Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET)Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh

zahurul@me.buet.ac.bdhttp://teacher.buet.ac.bd/zahurul/

ME 201: Basic Thermodynamics

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ME 201: Syllabus [4.00 Credit Hours]

Fundamental concepts; Properties of gases and vapours; Laws of ther-

modynamics and their corollaries. Non-flow and flow processes; Ideal

gases and their cycles. Power cycles, refrigeration cycles and recipro-

cating compressors. Second law of thermodynamics: availability, irre-

versibility and entropy. Thermodynamic relations; Equations of state.

Mixtures of gases and vapours; Psychrometries; Real gases; Fuels and

combustion.

underlined sections will be covered by Dr. A.K.M. Monjur Morshed

Course Page : http://teacher.buet.ac.bd/zahurul/ME201/

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Tentative Lecture Plan

Topic Lectures

1. Fundamental concepts 3

2. Properties of gases, vapour, real gases, equation of states -

3. First Law of Thermodynamics 3

4. Second Law of Thermodynamics 4

5. Non-flow & Flow-processes 4

6. Availability, Irreversibility & Entropy 4

7. Power cycles, refrigeration cycles & R/C compressors -

8. Thermodynamic relations 3

9. Mixtures of gases and vapours -

10. Psychrometry -

11. Fuels and combustion 3

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Text Books

Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics

by Moran, M.J. & Saprio, H.N.

Fundamentals of Thermodynamics

by Sonntag, R.E., Borgnakke, C. & Van Wylen, G.

Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach

by Cengel, YA & Boles, M.A.

Quotation: Arnold Sommerfeld

Thermodynamics is a funny subject. The first time you go through it,

you don’t understand it at all. The second time you go through it, you

think you understand it, except for one or two small points. The third

time you go through it, you know you don’t understand it, but by that

time you are so used to it, so it doesn’t bother you any more.

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