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Aims :

To provide a comprehensive treatment of engineering thermodynamics from the classical viewpoint and the basis in fluid mechanics and heat transfer with applications in the field of biomedical engineering.

Topics :

Introductory concepts in thermodynamics. Properties of a pure simple compressible substance. Phase change and phase diagrams. The models of ideal gas and of incompressible substance. Energy and the first law of thermodynamics. First law analysis of compressors, pumps, fans, heat engines, throttling devices, heat exchangers. Second law of thermodynamics. Entropy. Thermodynamic analysis of direct gas and vapor cycles and of refrigeration and heat pump systems. Introductory concepts in fluid dynamics and heat transfer. Natural and forced flow. External and internal flow. Laminar and turbulent flow. Steady state heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation. Transient conduction in lumped capacitance systems. Multimode heat transfer by means of the thermal resistance equivalent circuit method. Introduction to finned surfaces and heat exchangers. Thermodynamics of biological systems. Metabolic thermal production. Temperature and termoregulation of the human body. Energy balance of the human body: the Fanger equation. Hygrothermal comfort. Comfort condition and indexes. Moist air thermodynamics. Psychrometric systems and charts. Introduction to air-conditioning processes and systems.

Textbooks :

Yunus A. Cengel, ”Termodinamica e trasmissione del calore”, McGraw-Hill
G. Cesini, “Lezioni di Termodinamica e Termofluidodinamica”, Centro copie Facoltà di Ingegneria

Exam :

Oral exam.

Tutorial Session :

Tuesday 11.30 – 13.30, Thursday 11-30 – 13.30.