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Aims :

The aim of the course is to prepare the students to the courses of Energetics and Thermal Engines.

Topics :

Ideal gas equation
First law and second law of thermodynamics
No flow energy systems: Carnot, Otto, Diesel and Stirling direct cycles
Flow energy systems : Brayton-Joules direct and inverse cycles.
Steam engines: Carnot Cycle and Rankine cycle.
Vapour compression inverse cycle.
Double compression double lamination refrigerating cycle
Introduction to heat and mass transfer theory.
Heat conduction: Fourier law material conductivity.
Heat convection : Newton law Adduction coefficients
Radiation heat transfer.
The plane wall case. Global thermal resistance
Thermal trasmittance of simple walls.
Introduction to heat exchanger theory.

Textbooks :

Yunus. Cengel,” Termodinamica e trasmissione del calore”, McGraw-Hil.

Exam :

Oral exam.

Tutorial Session :

Tuesday 00.30-02.30 p.m.