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Aims :

To give students the fundamental elements and the introductive instruments to understand thermodynamic processes, heat transmission systems, acoustics and illumination design applied directly to the field of architectural engineering.

Topics :

General information on applied thermodynamics and some elements of thermometry. Equilibrium thermodynamics. Thermodynamic diagrams.

Vapor, ideal gas and incompressible substances.

First thermodynamic principle for closed and open systems.

Application to machine tools and engine tools and to machineries of practical usage. Second thermodynamic principle. Clausius and Kelvin postulate.

Thermodynamic cycles, engines and refrigerators. Direct and inverse Carnot cycle.

Entropy. Gas and vapor direct thermodynamic cycles.

Simple vapor compression thermodynamic cycles. Thermal exchange systems.

Thermal conduction in stationary condition. Electrical analogy and resistive model.

Thermal convection. Flow range. Adimensional groups and connections of practical usage. Thermal radiance. Radiance emitted by blackbody and real surfaces.

Thermal exchange between blackbody, grey body and cavities.

Combined mechanisms of thermal exchange. Transmittance of walls and ducts.

Fins and surfaces with fins. Heat exchanger.

Heat conduction in transient condition in negligible internal resistance systems.

Textbooks :

Yunus A. Çengel, Termodinamica e trasmissione del Calore, McGraw-Hill, 2005.

Exam :

Oral.

Tutorial Session :

In the days scheduled by the timetable at the end of the lessons.