What You Will Learn
This book will help develop an understanding of the basic concepts of thermodynamics. Topics include properties of a system, processes and cycles, Ideal Gas Law, the laws of thermodynamics, refrigeration cycles and thermochemistry.
After completing the course, you should know:
- Closed and open thermodynamic systems
- How to use thermodynamic tables and charts
- The fundamentals of the Ideal Gas Law
- The concepts of heat and work
- The First Law of Thermodynamics applied to closed and open systems
- The Second Law of Thermodynamics
- The Carnot cycle
- Ideal and actual refrigeration cycles
- Combustion and thermochemistry
Course Content
- Introduction to HVAC -- HVAC heating, ventilating and air-conditioning; the major processes of air-conditioning; thermodynamics and psychrometrics.
- Systems, Properties, States and Processes -- Closed and open systems in thermodynamics, forms of energy, properties of a system, equilibrium states, processes and cycles.
- Property Diagrams for Pure Substances -- The state postulate, properties, phases and phase changes for pure substances, property diagrams.
- Thermodynamic Tables and Charts -- Tables for saturated liquid and vapor; tables for superheated vapor and compressed liquid; thermodynamic liquid/vapor charts.
- Ideal Gas Law and Air Tables -- Ideal Gas and the Ideal Gas Law; the Ideal Gas Law as an equation of state; constant specific heat, air tables.
- Heat and Work -- heat, work, flow work.
- First Law of Thermodynamics Applied to Closed Systems -- Introduction to controlled mass approach; the First Law of Thermodynamics for a closed system; conservation of energy; First Law applied in example cases
- First Law of Thermodynamics Applied to Open Systems -- Introduction to control volume approach; conservation of mass; conservation of energy and the First Law for open systems; steady-flow processes; First Law applied in examples of steady-flow processes.
- Applications of the First Law of Thermodynamics -- Compressors, turbines, pumps and fans; throttling valves and metering devices; heat exchangers, condensers and evaporators.
- The Carnot Cycle -- The Second Law of Thermodynamics; heat engines, refrigerators and heat pumps; reversible and irreversible processes; the Carnot Cycle and the reversed Carnot Cycle.
- Refrigeration Cycles - Ideal Cycles -- Refrigeration equipment; the ideal vapor-compression refrigeration cycle; analysis of the components and cycle; performance of ideal refrigerators and heat pumps.
- Refrigeration Cycles - Actual Cycles -- The actual vapor-compression refrigeration cycle; absorption refrigeration system; gas refrigeration system; modifications to the basic vapor compression cycle; irreversibility
- Combustion and Thermochemistry -- Introduction to combustion; fuel types; stoichiometry of reactions; non-stoichiometric combustion; air-fuel ratios; carbon monoxide.
Who Should Enroll in this Course?
This is an excellent course for:
- recent engineering graduates working in the HVAC&R industry;
- experienced engineers who have entered the HVAC&R industry from other engineering fields; or
- other professionals who want a general overview of thermodynamics.
Getting Started:
This is an excellent course for:
- recent engineering graduates working in the HVAC&R industry;
- experienced engineers who have entered the HVAC&R industry from other engineering fields; or
- other professionals who want a general overview of thermodynamics.