Engineering Thermodynamics
Lecture, four hours; discussion, two hours; outside study, six hours. Requisites: courses 103, 105A. Applications of thermodynamic principles to engineering processes. Energy conversion systems. Rankine cycle and other cycles, refrigeration, psychrometry, reactive and nonreactive fluid flow systems. Elements of thermodynamic design. Letter grading.
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5.0 / 10
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5.0 / 10
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5-10 hrs/week
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3.3 / 10
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Lectures sometimes did not help a lot for the homework/exam problems but still worth going.
Learn to use CoolProp as soon as possible, the midterm was an awful time crunch for me since I was using tables, and I couldn't finish. It might look daunting but it's really not and is incredibly helpful once you know how to use it
Also random thing I noticed, information along the lines of 'no pressure drop across combustors/evaporators' is usually a given statement in homework problems, but is not given on exam problems and has to be assumed. Just know what certain components imply about ideal processes across them (ex. expansion valve is a 'throttling process,' which means it is isenthalpic) so you can assume if necessary
Group project is basically a long homework problem that incorporated some concepts beyond the textbook/lectures (chemical kinetics for us), but Fisher and TAs were very willing to help with it in office hours/discussion
class was a bit unorganized and teachings not super clear
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Has a group project
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Attendance not required
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1 midterm
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Finals week final
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50% recommend the textbook
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