Schedule

This schedule is subject to change. Last change made on 03-Nov-2023 12:45 PM.

Unless otherwise noted, all problems assigned from the text are from the "Problems: Developing Engineering Skills" sections.

LE/Date	Topic	Reading Assignment	HW Set	Stuff Due/Notes
1 \| Aug 31	Course preliminaries • Review Mass, Energy, Entropy • Ideal gas relations • Applications to open and closed systems	ES201 notes	HW1: Handout (LE01_HW) 1-1, 1-2
2 \| Sep 1	Review Mass, Energy, Entropy • Ideal gas relations • Applications to open and closed systems		HW1: Handout (LE02_HW) 2-1, 2-2
3 \| Sep 4	Ideal gases (1): • What if specific heats are not constant? • u & h changes	3.9, 3.12 - 3.14, 6.3, 6.5	HW2: Handout (LE03_HW) 3-1, 3-2
4 \| Sep 5	Ideal gases (2): • What if specific heats are not constant? • s changes	3.11	HW2: No new problems	HW1
5 \| Sep 7	Pure substances (1): • State postulate • p-v-T surface • phase change	3.1-3.6	HW3: Handout (LE05_HW) 5-1, 5-2
6 \| Sep 8	Pure substances (2): • quality • property table practice	3.7-3.8, 3.10, 6.2	HW3: Finish in class exercise, 4.51	HW2
7 \| Sep 11	Pure substances (3): • CoE and AoS with properties of real substances	3.7-3.8, 3.10, 6.2	HW4: 3.30, 6.3
8 \| Sep 12	Isentropic processes: • T-s diagrams • Isentropic efficiencies	6.11-6.12	HW4: 6.89	HW3
9 \| Sep 14	More pratice with CoE, AoS, and properties	Nothing new	HW5: 3.35, 6.18
10 \| Sep 15	Intro to exergy: irreversibility	7.1-7.2	HW5: 6.98, 6.94 (Also find Idot for each case.)	HW4
11 \| Sep 18	Definition of exergy, Accounting of exergy	7.3	HW6: 7.11, Flow Exergy HW 1
12 \| Sep 19	Problems with Acct. of exergy	7.4-7.5	HW6: 7.33	HW5
13 \| Sep 21	Problems with Acct. of exergy	7.5 (again!)	HW7: Flow exergy HW 2, Handout (13-1)
14 \| Sep 22	Exergetic efficiencies	7.6	HW7: 7.68	HW6
15 \| Sep 25	Vapor power cycles: the Rankine cycle	6.6, 8.1-8.2	HW8: 8.4
16 \| Sep 26	Vapor power cycles with modifications	8.2-8.3	HW9: 8.23	HW7
17 \| Sep 28	Vapor power cycles with modifications	8.3	HW9: 8.26	HW8
18 \| Sep 29	Exam I: Lessons 1-14
19 \| Oct 2	Gas power cycles: The Brayton cycle	9.1-9.2, 9.5-9.6	HW10: 9.35
20 \| Oct 3	Brayton cycle with modifications: Regeneration, reheat, and intercooling	9.1-9.2, 9.5-9.6	HW10: 9.44	HW9
21 \| Oct 9	Catch up!
22 \| Oct 10	Closed/periodic cycles: Otto, Diesel & more!	9.3-9.4	HW11: 9.3	HW10
23 \| Oct 12	More on closed/periodic cycles	9.1	HW12: 9.13, 9.18
24 \| Oct 13	Vapor-compression refrigeration	10.1-10.3	HW12: 10.17	HW11
25 \| Oct 16	Ideal gas mixtures	12.1-12.2	HW13: 12.1
26 \| Oct 17	Mixture Properties and Systems w/ Non-reacting Mixtures	12.3-12.4.2	HW13 LE25_HW	HW12
27 \| Oct 19	Open System Mixtures	12.3-12.4.2	HW14: 12.12, 12.24
28 \| Oct 20	Intro to Psychrometics: Moist Air, humidity, saturated air, and dew point	12.4.2-12.5.4	HW14: 12.30, 12.34	HW13
29 \| Oct 23	Psychrometics conservations	12.5.5-12.6	HW15: 12.31
30 \| Oct 24	Adiabatic Saturation, Wet Bulb T and Psychrometers; Pysch charts,	12.5.5-12.6	HW15: Handout (LE29_HW)	HW14
31 \| Oct 26	Exam 2: Lessons 15-27
32 \| Oct 27	Psychrometric Charts, Heating, and Dehumidification	12.7-12.8.1	HW16: 12.48, 12.52	HW15
33 \| Oct 30	Air-Conditioning Examples	12.8.2-12.8.4	HW17: 12.50, 12.59
34 \| Oct 31	Intro to Combustion	13.1
35 \| Nov 2	Combustion with Air • Condensation in products	13.1	HW18: 13.9	HW16
36 \| Nov 3	Enthalpy of formation	13.2-13.3	HW18: 13.13
37 \| Nov 6	Combustion in open and closed systems	13.2-13.3	HW19: 13.31	HW17
38 \| Nov 7	Heating values	13.2-13.3	HW19: 13.41, 13.45
39 \| Nov 9	More on combustion	13.2-13.3		HW18
40 \| Nov 10	Evaluations Review: The Thermowood Squares!			HW19