Entry requirements

Single Variable Calculus. Participation in Several Variable Calculus, Mechanics Basic Course and one of the courses Scientific Computing I/Scientific Computing F or Computer Programming I.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• describe and apply the physical concepts work, heat, inner energy, temperature, observables, entropy and distributions.
• describe and apply the laws of thermodynamics.
• use experimental methods to analyse thermodynamic relations.
• analyse heat processes and use them in practical applications.
• calculate the efficiency of heat motors and heat pumps.
• calculate the thermal conductivity for various geometries.
• make basic calculations on technical heat processes using MATLAB or Python
• orally present concrete examples of applications of the course content.

Content

Energy transport and analysis of open and closed systems. Pure substances, phase transitions and their description using relations between functions of state. Equations of states including the ideal gas law, phase diagrams, Mollier and Ts-diagrams. Classical kinetic theory of gases. The Maxwell velocity distribution. Specific heat. Heat conduction in different geometries, convection, thermal radiation. Stefan-Boltzmann's and Wien's law. The laws of thermodynamics. The Carnot cycle for heat engines and heat pumps. Efficiency.

Entropy in thermodynamic cycles and the Boltzmann entropy formula. Examples of gas cycles including the Otto-, Diesel- and Brayton cycle. Ideal steam cycles (the Rankine cycle) with heat exchanger, steam generator, turbine and condenser. Isentropic processes and isentropic efficiencies in technical applications. Manipulation and integration of partial derivatives to calculate observables using an equation of state. Maxwell's relations. Communication training.

Instruction

Lectures, exercise classes, laboratory exercises. Seminar. Study visit or guest lecture.

Assessment

Hand-in problems using MATLAB and preparatory exercises before some of the lectures (2 credits). Laboratory exercises with an oral presentation during a seminar (1 credit). Written examination (2 credits). Oral examination for higher grades.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.