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This document outlines the course for Engineering Thermodynamics, a class that is part of the BSc program in Electrical Engineering at Addis Ababa University. The course covers 6 main topics: introductory concepts, properties of pure substances, energy transport, the first law of thermodynamics, the second law of thermodynamics and entropy, and entropy as a measure of disorder. Students will be evaluated through continuous assessment worth 50% and a final exam worth 50%. The primary textbook is Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach by Yunus Cengel and Michael Boles.

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Course Outline

This document outlines the course for Engineering Thermodynamics, a class that is part of the BSc program in Electrical Engineering at Addis Ababa University. The course covers 6 main topics: introductory concepts, properties of pure substances, energy transport, the first law of thermodynamics, the second law of thermodynamics and entropy, and entropy as a measure of disorder. Students will be evaluated through continuous assessment worth 50% and a final exam worth 50%. The primary textbook is Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach by Yunus Cengel and Michael Boles.

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Addis Ababa University

Addis Ababa Institute of Technology


Course Title : Engineering Thermodynamics: MEng – 2091
Degree program: BSc. In Electrical Engineering
Instructor : Kassahun T.
Course Outline
I. Introductory Concepts And Definitions
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Closed, Open, and Isolated Systems
1.3 Properties, Phase, State, Equilibrium and Process
1.4 Dimensions and Units and the Zero Law of Thermodynamics
II. Properties Of Pure Substances
2.1 Pure Substance
2.2 Fixing the State of a Simple, Pure Substance
2.3 P-v-T Diagrams
2.4 Thermodynamics Property Tables
2.5 Equation of State
III. Energy Transport By Work, Heat, And Mass
3.1. Energy of a System
3.2. Energy Transport by Heat and Work
3.3. Boundary Work
IV. The First Law Of Thermodynamics
4.1. The First Law of a Closed System
4.2. Specific Heats
4.3. The First Law for a Control Volume
4.4. Some Steady Flow Engineering Devices
V. The Second Law Of Thermodynamics And Entropy
5.1. Some Basic Definitions
5.2. Statements of the Second Law of Thermodynamics
5.3. Reversible and Irreversible Processes:The Carnot Cycle
5.4. The Thermodynamic Temperature Scale
VI. Entropy: A Measure Of Disorder
6.1. Entropy and the Clausius Inequality
6.2. Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
6.3. Heat Transfer as the Area Under the T-s Curve
6.4. Isentropic Process of an ideal gas
6.5. Isentropic Efficiencies of Turbines, Compressors, Pumps, and Nozzles
Text book:
Thermodynamics an Engineering Approach; Yunus A. Cengel& Michael A. Boles

Evaluation: Continuous assessment = 50 % ,


Final Examination = 50%

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