Course detail
Seminar of Applied Thermomechanics
FSI-0AT Acad. year: 2024/2025 Summer semester
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Prerequisites
Knowledge of physics and mathematics at the undergraduate level.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Rating 0 to 10 points. At least 5 points are required for credit.
Language of instruction
Czech
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
The study programmes with the given course
Programme B-MAI-P: Mathematical Engineering, Bachelor's
branch ---: no specialisation, 2 credits, elective
Programme B-STR-P: Engineering, Bachelor's
branch KSB: Quality, Reliability and Safety, 2 credits, elective
Programme B-STR-P: Engineering, Bachelor's
branch SSZ: Machine and Equipment Construction, 2 credits, elective
Type of course unit
Computer-assisted exercise
26 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
1) Applied thermomechanics, practical demonstrations in laboratories.
2) Basic thermodynamic quantities. Problems of measurement of these quantities. Dynamic and static pressure.
3) Basic processes with ideal gases. Compressor calculation.
4) Cycles, thermal efficiency. Heat pumps, refrigeration equipment. Heating and cooling factor. Efficiency of operation.
5) Combustion engine circuits. Thermal efficiency. Calculation of gasoline and diesel engine circulation.
6) Alternative propulsion, fuels. Energy storage.
7) Water vapour, basic processes. Working with h-s diagram, software for solving water vapour processes.
8) Coal, gas fired thermal power plant duty cycle. Nuclear power plant.
9) Moist air and its effects. Working with h-x diagram.
10) Flow of gases and vapours. Current engines.
11) Fundamentals of heat transfer.
12) Heat transfer coefficient, heat exchangers.
13) Heat transfer by radiation. Thermal imaging. Utilization of solar energy.