ME301
Thermodynamics II

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Catalog Description: (Prerequisities - ES202 or ME201) Applies property and component background to the analysis of various power and refrigeration cycles. Presents gas and gas-vapor mixtures, psychometric processes, and combustion. Introduces compressible flow.




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Here you shall find a list of mistakes/errors that, if I were King of Engineering Education, would instantly result in your not passing this course regardless of anything else of which you are capable.

  • Application of the ideal gas equation to any liquid or solid → Fail!
  • Retaining open system terms (mdot terms) in the application of conservation of energy to a closed system → Fail!
  • Demonstrating that you have no idea what "steady-state" means or when/how to apply the assumption → Fail!
  • Not understanding that mixture specific enthalpy for moist air is enthalpy of dry air plus enthalpy of water vapor per unit mass of dry airFail!
  • Still, after three courses, you clearly do not understand the difference between an energy transfer (e.g., Q12) an energy transfer rate (e.g., Qdot). The confusion is equivalent to writing F = mV! → Fail!