MEC3454 Thermodynamics and heat transfer
Faculty of Engineering
MEC3454 Thermodynamics and heat transfer is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering. It isn't offered in 2020. It needs MEC2405 and unlocks 1 unit.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Not offered
The 2027 handbook has no page for MEC3454. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before MEC3454
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After MEC3454
1 unit list MEC3454 as a prerequisite or corequisite.
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
This unit aims to develop a fundamental understanding of the processes by which heat and energy are inter-related and converted and by which heat is transferred. The unit will review major principles of energy conversion and the modes of heat transfer. The basic laws of thermodynamics and the governing equations for heat transfer and thermodynamics will be introduced and subsequently used to solve practical engineering problems involving thermodynamics and heat transfer. The unit will also cover fundamental design principles of power generation systems and heat exchangers.
Offerings in 2020
The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for MEC3454.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Apply fundamental equations to establish mathematical relationships amongst commonly encountered thermodynamic properties.
- 2
Use psychrometric charts to analyse and quantify air conditioning processes.
- 3
Analyse the performance of combustion processes utilised to generate energy and recognise the importance of greenhouse effects.
- 4
Evaluate the performance of internal combustion engines.
- 5
Identify modes of heat transfer in energy-related processes.
- 6
Appraise engineering problems involving heat conduction, convection and radiation by selecting and applying appropriate tools to model the problem.
Workload and teaching
3 hour lectures and 3 hours practice sessions/laboratories (this may alternate with 2 hours lectures and 4 hours practice sessions/laboratories) and 6 hours of private study per week
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Mahdokht Shaibani
- Professor Julio Soria
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Chris Davies
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- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 3
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering
- Organisational unit
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 2
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 2020