Class Thermodynamics

The UC aims to provide the tools that allow the basic domain of thermodynamics, thus allowing to relate heat-energy-work-temperature and to quantify and interpret everyday situations

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1-Fundamentals of thermodynamics. System, boundary, neighborhood, Open, closed and isolated Systems. Thermal state variables:Temperature, pressure, volume, mass, internal energy. Thermodynamic equilibrium. Thermodynamic state and processes. 2-Heat, work, internal energy and enthalpy, 1st law of thermodynamics. Cyclic processes. Specific heat. calorimetry and heat transfer. 3-Ideal gas. Equation of state. 1st law of thermodynamics applied to closed systems of Ideal gases. 4-1st Law of thermodynamics applied to open systems. Mass and energy balances. 5- Reversible / irreversible processes. Carnot principle, Carnot cycle, Clausius principle, entropy and 2nd law of thermodynamics. Heat engines, heat pumps and chillers. Thermal efficiency. Other Cycles (Otto, Diesel, Rankine) 6-Thermodynamic Potentials and Maxwell relations. 7-Thermal properties. Phase diagrams. Latent heat and phase transition. 8-Ideal gas Mixtures. Dalton Law. Parcial pressure. Chemical equilibrium

Teaching: theoretical classes (expository, power point presentations, previously available) for presentation and debate of theoretical concepts and case studies; theoretical-practical classes where different type exercises are proposed and carried out, following sequentially the themes presented in the theoretical sessions. In this context, students work on practical cases to solve real-world problems. In solving and analyzing problems, they also use knowledge acquired in other CUs, promoting collaborative learning. Students are encouraged to study content at home using a variety of devices and platforms, including mobile devices, before class for later class discussion and group work.

Notas pedagógicas da unidade curricular Yunus Çengel e Michael Boles (2007). Termodinâmica, McGraw-Hill. Paulo Pimentel de Oliveira (2012). Fundamentos de Termodinâmica aplicada, Lidel