MEEM 4201: INTERMEDIATE THERMODYNAMICS (FALL 2017)

Class Time 3:05 PM - 3:55 PM MWF

Location MEEM 303
Instructor Dr. Youngchul Ra, 907 R.L. Smith Bldg.
487-2385 or email to yra@mtu.edu
Office Hours 4:00 PM 5:00 PM MWF or By Appointment
Text Y. A. engel and M. A. Boles, Thermodynamics, An Engineering Approach, 8th ed.,
2105 McGraw-Hill, ISBN 978-0-07-339817-4
Prerequisite MEEM 2201 or equivalent
Course Website CANVAS
Course Overview A study of the principles of thermodynamics, involving a review of the fundamental
concepts and introduction of the analytical treatments of the first, second and
combined first and second laws of thermodynamics. Topics include irreversibility,
availability (exergy), power cycle analysis, ideal gas mixtures and psychrometrics,
chemical reactions, and chemical equilibrium.
Objectives This course is aimed primarily at undergraduate senior-level engineering students
who have taken one or more thermodynamics and/or fluid mechanics courses. Upon
successful completion of this course, students will know the concepts of exergy,
second-law efficiency, mass fraction, mole fraction, volume fraction, specific and
relative humidity, dew-point temperature, airfuel ratio, percent theoretical air,
enthalpy of formation, enthalpy of combustion, heating values of fuels, adiabatic
flame temperature, and chemical equilibrium constant, and will be able to i) examine
the performance of engineering devices in light of the second law of thermodynamics,
apply exergy balance to closed systems and control volumes, ii) evaluate the
performance of gas and vapor power cycles, perform second-law analysis of gas
power cycles, and solve problems based on gas power cycles, iii) apply the rules for
determining mixture properties to gas mixtures and analyze various air-conditioning
processes, iv) apply the mass conservation and energy balances to reacting systems
to determine balanced reaction equations, evaluate the entropy change of reacting
systems, develop the equilibrium criterion for reacting systems, and apply it to
reacting ideal-gas mixtures.
Assignments Homework assignments will be uploaded in CANVAS. Solved assignment will be
collected and graded. You may work together on homework but you must turn in your
own assignment, and are responsible for all of the material. Assignments are due at
the beginning of the class on the specified due date. Late work will be accepted with
penalty, unless given a prior approval by the instructor. Homework must be neat,
show all relevant work, have answers circled, including proper units, and have all
pages stapled together. Solutions to the assignment problems will be posted on
Canvas after the due date of the submission. Copying answers from another
students assignment is unacceptable and considered cheating and will be dealt
with accordingly.
Project During the class, the project will be issued. The project will be group (up to 3 people)
effort to review recent research articles on the topics covered in the course, and
relevant area. Students choose their article(s) to review, with instructors approval.
 There will be presentation sessions of the reviews, which are evaluated by both
instructor and students. The presentation and presentation material will be graded.
Quizzes and Exams 2 Mid-term exams will be given in closed-book format during the course. Their
schedules are in the Course Detailed Schedule, but may be subject to change. In case
of change, dates will be announced one week prior to the original scheduled dates.
The final exam will be on all material of the course and will be given during the Finals
period in open-book format. No make-up exams or quizzes will be given except as
required by University policy.
Grading System Homework (15%), Pre-lecture Quizzes (15%), Mid-1 (15%), Mid-2 (15%), Project
(15%), Final Exam (25%)
A letter grade for the course will be given according to the following table:
Score (%) Grade
90-100 A
84-90 AB
77-84 B
70-77 BC
63-70 C
56-63 CD
50-56 D
0-50 F
Course policy 1. In-class questions are welcomed, encouraged, and noticed.
2. Read all assigned chapters.
3. Pre-lecture quizzes must be completed on CANVAS by 9am, the day of the lecture.
4. You should plan to keep up with the homework problems, as it will reinforce the
concepts being covered in class and prepare you for the exams.
5. Use of cell phones, Blackberries, iPods/iPads, PDAs, or any other electronic devices
are discouraged in the classroom. During closed-book exams, make sure to bring a
calculator with you, but calculators on other devices are prohibited. Information
exchanges on electronic devices or internet-access during open-book exam(s) are
prohibited and violate the Academic Integrity Code of Michigan Tech.
Late homework policy
-10% for HW turned in by the end of the day it is due
-15% for each additional day HW is late.
University Policies
Academic regulations and procedures are governed by University policy. Academic dishonesty cases will be
handled in accordance with the University's policies.
If you have a disability that could affect your performance in this class or that requires an accommodation
under the Americans with Disabilities Act, please see me as soon as possible so that we can make appropriate
arrangements. The Affirmative Action Office has asked that you be made aware of the following:
Michigan Tech complies with all federal and state laws and regulations regarding discrimination, including
the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you have a disability and need a reasonable accommodation
for equal access to education or services at Michigan Tech, please call the Dean of Students Office, at 487-
2212. For other concerns about discrimination, you may contact your advisor, department head or the
Affirmative Action Office, at 487-3310
Academic integrity Students should turn in an individual assignment paper that represents primarily
his/her own effort. Quizzes, project and exam are also to be individual efforts.
Failure to abide by these rules, or the commission of any other deliberately dishonest
act, will result in failure of the course with no late drop permitted and will be turned
into academic affairs.
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 MEEM 4201 INTERMEDIATE THERMODYNAMICS- Course Detailed Schedule (FALL 2017)
Thermodynamics, An Engineering Approach, 8th Ed. by Y. A. engel and M. A. Boles

Wk Lec Date Reading Topic Notes

1 M 9/4 Labor Day
1 2 W 9/6 (Ch 1-7) Syllabus, Overview, Review of Thermodynamics
3 F 9/8 K-Day Recess
4 M 9/11 Review of Undergraduate Thermodynamics
1st Law
2 5 W 9/13 Property Tables 9/13 HW#1 Assn
(Ch 1-7)
6 F 9/15 Control Volumes
Conservation of Mass, Conservation of Energy
7 M 9/18 2nd Law / Entropy
3 8 W 9/20 9/22 HW#1 Due
9 F 9/22 /#2 Assn
10 M 9/25 Exergy (Availability) Analysis
p. 421 468 (Ch 8) Maximum Work Potential
4 11 W 9/27 2nd Law Efficiencies
12 F 9/29 Exergy Transfer, Destruction, and Balance
13 M 10/2 10/2 HW#2 Due
5 14 W 10/4 /#3 Assn
15 F 10/6 Gas Power Cycle Analysis
16 M 10/9 p. 485 502 (Ch 9) Air-standard Assumption 10/11 HW#3 Due
6 17 W 10/11 Otto Cycle and Diesel Cycle /#4 Assn
18 F 10/13 Vapor Power Cycle Analysis 10/13 Mid-1
19 M 10/16 p. 553 568 (Ch 10) Rankine Cycle
7 20 W 10/18 Rankine Cycle with Reheat
21 F 10/20 Gas Mixtures 10/20 HW#4 Due
22 M 10/23 p. 687 715 (Ch 13) Composition of Gas Mixture: Mass and Mole /#5 Assn
Fractions
8 23 W 10/25 Behavior of Ideal and Real Gasses
24 F 10/27
25 M 10/30 Gas-Vapor Mixtures and Air-Conditioning 10/30 HW#5 Due
9 26 W 11/1 Dry and Atmospheric Air /#6 Assn
p. 725 748 (Ch 14)
Specific and Relative Humidity
27 F 11/3 Dew-Point and Wet-bulb Temperature
28 M 11/6 The Psychrometric Chart 11/6 Mid-2
Analyzing Air-Conditioning Processes 11/8 HW#6 Due
10 29 W 11/8
/#7 Assn
30 F 11/10 Chemical Reactions 11/10 Project Assn
31 M 11/13 Theoretical and Actual Combustion
p. 759 784 (Ch 15) Enthalpy of Formation and Enthalpy of
11 32 W 11/15 Combustion 11/17 HW#7 Due
33 F 11/17 1st Law for Reacting Systems /#8 Assn
34 M 11/20
12 35 W 11/22 Thanksgiving Recess
36 F 11/24
37 M 11/27
13 38 W 11/29 Chemical Reactions
p. 759 784 (Ch 15) Adiabatic Flame Temperature
39 F 12/1 Entropy Change of Reacting Systems 12/1 HW#8 Due
40 M 12/4
14 41 W 12/6 p. 805 820 (Ch 16) Chemical Equilibrium
Criterion for Equilibrium
42 F 12/8 Chemical Equilibrium Constant
43 M 12/11 Equilibrium for Single Reactions 12/11 Project Due
15 44 W 12/13
Presentation of Paper Review
45 F 12/15
46 M 12/18
16 47 W 12/20 Final Exam All Topics Final Exam
48 F 12/22