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PYE 321 Thermodynamics

HND1 levelEngineering & Technology14 topics

PYE 321 covers 14 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Basic concepts of thermodynamics
  2. Zeroth law and temperature
  3. Ideal-gas equation of state
  4. Specific heat capacities and gas expansion work
  5. First law of thermodynamics
  6. Relation between Cp and Cv
  7. Heat capacity ratio for gaseous mixtures
  8. Heat engines, refrigerators and heat pumps
  9. Thermal-energy reservoirs
  10. Second law of thermodynamics
  11. Kelvin-Planck and Clausius statements
  12. Carnot cycle and Carnot engine efficiency
  13. P-V working cycles
  14. Reversible and irreversible processes

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Basic concepts of thermodynamics

The basic concepts of thermodynamics introduce the fundamental principles that govern energy, heat, and work in physical systems. Mastering these ideas—definitions of system, surroundings, state functions, the laws of thermodynamics, and the concept of equilibrium—is essential because exam questions routinely test your ability to identify and apply these principles to simple problems.

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