- UCAS course code
- H406
- UCAS institution code
- M20
MEng Aerospace Engineering with Industrial Experience / Course details
Year of entry: 2024
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Course unit details:
Applied Thermodynamics (Aerospace)
Unit code | MECH20432 |
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Credit rating | 10 |
Unit level | Level 2 |
Teaching period(s) | Semester 2 |
Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
Most of the electrical generation in the UK and in many other countries is provided by steam turbine and gas turbine power systems. Road transportation is dominated by petrol and diesel fuelled cars, trucks and buses. Gas turbine engines of various descriptions are employed to propel aircraft and ships. Refrigeration equipment is used in fridges, freezers, heat pumps and air conditioning systems.
The intended learning outcomes focus on an understanding of most of the above-named systems and the means to analyse them, in terms of their cycle representations, thermodynamic efficiencies, work/heat inputs/outputs, fuel consumptions, etc. These analyses include the heat input to these systems which comes from internal combustion of fuel in air. Steam power plant will be covered in detail in 3rd year Thermodynamics course units.
Pre/co-requisites
Unit title | Unit code | Requirement type | Description |
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Aerospace and Mechanical Thermodynamics | MECH12012 | Pre-Requisite | Compulsory |
Aims
To develop an understanding of thermodynamic cycles to analyse propulsion/power generation and refrigeration equipment and a basic understanding of combustion, including pollutant emissions, heat release and product gas temperatures.
Syllabus
1. Review of 1st year Thermodynamics material: in particular the important steady-flow and non-flow processes, the applications of the First and Second Laws to these and the resulting equations.
2. Simple combustion analyses to determine pollutant emissions, and use of the First Law to evaluate heat release and product gas temperatures.
3. Reciprocating engines: Otto, Diesel and dual cycles, mean effective pressures and other engine related parameters, particularly brake parameters.
4. Gas Turbine engines: Industrial and Aircraft engines. Analysis of both types, using Joule cycles. Reheat and intercooling effects. The use of heat exchangers.
5. Refrigeration equipment: Reversed Rankine cycle, flash chambers, cascade systems.
Laboratory: Gas turbine engine measurement and analyses of fuel and air flow rates and engine parameters.
Assessment methods
Method | Weight |
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Other | 10% |
Written exam | 80% |
Report | 10% |
Other - Assessed tutorial work
Feedback methods
Exams - via script viewing
Assessed tutorial work - Online
Written report - Detailed and numerical feedback online
Study hours
Scheduled activity hours | |
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eAssessment | 5 |
Lectures | 24 |
Practical classes & workshops | 1 |
Project supervision | 4 |
Tutorials | 6 |
Independent study hours | |
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Independent study | 60 |
Teaching staff
Staff member | Role |
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Yasser Mahmoudi Larimi | Unit coordinator |