Engineering Thermodynamics

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This course emphasizes basic concepts of thermodynamics from an engineering-based viewpoint. Beginning with properties of pure substances, the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics are investigated with applications to energy, enthalpy, and entropy. Gas, vapor, and combined power cycles are studied along with refrigeration cycles. Additional topics may include gas mixtures and gas-vapor mixtures with applications to air conditioning and psychrometrics and thermodynamics of chemical reactions. Prerequisite: PHY 306 . Students cannot earn credit in both PHY 343 and PHY 345 . Offered Spring.