| WEEK 1:
Jan 10 - 12 |
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| Pre-Class
Preparation |
In-Class
Activity |
Post-Class
Assignment |
Wednesday
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Course Syllabus
Syllabus Input
-- LMS
-- What gets Graded
-- Grade Weighting
-- HW Documentation Format
-- HW Due Dates
-- Reading
-- Exam Format/Location
LECT 1 - Introduction
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Homework #1
Work the practice problem(s) and turn those in at the beginning
of next class period.
Review the preparatory reading, but it does not need to be
turned in.
Data for HW1
2012 United
States Energy Flow
2013 United
States Energy Flow
2014 United
States Energy Flow
2015 United
States Energy Flow
2016 United States Energy Flow
2017 United States Energy Flow
2018 United States Energy Flow
2019 United States Energy Flow
2020 United States Energy Flow
2021 United States Energy Flow
Link to
LLNL Energy Flow Charts |
Friday
Read Balmer - Preface & Chapt 1
* engineering problem solving
* units and dimensions
* temperature units
* English system
* SI system
* chemical units
(gmole, kgmole, lbmole)
* fundamental & derived units
* significant figures
* potential energy
* kinetic energy
Review Today's Powerpoint Slides |
Homework Debrief
Reading Questions
Friday Funny
LECT 2 - Unit
Systems, Chemistry & Physics Concepts
LECT 2.5 - Unit Conversion
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Unit Conversion Activity
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Activity Solution
Unit Conversion Factors
- PDF
- Image 1
- Image 2 |
Homework #2
HW2
Tips
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| WEEK 2:
Jan 15 - 19 |
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Monday
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NO CLASS
Martin Luther King Day
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Wednesday
Read Balmer 2.1-2.9
* isolated, closed, open systems
* phases of matter
* thermodynamic states
* thermodynamic processes
* pressure & temperature scales
* zero law of thermodynamics
* continuum hypothesis
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Homework Debrief
Reading Q's
Homework Format
- FE-Style Questions
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Practice Problems
(your HW)
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Engineering Solutions
(professionals)
ACTIVITY
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Ideal Gas EOS
LECT 3 - Thermodynamic Concepts
ACTIVITY
- Process Diagrams
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Homework #3
(Not due until next Monday)
You can do all but the last problem already
HW3 Tips |
Friday
Read Balmer 2.10-2.11
* balance concept
* conservation concept
* conservation of mass
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Homework Debrief
Reading Q's
Friday Funny
Finish LECT 3
LECT 4 - Conservation and Balance Concepts
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Homework #4
HW4 Tips |
| WEEK 3:
Jan 22 - 26 |
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Monday
Read Balmer 3.1-3.8
* isobaric coefficient of
volume expansion
* isothermal coefficient of
compressibility
* system energy
* enthalpy
* phase diagrams (PT, Pv, Ts)
* quality
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Homework Debrief
Reading Q's
LECT 5 - Thermodynamic Properties
EXAMPLES
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Extracting Kappa
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Squeezing Water
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Homework #5
HW5 Tips
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Wednesday
Read Balmer 3.9-3.10
* incompressible substances
* ideal gases
* real fluids
* thermodynamic tables
* see Table 3.9!
Review Today's Powerpoint Slides |
Homework Debrief
Reading Q's
LECT 6 -
PvT Behavior
EXAMPLE -
Sample Property Calculations
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Homework #6
HW6 Tips
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Friday
Read Balmer 3.11-3.12
Bring your Thermodynamic Tables
Review Today's Powerpoint Slides |
Homework Debrief
Reading Q's
Friday Funny
LECT 7 - Thermodynamic
Property Tables and Charts
Activity -
Property Tables
Solution -
Activity Solution
Solution -
Old Solution
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Homework #7
HW7 Tips
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| WEEK 4:
Jan 29 - Feb 2 |
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Monday
Read Balmer 4.1-4.5
* 1st law of thermodynamics
* energy transport mechanisms
* point vs path functions
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Homework Debrief
Reading Q's
Discuss EES Demo Options
LECT 8 -
1st Law
EXAMPLE -
Energy Accounting
EXAMPLE -
Transmission Cooling
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Homework #8
(Due in class Friday)
HW8 Tips
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Wednesday
Log into the
Remote Access Lab and make sure you can open the EES software
Uidaho IT Connection Guide
Explore Engineering Equation Solver
resources (PDF and examples) located on the Mindworks website |
Homework Debrief
Reading Q's
LECT
9 - EES Orientation
EES Demo - Videos
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EES Interface
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EES Properties
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EES Tables
EES Example Files
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Accessing Properties
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Drawing Property Diagrams
Homework with EES
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Sample Homework (all EES)
- Sample Homework
(hybrid)
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Homework #9
HW9 Tips
EES Examples:
HW9, Problem 1
HW8, Problem 3
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Friday
Read Balmer 4.6-4.15
* mechanical work modes
* nonmechanical work modes
* work efficiency
* heat modes of energy transport
* thermodynamic problem solving
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Homework Debrief
Reading Q's
EES Questions
Friday Funny
Exam 1 Input
LECT 10 - Work
Polytropic Exponents
EXAMPLE -
Isothermal Work
SOLUTION -
Isothermal Work |
Homework #10
HW10 Tips
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| WEEK 5:
Feb 5 - 9 |
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Monday
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Homework Debrief
Reading Q's
LECT 11 - Heat and
Thermal Efficiency
Preparing for Exam 1
"Things to Know" (from past students)
Exam
1 - Pages 1-2
Exam 1 Preparation
(topics)
Practice Exam 1
(in-class)
Practice Exam 2 (in-class)
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Homework #11
Do not need to turn this in
HW11 Tips |
Wednesday
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LECT 12 -
1st Law for
Closed Systems
EXAMPLES
- Cycle (Refrigeration)
- Process (Piston/Cylinder) |
Homework #12
HW12 Tips |
Friday
Read Balmer 5.1-5.9
* sealed, rigid containers
* power plants
* incompressible liquids
* ideal gases
* piston-cylinder devices
* unsteady processes
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Friday Funny
Homework Debrief
Reading Q's
LECT 13 - Air Tables
Ideal Gas Properties w/EES
EXAMPLE
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Using Air Tables |
Homework #13
HW13 Tips |
| WEEK 6:
Feb 12 - 16 |
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Monday
Remember to bring:
- Supplemental tables
- Calculator
- Pencil/eracer |
Exam 1 - In Class
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Wednesday
Read Balmer 6.1-6.5
* flow stream kinetic energies
* flow stream potential energies
* importance of enthalpy
* open system energy rate balance
* open system energy balance |
Homework Debrief
Reading Q's
Discuss EES Exam 1
LECT 14 -
1st Law for Open Systems
EXAMPLES
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Chemical Reactor
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Building Heating System |
Homework #14
HW14 Tips |
Friday
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No Class - Sick Day
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| WEEK 7:
Feb 19 - 23 |
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| Monday |
NO CLASS
Presidents' Day |
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Wednesday
Read Balmer 6.6-6.10
* throttling devices
* throttling calorimeter
* heat exchangers
* turbines
* compressors
* pumps |
Homework Debrief
EES
Exam Q&A
LECT 15 - Throttling Devices
and Heat Exchangers
EXAMPLES
- Steam Whistle
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Throttling Valve
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Feedwater Heater
LECT 16 - Turbines, Compressors, and Pumps
EXAMPLES
- Turbine
- Compressor
- Pump
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EES Exam 1
- Due before class 3/1
- Turned in through Canvas
Homework #15
HW15 Tips |
Friday
Complete and bring steps 1-3
from Homework #16 |
EES Demo - Cycles
Homework 16 Questions
Friday Funny
HW16
Activity
EES
Show-Tell
- using Key Variables
- $ifnot Parametric Table
- Plotting Cycle (Pv Diagram)
HW16 EES Demo
File
EES Consulting
(online references)
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Homework #16
HW16 Tips |
| WEEK 8:
Feb 26 - Mar 1 |
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Monday
Skim Balmer 7.1-7.9
* what is entropy?
* Clausius definition
* Kelvin definition
* absolute temperature scale
* entropy calculations |
Homework Debrief
LECT 17 - Transient
Analysis
EXAMPLES
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Isenthalpic Tank Emptying
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Solution |
Homework #17
HW17 Tips |
Wednesday
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EES Exam Questions
Quick Intro to Carnot Efficiencies |
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Friday
EES Exam 1 due before class
(Turn in files through Canvas)
Skim Balmer 7.10-7.17
* entropy production mechanisms
* entropy balance equation |
Review EES Exam 1
Friday Funny
What is the Carnot Cycle?
LECT 18 -
2nd Law of Thermodynamics
LECT 19 -
Calculation of Entropy Changes
EXAMPLES -
Sample Calculations
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Homework #18
(turn in next Monday)
HW18 Tips
Homework #19
(Practice Exam FE-Style Questions)
Do not need to turn this in
HW19 Tips
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| WEEK 9:
Mar 4 - 8 |
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Monday
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Monday Funny
Discuss Exam 2 Date
LECT 20 - Entropy Balance Equation
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Homework #20
(there is no HW 20) |
| Wednesday |
No Class |
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Friday
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No Class
Travel Safely
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| SPRING
BREAK: Mar 11 - 15 |
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| Monday -
Friday |
NO CLASS - SPRING
BREAK
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| WEEK 10:
Mar 18 - 22 |
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Monday
Skim Balmer 8.1-8.4
Focus on Example Problems
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LECT 21 -
2nd Law
Analysis
of Closed Systems
EXAMPLES
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Gearbox
Problem
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Piston Problem
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Homework #21
HW21
Tips
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Wednesday
Skim Balmer 9.1-9.9
Focus on Example Problems |
Homework Debrief
Discuss Exam 2
LECT 22 -
2nd Law
Analysis
of Open Systems
EXAMPLES
-
Air Turbine
(EES
file)
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Steam
Turbine (EES file) |
Homework #22
HW22
Tips |
Friday
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Homework Debrief
Friday Funny
LECT 23 -
Modeling Real Devices
Example Problems
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Turbocharger (EES
solution)
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Vortex Tube
Exam 2 Prep
- What's going to
be on the exam?
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Fall 2018 Practice Exam 2 (calc)
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Fall 2018 Practice Exam 2 (FE)
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Fall 2018 Exam 2 Answers
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Spring 2014 Exam 2 (FE)
- Homework 19 was also Exam 2 Q's
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Homework #23
HW23
Tips
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| WEEK 11:
Mar 25 - 29 |
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Monday
Read Balmer 13.1-13.10
* heat engines
* vapor power cycles
* Carnot power cycle
* Rankine power cycle
* efficiencies
* superheat
* regeneration
* steam turbines
* reheat
* steam powerplant design |
Homework Debrief
Newcomen's
Steam Engine
Watt's Steam
Engine
LECT 24 -
Rankine Cycle
EXAMPLE
Ideal Rankine
Cycle (Superheat)
EES file
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Homework #24
HW24
Tips |
Wednesday
Bring your supplemental tables!
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Exam 2 - In Class
Topics LECT 1 - 23
(Focus LECT 12 - 23)
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Friday
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Review Exam 2 Answers
Homework Debrief
Friday Funny
HW24
EXAMPLE
Real Rankine Cycle with Superheat
LECT 25 -
Rankine Cycle Improvements
EXAMPLE
Ideal Ranking Cycle
EES file
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Homework #25
HW25 Tips |
| WEEK 12:
Apr 1 - 5 |
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Monday
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Homework Debrief
Discuss EES Exam 2 (start/due dates)
LECT 26 -
Rankine Cycle Regeneration
EXAMPLE
Ideal Regeneration Cycle
EES
file |
Homework #26
HW26 Tips |
Wednesday
Read Balmer 13.11-13.17
* gas power cycles
* air standard cycles
* Brayton cycle
* aircraft gas turbine engines |
Homework Debrief
LECT 27 -
Brayton Cycle
Gas Turbine Cycle Modeling
- Real Fluid EES
- ASC Ideal
Gas EES
- Cold ASC EES
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Parametric Study Results
LECT 27b -
Jet
Aircraft Propulsion
EXAMPLE
Jet Aircraft Propulsion
EES file |
Homework #27
HW27 Tips |
Friday
Read Balmer 13.18-13.21
* Otto cycle
* Diesel cycle
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Homework Debrief
Friday Funny
LECT 28a -
Otto
&
Diesel Cycles
LECT 28b -
Comparing SI and CI |
Homework #28
HW28 Tips |
| WEEK 13:
Apr 8 - 12 |
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Monday
Read Balmer 14.1-14.6
* vapor refrigeration cycles
* Carnot refrigeration cycle
* vapor compression cycles
* refrigerants |
Homework Debrief
Monday Funny
EES Exam 2 Questions
LECT 29 -
Vapor
Compression Refrigeration Cycles
Example 1 -
Slides
Example 1 -
EES
Diagram:
Window Air Conditioner |
EES Exam 2
(take-home, due by start of class a week
from Wednesday)
Homework #29
HW29 Tips |
Wednesday
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Homework Debrief
EES Exam 2 Questions
LECT 30 -
Heat Pumps
Example 1 -
Slides
Example 1 -
EES File
Reversing Valve Animation |
Homework #30
HW30 Tips |
Friday
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Homework Debrief
EES Exam 2 Questions
LECT 31 -
Ideal Gas Mixtures I
EES Examples
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Mass basis
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Molar basis
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Homework #31
HW31 Tips
ENGR Club Event |
| WEEK 14:
Apr 15 - 19 |
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Monday
Read Balmer 12.1-12.5
* properties of gas mixtures
* mixtures of ideal gases
* psychrometrics
* adiabatic saturator |
Homework Debrief
EES Exam 2 Questions
LECT 32 -
Ideal Gas Mixtures II
EES Example
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Isentropic Compressor
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Homework #32
(Practice exam, do not need to turn in)
HW32 Tips |
Wednesday
EES Exam 2 due before class
Read Balmer 12.6-12.9
* sling psychrometer
* air conditioning
* psychrometric enthalpies
* mixtuers of real gases |
Discuss Exam 3
What to prepare for Exam 3
- Steam Cycle
- Brayton Cycle
- Otto/Diesel Cycles
- Refrigeration Cycle
- Heat Pump Cycle
LECT 33 -
Psychrometric Properties of Moist Air
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Heating of Moist Air (EES)
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Moist Air Properties (EES)
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Weather Station Calcs (EES)
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Homework #33
HW33 Tips |
Friday
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Homework Debrief
Friday Funny
Turbine Image
LECT 34 -
Psychrometric Charts
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Psych Props Calculator
-
SI
Psych Props
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English Psych Props
Psychrometric Charts
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English Chart 1
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SI Chart 1 |
Homework #34
HW34 Tips
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| WEEK 15:
Apr 22 - 26 |
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| Monday |
LECT 35 -
Air Conditioning
Evaporative Cooling (chart)
Evaporative Cooling (EES)
Adiabatic Mixing (chart)
Adiabatic Mixing (EES)
Combined Heating & Cooling
(EES file)
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Homework #35
No HW Tips |
| Wednesday |
Exam 3 - Canceled --> No Class |
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| Friday |
Engineering EXPO -
No Class
- ICCU Arena from 9am to 2pm
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EXPO Homework |
| WEEK 16:
April 29 - May 3 |
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Monday
Read Balmer 15.1-15.7
* stoichiometric equations
* organic fuels
* fuel modeling
* standard reference state (SRS)
* heat of formation
* heat of reaction |
Homework Debrief
LECT 36 - Combustion Reactions
Monday
Funny
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Homework #36
(not turned in Spring 2024)
No HW Tips |
Wednesday
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Optional collaborative exam
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| Friday |
No class. Rest and
study for your other final exams! |
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| FINAL
EXAM: (Date) |
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Wednesday, May 8
10:15
am - 12:15 pm |
We do *not* have anything planned for our Final Exam time
slot |
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