Key Concepts for first exam

Chapter 1
Systems and identifying them
closed system
open system/control volume
surroundings
boundary
properties
extensive property
intensive property
state
process (path)
SI unit system, conversion of units
Specific volume, density, specific gravity
Pressure (GAGE PRESSURE AND ABSOLUTE PRESSURE)
Temperature (Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics)
Kelvin, Celsius, Fahrenheit and Rankine scale
Chapter 2
Forms of energy
kinetic energy
potential energy
internal energy
Modes of energy transfer
heat transfer
work
sign convention
First Law of Thermodynamics Energy conservation
Various forms of 1st law:
Q = W + U (particularly useful for constant volume systems) why?
Q = H - VdP (particularly useful for constant pressure systems) why?
Chapter 3
Phases of pure substances (solid, liquid, gas)
Phase, p-v and T-v diagrams
Enthalpy When to use it?
Specific heats
Ideal gas model
EOS
What does this say about enthalpy and IE?
Closed system process relations (isothermal, adiabatic, const. volume, const. pressure)
Compressibility factor
Critical point properties, reduced temperature and pressure
Two-phase, liquidvapor mixture
quality
saturation temperature
saturation pressure

Key Concepts for first exam

superheated vapor
Using steam tables to determine properties
Chapter 4 (we are still working through this chapter and havent had a HW assignment so
questions will be more conceptual than quantitative)
Mass flow and volumetric flow rate
Conservation of mass mass rate balance
One-dimensional flow
Energy rate balance (THE most general eq. of the 1st Law)
How control mass is a special case of general energy law
Flow work
Why enthalpy matters and not just internal energy
Passive devices (no work)
heat exchangers
throttling devices
nozzles and diffusers
mixers
Active devices (work involved)
turbines
compressors
pumps

Sections weve covered:

1.1-1.7
2.1-5
3.1-3.6, 3.8-15 (Note it would be hard to test 3.14)
4.1-10 (Note we only have tackled the steady state cases of 4.3 so far)
14.6.2 On the Gibbs Phase rule (you may ignore the formulation involving chemical potentials
though)