Week 1: Themes Learning Unit 1 Assessment criteria Media / resources

Objectives for this unit

Introduction to  Understand the  Classify  Learner guide
thermodynamics Module Content, thermodynamic
Learning outcomes  Lectures
systems systems
and Assessment  Text Book
 Derive energy
Criteria
equation  Illustrative
 Understand  Define heat and work examples
classification of
 Explain pressure and
thermodynamic  Library research
systems, the temperature
properties and state measurement
of a system
 Understand
pressure and
temperature
measurements
 Understand heat
and work and the
derivation of the
Energy Equation

Week 2: Themes Learning Unit 2 Assessment criteria Media / resources

Objectives for this unit
Laws of  Understand laws of  Define the laws of  Lectures
thermodynamics thermodynamics, thermodynamics
 Text Book
their limitations
 Explain the
and applications  Illustrative
limitations and
examples
 Understand applications of
maximum thermal thermodynamic laws  Library research
efficiency
 Determine maximum
 Understand thermal efficiency of
coefficient of an engine
performance for  Determine the
refrigerator and maximum coefficient
heat pump. of performance of a
refrigeration plant
and a heat pump
Week 3: Themes Learning Unit 3 Assessment Criteria Media / Resources
Objectives for this unit
Properties of  Understand laws of  Define the laws of  Lectures
perfect gases perfect gases perfect gases
 Text Book
 Understand general  Derive the general
 gas equation and gas equation  Illustrative
characteristic gas examples
 Apply characteristic
equation
gas equation to  Library research
 Understand specific specific problems
heat at constant
 Define heat capacity
pressure and at
of a gas at constant
constant volume
pressure and at
and the
constant volume
relationships
between them.  Derive the relation
between specific
 Understand internal
heats
energy and
enthalpy  Determine specific
heats, change in
internal energy,
change in enthalpy,
heat transferred and
work done for a
process

Week 4: Themes Learning Unit 4 Assessment Criteria Media / Resources

Objectives for this unit
Thermodynamic  Understand  Differentiate between  Lectures
processes of perfect classification of thermodynamic
 Text Book
gases. thermodynamic processes
processes  Illustrative
 Use process
examples
 Understand work equations and non-
done for a non-flow flow energy  Library research
process equations to
evaluate the final
 Understand non-
properties of a
flow energy
constant volume,
equation
constant pressure or
 Understand constant
constant volume temperature
process process.
 Understand  Determine the heat
constant transferred, work
temperature done and change in
process internal energy for
 Understand the above three
processes
 constant pressure
process

Week 5: Themes Learning Unit 5 Assessment Criteria Media / Resources

Objectives for this unit
 Understand
Thermodynamic  Calculate heat  Lectures
adiabatic process
processes of transferred, work
 Text Book
perfect gases.  Understand done and change in
polytropic process internal energy for  Illustrative
adiabatic and examples
 Understand
polytropic processes  Library research
pressure volume
temperature  Determine the
relationships for polytropic index for
adiabatic and a polytropic process
polytropic
 Explain the free
processes
expansion process
 Understand free
 Summarise the
expansion (or
equations for non-
unresisted
flow reversible
expansion) process
processes for
perfect gases
Week 6: Themes Learning Unit 6 Assessment Criteria Media / Resources
Objectives for this unit
 Understand flow
Thermodynamic  Differentiate between  Lectures
processes
processes of steady flow and
 Understand the  Text Book
perfect gases. unsteady flow
application of the  Illustrative
processes
first law of examples
thermodynamics  Apply the steady flow
energy equation  Library research
to a steady flow
process  Determine work done
 Understand work in a various steady
done in a steady flow processes
flow process
 Explain the throttling
 Understand
process
Throttling process
 Understand the  Apply steady flow
application of energy equation to
steady state engineering systems
energy equation
to engineering
systems
Week 7: Themes Learning Unit 7 Assessment Criteria Media / Resources
Objectives for this unit
Entropy of perfect  Understand  Explain the  Lectures
gases entropy relationship
 Text Book
between heat and
 Understand the
entropy  Illustrative
derivation of the
examples
general expression  Derive the general
for change in expression for  Library research
entropy for a change in entropy
perfect gas
 Determine the
 Understand the change in entropy
change in entropy for constant volume,
of a perfect gas for constant pressure
constant volume, and constant
constant pressure temperature
and constant processes
temperature

processes

Week 8: Themes Learning Unit 8 Assessment Criteria Media / Resources

Objectives for this unit
Entropy of perfect  Understand the  Determine the  Lectures
gases change in entropy change in entropy
 Text Book
of a perfect gas for for an adiabatic and
an adiabatic and a polytropic process  Illustrative
polytropic process examples
 Summarize the
change in entropy of  Library research
a perfect gas for all
processes
Week 9: Themes Learning Unit 4 Assessment Criteria Media / Resources
Objectives for this unit
Thermodynamic air  Understand  Differentiate between  Lectures
cycles assumptions made reversible and
 Text Book
when investigating irreversible cycles
air cycle and the  Illustrative
 Describe the working
classification of examples
of an ideal engine
thermodynamic  Library research
cycles  Describe the
processes of a
 Understand
Carnot cycle
reversible and
irreversible  Evaluate the missing
 processes properties at all
state points and the
 Understand terms
thermal efficiency
used in
for the Carnot cycle
thermodynamic
cycles and the  Determine the work
efficiency of a cycle done per cycle and
the heat supplied
 Understand Carnot
and rejected for the
cycle
two cycles

Week 10: Themes Learning Unit 5 Assessment Criteria Media / Resources

Objectives for this unit
Thermodynamic air  Understand Stirling  Describe the  Lectures
cycles cycle processes of Stirling
 Text Book
cycle
 Understand Joule’s
 Illustrative
cycle  Describe the
examples
processes of Joule’s
cycle  Library research

 Evaluate the missing

properties at all state
points and the
thermal efficiency for
the above cycles
 Determine the work
done per cycle and
the heat supplied
and rejected for the
above cycles

Week 11: Themes Learning Unit 5 Assessment Criteria Media / Resources

Objectives for this unit
Thermodynamic  Understand Diesel  Describe the  Lectures
air cycles cycle processes of Diesel
 Text Book
cycle
 Understand Dual
 Illustrative
combustion cycle  Describe the
examples
processes of Dual
combustion cycle  Library research

 Evaluate the missing

properties at all state
points and the
thermal efficiency for
 the above cycles
 Determine the work
done per cycle and
the heat supplied
and rejected for the
above cycles

Week 12: Themes Learning Unit 6 Assessment Criteria Media / Resources

Objectives for this unit
Fuels and their  Understand types of  Classify fuels  Learner guide
properties fuels.
 Explain the  Lectures
 Understand the advantages and
 Tutorial book
calorific value of disadvantages of
fuels different types of fuel  Illustrative
examples
 Understand the  Define calorific value
experimental of fuels  Library research
determination of
 Determine calorific
Higher Calorific
value of fuels
value

Week 13: Themes Learning Unit 6 Assessment Criteria Media / Resources

Objectives for this unit
Combustion of  Understand basic  Apply combustion  Learner
fuels combustion equations to guide
equations and determine theoretical
 Lectures
products of volume of air required
combustion for complete  Tutorial book
combustion  Illustrative
 Understand
theoretical and  Convert the examples
minimum mass volumetric analysis of  Library
required for flue gases to research
complete gravimetric analysis
combustion
 Determine the
 Understand the theoretical mass of air
conversion of supplied per kg of fuel
volumetric analysis and evaluate the
into gravimetric actual mass of air
analysis supplied to the
combustion
 Understand the
excess air supplied  Determine the air to
fuel ratio for known
fuel composition and
measured flue gas
composition