Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Language Type Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Thermodynamics ZFZ209 Turkish Compulsory 3. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 4.0
Prerequisite Courses
Course Level Undergraduate
Mode of delivery Face to face
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Instructor(s)
Goals The aim of the course firstly to create an imagination about the populer physical quantities in our daily life such as temperature, pressure, heat and the relation between these properties. This period will be studied with the current technological concept in the energy industry and this will give a skill to the students to design the some engineering applications like power and refrigeration cycles. The course will aim to study and experience the meaning of the thermodynamic properties which will give a direction to the students to discuss the nature of the microscopic mechanisms in terms of thermodynamic properties will be studied in statistical physics, classics mechanics and quantum mechanics, later.
Course Content Introduction and Basics Concepts, temperature, pressure, equilibrium, pressure and temperature scales. The zero law of thermodynamics and its applications. Energy, Energy transfer and General energy Analysis. Thermal equilibrium. Thermal conduction. The first law of thermodynamics and its applications. Heat capacity. Ideal gas state function. The kinetic theory of gases. Properties of pure substances. The second law of thermodynamics and Carnot cycles. Entropy. Power cycles. Heat engines and refrigerators. Enthalpy. Thermodynamic potentials, Helmoltz and Gibbs functions. Maxwell equations.
Learning Outcomes
# Öğrenme Kazanımı
1 will be familiar about the fundemental thermodynamic properties; temperature, pressure, heat and work and will be capable to investigate the basic physical phenomenas in terms of these properties.
2 At the same time, these properties will be studied in the real engineering problems and the student will have an engineering background about the design of the energy production, the energy transfer and power cyles.
3 To study the basic thermodynamic potentials with the well defined properties will append a different view into their scientific background to discuss the relation between the microscopic mechanisms and the macroscopic properties.
Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)
Week Topics/Applications Method
1. Week Introduction and Basics Concepts
2. Week Energy, Energy Transfer and General energy Analysis
3. Week Properties of Pure Substances
4. Week Energy analysis of closed systems
5. Week Mass and Energy Analysis
6. Week The Second Law of Thermodynamics
7. Week Entropy
8. Week Midterm exam
9. Week Entropy
10. Week Vapor power cycles
11. Week Refrigeration cycles
12. Week Thermodynamic Property Relations
13. Week Thermodynamic Property Relations
14. Week Thermodynamic Property Relations
*Midterm and final exam dates are not specified in the 14-week course operation plan. Midterm and final exam dates are held on the dates specified in the academic calendar with the decision of the University Senate.
The Matrix for Course & Program Learning Outcomes
No Program Requirements Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Uses science and math knowledge to develop various processes in the field.
2 Demonstrates behavior consistent with ethical and deontological principles in decision-making and implementation processes.
3 It is used in applications in the field of scientific and technological developments.
4 Integrates fundamental engineering knowledge with technical tools to solve engineering problems in the field using an analytical approach.
5 Designs all technical systems, system components, and production processes related to their field.
6 It implements plant and animal production processes in accordance with scientific and technical principles.
7 It uses data-driven core technologies in the agricultural sector in production processes.
8 Applies sustainability principles and approaches to agricultural processes.
9 Uses administrative and institutional information related to agriculture, taking into account global and local developments.
10 By analyzing the life dynamics of plant diseases, harmful organisms, and weeds, it develops innovative solutions to these problems.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements DK1 DK2 DK3
PY1 3 3 3
PY2 3 3 3
PY3 3 3 3
PY4 4 4 4
PY5 4 4 4
PY6 2 2 2
PY7 3 3 3
PY8 3 3 3
PY9 3 3 3
PY10 4 4 4
Recommended Sources
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Diğer Kaynaklar
  • Y. A. Çengel, M. A. Boles, Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, McGraw-Hill, Literatür Yayıncılık, 1996
ECTS credits and course workload
ECTS credits and course workload Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Sınavlar
Midterm 1 1 25 25
Final 1 35 35
Classroom Activities 14 3 42
Total Workload 102
*AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 ECTS Credit of the Course 4.0