EGB322 Thermodynamics

Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Gardens Point, Internal

Overview

As a professional engineer you will be competent to practice as outlined in the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineers, including discipline specific knowledge and skills in engineering thermodynamics.This unit introduces the fundamental principles of thermodynamics, together with the use of state diagrams to describe thermodynamic systems and processes. In this unit you will apply these principles and analysis methods to real world engineering problems involving air compressors, internal combustion engines, steam power plant and refrigeration systems. This unit relies on a prior understanding of mathematics and mechanics studied in your first year or equivalent units. You will build from this unit in subsequent engineering units in advanced thermodynamics and fluid dynamics.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Apply the fundamental laws of thermodynamics, to plant and equipment, at a developed level.
2. Solve engineering application based problems in thermodynamics, related to plant and equipment, at a developed level.
3. Model operational cycles of plant and equipment in thermodynamics, using state diagrams, at a developed level.
4. Communicate analysis and modelling in thermodynamics, of plant and equipment at a developed level.

Content

Learning Approaches

In this unit you can expect to experience the following timetabled activities:

• Formal lectures from experienced professional engineers and scientists that will activate your understanding of theories and principles, and model approaches to solving problems.
• Tutorial classes that will give you the opportunity to work collaboratively with your peers to solve problems. These will be facilitated by tutors and will provide an opportunity to test your understanding and gain feedback on your work.

To complement timetabled activities, you can expect to be provided with learning resources on a unit Canvas site that you can access flexibly to complete your learning in this unit. Success in this unit will require you to manage your time to ensure you have focused time each week (beyond timetabled activities).

At the beginning of the unit, you will be made aware of the ways in which you can ask questions or seek clarification from the Unit Coordinator and Tutors.

You are expected to:

• Engage with timetabled activities on campus throughout the semester.
• Manage your time to engage with online resources outside of timetabled activities.
• Work both independently and with your peers, on problem solving tasks each week.
• Prepare for timetabled classes and activities and follow up on any work not completed.
• Complete assessment tasks by working consistently across the semester and meeting the due dates that are published via the unit Canvas site.

Feedback on Learning and Assessment

You will be provided with feedback for each of the assessment items during the semester. You are encouraged to review your work to identify your personal gaps in knowledge and skills. The tutorial teaching staff will be available to facilitate this review and help you to identify strategies to improve your individual learning outcomes.

Assessment

Overview

As you progress through this unit you will move between learning the fundamental laws and theory of thermodynamics and using that theory in practical applications. You will be developing your capability to solve engineering problems by looking at thermodynamics systems and diagnosing the appropriate theory and methods to predict behaviour of those systems, which is a key capability for professional engineering practice. The assessment for the unit is designed to assess your learning against the unit learning outcomes and includes problem solving tasks, reporting on experimental work and a final exam, which will test your capability to diagnose and solve problems in engineering science.

Unit Grading Scheme

7- point scale

Assessment Tasks

Assessment: Problem Solving Task

Online Quiz

This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.

Assessment: Examination (written)

End of Semester Written Exam

“If campus access is restricted at the time of the central examination period/due date, an alternative, which may be a timed online assessment, will be offered. Individual students whose circumstances prevent their attendance on campus will be provided with an alternative assessment approach.”

Assessment: Engine performance analysis assignment

Engineering analysis of engine performance data presented as a formal written report.

This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.

Academic Integrity

Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.

Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.

You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.

Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.

Resources

Resource Materials

Prescribed text(s)

Type: Text Book
Author: Cengel & Boles
Title: Thermodynamics , an engineering approach
Year: Publisher: McGraw Hill
Edition: 9th Ed inSI Units

Risk Assessment Statement

You will be informed of any requirements pertaining to a safe workplace. In lectures, tutorials and such, the information will include location of fire exits and meeting points in case of fire. If you do not follow legitimate instructions or endanger the safety of others or do not act in accordance with the requirements of the Workplace Health and Safety Act, you will be required to leave the session.

Standards/Competencies

This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.

Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer

1: Knowledge and Skill Base

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   Relates to: Problem Solving Task, Examination (written), Engine performance analysis assignment

2: Engineering Application Ability

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   Relates to: Engine performance analysis assignment

3: Professional and Personal Attributes

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Course Learning Outcomes

EN01 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

1. Engage stakeholders professionally and communicate the outcomes of your work effectively to expert and non-expert audiences using appropriate modes.
   Relates to: ULO4, Engine performance analysis assignment
2. Manage projects to solve complex engineering problems, using appropriate information, engineering methods, and technologies.
   Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, ULO3, Problem Solving Task, Examination (written), Engine performance analysis assignment
3. Demonstrate coherent knowledge and skills of physical, mathematical, statistical, computer, and information sciences that are fundamental to professional engineering practice.
   Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Problem Solving Task, Examination (written), Engine performance analysis assignment
4. Demonstrate a thorough understanding of one engineering discipline, its research directions, and its application in contemporary professional engineering practice.
   Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, ULO4, Problem Solving Task, Examination (written), Engine performance analysis assignment

EV01 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

1. Engage stakeholders professionally and communicate the outcomes of your work effectively to expert and non-expert audiences using appropriate modes.
   Relates to: Engine performance analysis assignment
2. Manage projects to solve complex engineering problems, using appropriate information, engineering methods, and technologies.
   Relates to: Problem Solving Task, Examination (written), Engine performance analysis assignment
3. Demonstrate coherent knowledge and skills of physical, mathematical, statistical, computer, and information sciences that are fundamental to professional engineering practice.
   Relates to: Problem Solving Task, Examination (written), Engine performance analysis assignment
4. Demonstrate a thorough understanding of one engineering discipline, its research directions, and its application in contemporary professional engineering practice.
   Relates to: Problem Solving Task, Examination (written), Engine performance analysis assignment