3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1013110ANR for all students in the 1st semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Inschrijvingsvereiste: geslaagd zijn voor 'chemie:structuur en transformaties van de materie'
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen
Department and involved faculties/organizations
Applied Mechanics
Industriële ingenieurswetenschappen
Educational team
Svend Bram (course titular)
Kevin Verleysen
Activities and contact hours

18 contact hours Lecture
18 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

Lectures:
This course aims at providing the student with a basic knowledge of thermodynamics and heat transfer, knowledge that is necessary to be able to follow more specialized courses later. The aim is, at the one hand, to provide insight in the use of the 1st and 2nd law and to apply these laws on components as well as on cycles for the production of power and cold, and at the other hand to know and to apply the mechanisms of heat transfer. Recognition and demonstration of the scope and validity of the applied laws and models is of utmost importance.

  • Introduction
  • Basic concepts
  • Energy analysis
  • Mechanical energy balance
  • Second law of thermodynamics
  • Properties of substances
  • Components
  • Thermodynamic cycles
  • Vapour cooling cycles
  • Gas power cycles
  • Heat transfer

Practical exercises:
During the practical exercises, the students solve problems that are direct applications of course material from the lectures.

Course material
Handbook (Recommended) : Fundamentals Of Thermal Fluid Science In Si Units, Y. A. Çengel, J. M. Cimbala, R. H. Turner, 5de, McGraw-Hill, 9789813310094, 2020
Digital course material (Required) : Thermodynamica WPO, Slides van de werkcolleges, S. Bram, Canvas, 2019
Course text (Required) : Thermodynamica, Syllabus, S. Bram, VUB, 2220170007625, 2020
Additional info

The lectures are organized according the 'flipped classroom' principle:

1) All lectures are available as a video recording on Canvas
2) Students view certain video recordings beforehand, according to instructions in the learning guide on Canvas
3) During joint sessions with the professor, the subject matter is treated interactively and, where necessary, further explained or deepened.

Description tutoring: after class, by appointment or via e-mail.

Learning Outcomes

objectives

D1: knows the basic concepts and laws in thermodynamics
D2: knows the state properties and is able to formulate relation with state equations, tables and charts
D3: knows and has insight in energy transformation, thermodynamic systems and thermodynamic cycles
D4: applies the basic laws to energetic processes
D5: is able to respresent real cycle processes by idealized cyclic processes
D6: can calculate the energetic performance of a thermodynamic cycle
D7: is able to calculate basic heat transfer through conduction, convection and radiation

Learning Outcomes

The Flemish learning outcomes are given below; currently no official English translation exists.

LO 1 Diepgaande, toepassingsgerichte kennis, inzicht en praktische vaardigheden hebben met betrekking tot wiskunde en de natuurwetenschappen met het oog op ingenieurstoepassingen.
 GI 1.1 gebruikt spontaan wiskundige technieken binnen de beroepscontext
 GI 1.2 past principes uit de basiswetenschappen toe binnen de beroepscontext
 
LO 2 Toepassingsgerichte kennis, inzicht en vaardigheden hebben op het gebied van de ingenieurswetenschappen en ingenieurstechnieken.
 GI 2.5 begrijpt en analyseert geïdealiseerde thermodynamische processen
 
LO 3 Vanuit inzicht in de basistheorie en -methoden voor het schematiseren en modelleren van processen of systemen ingenieurstechnische problemen oplossen.
 GI 3.2 gebruikt modellering en simulatie om eenvoudige engineering-problemen op te lossen
 
LO 5 Doelgericht wetenschappelijke en technische informatie opzoeken, evalueren en verwerken, en er correct naar refereren.
 GI 5.1 raadpleegt erkende wetenschappelijke bronnen
 
LO 10 Wetenschappelijke en discipline-eigen terminologie correct hanteren in de voor de opleiding relevante talen.
 GI 10.1 communiceert bevattelijk technische materie op verschillende niveaus (vakgenoten en leken)
 GI 10.2 leest, schrijft en spreekt Nederlands op C1 niveau (vaardig gebruiker, volgens Europees referentiekader)
 GI 10.3 leest, schrijft en spreekt Engels op een niveau dat B1 (intermediate gebruiker, volgens Europees referentiekader) overstijgt
 
LO 11 Resultaten van technisch en wetenschappelijk werk zowel schriftelijk en mondeling als grafisch communiceren en presenteren aan de peergroep.
 GI 11.1 rapporteert schriftelijk de resultaten van een experiment op een wetenschappelijke, overzichtelijke en bevattelijke manier

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Other Exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: Exam time 1st session:
    Lecture: written exam theory, closed book: 50% (not transferred to 2nd session)
    Practical exercises: written exam exercises, open book: 50% (not transferred to 2nd session)

    Exam time 2nd session:
    Lecture: written exam theory, closed book: 50%
    Practical exercises: written exam exercises, open book: 50%

Additional info regarding evaluation

Not applicable

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Architectural Engineering: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Architectural Engineering: Verkort traject (only offered in Dutch)