BTEN 2312/BTE 2521: Thermodynamics

Monday & Wednesday, 10:00-11:20pm (E2-2-2)

Pre-requisite: MTH1212

Instructor : Dr. Nor Fadhillah Mohamed Azmin ; Dr. Mohd Firdaus Abdul Wahab
E-mail : norfadhillah@iium.edu.my) ; firdaus@iium.edu.my

Office : E5-2-12.9 ; E1-5-1.7

Office : Wednesday: 10.00am 12.00pm ; TBD & announced in i-Taleem.

hours (Other times are by appointment).
Tutor : Br. Firdaus

Course Objectives
The objectives of this course are to:

1. Develop a physical awareness of the science of thermodynamics.

2. Present the fundamental laws that govern thermodynamics, and their applications.
3. Develop practical methodologies for solving engineering thermodynamics problems, with
particular focus to chemical and biological engineering.
4. Illustrate the extremely wide variety of thermodynamics related applications in everyday life and
in modern technology.

Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

1. Apply the basic principles of units and dimensions and laws of physics to solve simple problems
involving motion and energy exchange.
2. Describe and apply the first law of thermodynamics to study close and steady flow systems.
3. Explain and implement the second law of thermodynamics to calculate entropy, energy, and
efficiency of engineering devices.
4. Select appropriate thermodynamic property relations, tables and charts to calculate
thermodynamic properties of pure substances and mixtures.
5. Apply and discuss mass and energy balances to combustion reactions and to calculate the
equilibrium composition, of a pure substance, multi- component and multiphase systems.

Required Course Reference

Cengel, Y.A. (2015). Introduction to Thermodynamics. 8th Ed. New York, McGraw Hill.

Recommended Course References

Moran, M.J., Shapiro, H.N., Boettner, D.D. and Bailey, M.B. (2010). Principles of Engineering
Thermodynamics. 8th Ed. New York, John Wiley & Sons.

Smith, J.M., van Ness, H.C., & Abbott, M.M. (2005), Introduction to Chemical Engineering
Thermodynamics, 7th Ed. New York, McGraw Hill.
Lecture
The lecture time will consist of an overview of the topics given in the course calendar for that day.
Students are expected to read the material to be covered that day before class. The lectures serve
as an overview and details are left for the student to understand outside of class. Many lecture periods
will also consist of in-class problem solving in groups based on the lecture material. Therefore, always
bring your textbook and a calculator to class. Class notes are available at my iTa-leem.

*Students Independent Learning Activities

Self Study Revision Assessment &/
(eg. : task, manual, Preparation
project, module, etc.)
15 hours 35 hours 12 hours

Tutorial
Tutorial is provided once a week: Friday (11 12); except on Public Holiday. You will be given a list of
compulsory questions, of which you have to prepare prior to the tutorial session. Submit the assigned
compulsory question to your tutor prior to the tutorial session. Each compulsory question will contribute
towards your CARRY MARKS.

Quizzes
Quiz will be given from time to time during class meeting/ tutorial session throughout the semester. The
quizzes can be open book/ open notes/ calculator (another reason to bring a textbook/ calculator to class).

Assignment
Assignment will be assigned to individual or group. At the beginning of the semester, you will be assigned
into groups of 4-6 people. This will be your group throughout the semester.

Exams
There will be one mid-term exam and a final exam. The mid-term exam will only cover the material listed
on the course calendar. The final exam is comprehensive with an emphasis on material covered
since the previous exam. For FINAL EXAM, you will be allowed to either bring a note (1 SHEET of
A4 size paper) OR ONE TEXTBOOK (non-digital, the required course reference). Only university
approved calculator are allowed during exams. Absence at examination time is excusable only in case
of well-documented illness of the student or similar emergency. An unexcused absence from an exam
will result in a zero grade on that exam.

Assessment Summary
Learning Outcomes Assessment %
1-3 1 Mid-term Exam 30
Written: 20%
Group project: 10%
1-5 Quizzes 10
1-5 Compulsory Tutorial Questions 10
1-5 Final Exam 50
Class Policies
Attendance: Your attendance to the class meetings is COMPULSORY. In total, we have 30 class
meetings including the two mid-term tests. Please note that 10% of absence (3 class meetings) will result
in issuance of a WARNING LETTER. An absence of 20% will result in a BARRING (6 class meetings)
from the forthcoming final examination. For you to be eligible to sit for Final Exam, the required
attendance is 80% from the class meetings. For more information, please refer to file: Attendance Policies
in my iTa-leem.

Absences from class: If you must miss class for any reason, I strongly recommend that you ask a
classmate for any notes, handouts, or announcements you may have missed. In addition, please notify
the instructors as far in advance as possible if you know that you are going to miss a class for a university-
approved reason, so that we can discuss any necessary arrangements.

Academic integrity: Any student engaged in an act of academic misconduct, which includes but is NOT
limited to, cheating, plagiarism, use of written or oral offensive language, will receive a grade of F for this
course. If another student is knowingly involved in the offense, he or she will receive the same penalty.
Please note that Mobile Phones are prohibited during quizzes and exams.

Cell phones: Please keep cell phones and other communicative devices silent and out of sight during
class. Making or receiving a call, text messaging, and internet surfing are not allowed during class.

Make-ups: Exams and quizzes may only be made up if you are absent for a documented, university-
approved reason. If you miss class without a university-approved reason on a day that an exam or quiz
takes place, you will not be able to make it up.

Late assignments: Completed assignments should be turned in at the beginning of class period. You
may choose to turn in the homework early in the homework box in front of instructors office. If its your
responsibility to turn in the assignment and youre late, so is the assignment. Late assignments will
receive a point deduction of -5 for every 5 minutes late. Maximum deduction will be -20 per assignment.

Posted solutions: Complete problem set solutions will not be posted online. It is your responsibility to
make sure you find out how to solve problems by asking about them in class, during office hours, or
during the tutoring sessions.

Review of Exam Grades: If a student believes they deserve more partial credit for an exam problem,
they are encouraged to visit the instructor during office hours and present a case for revising the grade.
Students are asked to mark-up their exams using a pen, assuming a pencil was used during the exam.
Do not add marks with pencil. Do not erase marks from the exam. Students should clearly show where
an error was made and its effect on their solution. The student should try to show what was correct on
the exam and explain the approach taken on.

Withdrawing from a Course: Please make yourself aware of IIUM dates and policies about withdrawing
from a course or withdrawing from the University. If you fall behind, dont just give-up and quit attending.
Contact the Deputy Dean of Student Affairs Office (03-6196 4410/4447) and explore your options. If you
drop a course, double-check to make sure it is done properly.

Instructors commitment: You can expect your instructors to be courteous, punctual, well-organized,
and prepared for lectures and other class activities; to answer questions clearly; to be available during
office hours or to notify you beforehand if they are unable to keep them; to provide a suitable guest
lecturer when they are travelling; and to grade uniformly and consistently according to posted guidelines.

Students with disabilities: Modifications will be made to students with disabilities according to university
policies.
Tentative Course Calendar
Note: Students should read the chapter associated with the lecture PRIOR to class

Day Date Topic Reading Learning Note

Task
Hours
Tue Sep 6 Introduction, basic concepts of Chap. 1 6
thermodynamics,
thermodynamics and energy, closed and
open systems, state and equilibrium,
processes and cycles, temperature,
pressure and its measurement
Thu Sep 8 -as above- Chap. 1
Tue Sep 13 Forms of energy and energy transfer, Chap. 2 7
mechanical forms of work, First law of
thermodynamics, energy conversion
efficiencies, energy use and its implication
to environment
Thu Sep 15 -as above- Chap. 2
Tue Sep 20 Properties of pure substances, phase Chap. 3 11
change processes, property diagrams and
tables, the ideal-gas equation of state,
compressibility factor and equation of
states.
Thu Sep 22 -as above- Chap. 3
Tue Sep 27 -as above- Chap. 3
Thu Sep 29 Energy balance for closed systems, moving Chap. 4 10
boundary work, specific heats, internal
energy, and enthalpy.
Tue Oct 4 -as above- Chap. 4
Thu Oct 6 Mass analysis and energy balance of Chap. 5 11
control volumes, flow work, and the steady
flow processes.
Tue Oct 11 -as above- Chap. 5

Thu Oct 13 The second law of thermodynamics, Chap. 6 11

thermal-energy reservoirs, heat engines,
refrigerators and heat pumps, reversible
and irreversible processes, the Carnot
Cycle and principles, the thermodynamic
temperature scale.
Tue Oct 18 -as above- Chap. 6
Thu Oct 20 Mid-term 1 Ch. 1-6
Oct 21 30 Semester Break
Tue Nov 1 Entropy, the increase of entropy principle, Chap. 7 11
Entropy change of pure substances,
entropy diagrams, the T-ds relations,
evaluation of entropy change, entropy
balance.
Thu Nov 3 -as above- Chap. 7
Tue Nov 8 -as above- Chap. 7
Thu Nov 10 Exergy, exergy change of a system. The Chap. 8 11
decrease of exergy principle and exergy
destruction.
Tue Nov 15 -as above- Chap. 8
Thu Nov 17 -as above- Chap. 8
Tue Nov 22 Thermodynamic property relations: Chap. 12 8
The Maxwell relations, the Clayperon
equation, General relations for internal
energy, enthalpy and specific heat
changes, Joule-Thompson coefficient.
Thu Nov 24 -as above- Chap. 12
Tue Nov 29 Gas mixture composition: mass and mole Chap. 13 7
fraction, P-v-T behaviour of ideal and real
gases, properties of gas mixture.

Thu Dec 1 -as above- Chap. 13

Tue Dec 6 Thermodynamics of reaction systems. First Chap. 15 9
law and second law analysis of reacting
systems.
Thu Dec 8 -as above- Chap. 15

Tue Dec 13 -as above- Chap. 15

Thu Dec 15 -as above- Chap. 15
Dec 16 - 19 Revision Period All course
materials
Dec 20 2016 Final Exam Week All course
Jan 6 2016 materials