ECE 309
Introduction to Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Waterloo
Spring, 1997


Instructor

 Prof. M. M. Yovanovich
mmyov@mhtl.uwaterloo.ca


Teaching Assistants

 Yuri Muzychka
Room E3-2133 I x6181
yuri@mhtl.uwaterloo.ca

Ali Ashrafizadeh
Room CPH 3375H x3970
ashrafi@sunwise.uwaterloo.ca


Course Description

 Macroscopic approach to energy analysis. Energy transfer as work and heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics. Properties and states of simple substances. Control-mass and control-volume analyses. The essence of entropy, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics. The Carnot cycle and its implications for practical cyclic devices. Introduction to heat transfer by conduction, convection, and radiation. Basic formulation and solution of steady and transient problems. Issues relevant to cooling of electrical devices.

Textbook

 Engineering Thermodynamics,2nd ed., W. C. Reynolds and H. C. Perkins, McGraw Hill, 1977.

Schedule and Calendar

 Lecture Topics Summary

  • Week 1
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  • Week 2
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  • Week 3
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  • Week 4
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  • Week 5
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  • Week 6
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  • Week 7
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  • Week 8
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  • Weeks 9-10
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  • Week 11
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  • Week 12
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  • Week 13
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Exam and Make-up Lecture Schedule

Assignments and Solutions

 Assigned Homework Problems
  • Chapter 14: 1, 6, 7, 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28, 29
  • Chapter 1: 7, 8, 15, 17, 20
  • Chapter 2: 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 22
  • Chapter 4: 1, 8, 9, 12, 21, 24, 26, 29, 30
  • Chapter 5: 5, 7, 9, 14, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 30, 32, 33, 37, 39, 42, 43, 44
  • Chapter 7: 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 24, 26
  • Chapter 8: 1, 21, 22, 24, 26
  • Chapter 9: 6, 10, 12, 21, 45

Project 1, Part 1: Project 1, Part 2:
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Midterm and Final Exams


 Sample Midterm and Final Exams
  • Midterm Exam - Spring Term, 1996
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  • Final Exam - Spring Term, 1996
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1997 Spring Term Midterm Exam

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Solutions for 1997 Spring Term Midterm Exam

  • Problem #1
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  • Problem #2
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  • Problem #3
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Reference Material

Resources for solving heat transfer and thermodynamics problems

Software and Calculators

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Matlab

  • Solutions of Ordinary Differential Equations
    (IBM PC Self-Extracting Executable File)
 Readme.txt
ODESolve.exe (19K)
  • Thermal Resistance of Fins and Extended Surfaces
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Maple

  • Forced Convection Heat Transfer from an Isothermal Wire
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  • Heat Sink Analysis
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  • Lumped Capacitance Model for System with Uniformly
    Distributed Source and Convective Cooled Surface
Lumpcap1.html (74K)
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  • Derivation of Poisson Equations for Plane Wall, Cylindrical
    Shell and Spherical Shell
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  • Radiation Conductance for Small Gray Object in Large
    Enclosure
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  • Steam Turbine (SSSF Process)
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  • Change in Entropy Calculation Examples
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