Energy Conversion and Management
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
To teach students how energy is converted to useful forms and managed in a sustainable fashion.
Energy sources, conversion and utilisation; environmental and economic issues; Review of basic thermodynamic concepts; Applications of the first law of Thermodynamics to non-flow and flow processes; Introduction to the second law of thermodynamics, entropy, heat engines and refrigeration; Thermodynamic cycles; Principles of thermal energy conversion in boilers, internal combustion engines and gas turbines; Energy recovery methods; Energy management in industry, transport and buildings; Energy audits; Environmental and economic evaluation.
Eastop T D, McConkey A 1993, Applied Thermodynamics for Engineering Technologists, 5th Edition , Longman
Rogers, GFC and Mayhew 2005, Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Fluids: Si Units, 5th Edition , Blackwell Publishing
Subject Area & Catalogue Number | Course Name |
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Group 1
Students must have completed one of the following courses: |
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MENG 2002 | Fluid and Energy Engineering |
MENG 2015 | UO Fluid and Energy Engineering |
Nil
Component | Duration | ||
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INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES | |||
Lecture | 2 hours x 13 weeks | ||
Practical | 2 hours x 2 weeks | ||
Tutorial | 2 hours x 12 weeks |
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Quiz, Report, Test/Quiz
EFTSL*: 0.125
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