Standard Data

Course Title:

  Thermodynamics of Refrigeration

Subject Code:

  ACT

Course Number:

  112

Course Type:

  Newly Developed

Offered Online:

  N

Course Description:

Course will explore the relationship between heat, work, and systems that analyze energy processes. Understand the Laws of thermodynamics. Define terms and expressions related to thermodynamics such as: Heat engines, Steam turbines Compressor, Thermodynamic cycle, Heat transfer, Enthalpy, Entropy, Temperature, Pressure, Specific volume, Sensible and Latent heat, and thermal conductivity.

Class Hours:

  4

Demo Lab Hours:

  0

Pract. Lab/O.B.I.Hours:

  0

Credit Hours:

  4

   

 Prerequisites

Prerequisites

ACT   107    

 Corequisites

Corequisites

Course Guide

 

Competency

After Completion the student will:

Class
Hours

Demo Lab
Hours

P.Lab/
O.B.I

Explore the relationship between heat, and work.

2

0

0

      Students will analyze energy processes.

 

Understand the various ways that energy can be changed to produce work

Students will gain an understanding of the laws of thermodynamics

1

0

0

Define terms and expressions related to thermodynamics

1

0

0

      Thermodynamic cycle.

 

Highlight the first law of thermodynamics which states that the change in internal energy of a substance equals the work done on it plus the heat transferred to it. How the thermodynamic cycle effects the refrigeration process.

      Heat transfer

 

We will discuss the three different mechanisms for heat transfer, such as: Conduction, Convection, and Radiation. How heat transfer effects the refrigeration process.

      Enthalpy, entropy, temperature, pressure.

 

Understand these terms and how to measure them in a refrigeration application.

      Specific volume.

 

Understand this term.

      Sensible and latent heat.

 

How they effect the thermodynamic and refrigeration processes

      Thermal conductivity.

 

Understand how this effects the refrigeration process.

 

Suggested Resources

Suggested Resources include textbooks shown below or most current edition.

Inquiry Into Physics - Author: Vern J. Ostdiek, Donald J. Bord

Internet

Periodicals