Courses

Study of thermal systems emphasizing large power generation systems. Topics include Rankine and gas turbine cycles, fossil fuels combustion, boiler characteristics, cogeneration, combined cycle plants, environmental effects of power generation, and alternative energy concepts.

Fundamentals of thermal radiation heat transfer including: absorption, emission, and reflection from solids; absorption, emission, and scattering by gases; combined mode and conjugate heat transfer; exact and approximate solution methodologies.

States of model system, entropy and temperature, Boltzmann distribution, thermal radiation and Planck distribution, chemical potential and Gibbs distribution, ideal gas, Fermi and Bose gases, heat and work, semiconductor statistics, kinetic theory. Offered Spring, even years.

Thermal system design using principles of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and numerical simulation. Communication of results. Three hours of design.

The primary goal of this course is to teach fundamentals of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer. The course will impart working knowledge of thermal systems utilized in nuclear powered electric generating systems. The course is intended to familiarize students in the nuclear power concentration of the BSEE degree program with essentials of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics through an integrated approach.

Introduction to atmospheric thermodynamics with an emphasis on applications in meteorology, including the equation of state, Zeroth, First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics, adiabatic processes, moist processes, static stability, stability of moist air, and severe weather applications.

A study of basic thermodynamic properties; pressure, temperature, work, specific volume, and energy. The first and second laws of thermodynamics, closed and open systems, enthalpy, and entropy; properties of gas mixtures and air-vapor mixtures; as well as basic applications are covered.

In this course, students will be introduced to the basic principles of thermodynamics. Topics include, energy conservation, entropy, isolated systems at constant pressure and temperature and the corresponding thermodynamic potentials. Students will learn to apply these principles to other branches of science and engineering.

This course is a fundamental study of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics.

Thermodynamic systems in equilbrium, entropy, thermodynamic potentials, phase transitions, and kinetic theory. 1021 / 1272 Queens College