2018-2019 Pierce College Catalog 
    
    Oct 06, 2024  
2018-2019 Pierce College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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ENGR& 224 Thermodynamics (5 credits)


Prereq: CHEM& 161  and MATH& 152  and PHYS& 221  (all which may be taken concurrently), or instructor permission.

Introduction to the principles of thermodynamics, properties, processes and equations of state. First law analysis of closed and open systems; energy interactions, work and heat, steady flow devices. Second law analysis of closed systems; heat engines, refrigeration, Carnot cycle, entropy and work potential. Introduction to power cycles.



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