Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics
15.0 ECTS creditsThe course covers the following:
- Conduction, convection, and radiation
- Forms of energy, energy conversion, energy content, phase conversion, and enthalpy
- Ideal gases, the state of a substance, equilibrium
- Open and closed systems, system boundaries, mass and energy balances
- The first law of thermodynamics
- Energy equations
- Energy and effect
- The properties of fluids, viscosity, incompressibility
- Hydrostatics
- The continuity equation
- Bernoulli's equation
- Pump and fan curve, system curve, operating point
- Cavitation
- The Swedish energy system, electricity production plants, heat and cold, basic circuit diagram, efficiency, and resource flows
- Hydroelectric power and wind power
- Conduction, convection, and radiation
- Forms of energy, energy conversion, energy content, phase conversion, and enthalpy
- Ideal gases, the state of a substance, equilibrium
- Open and closed systems, system boundaries, mass and energy balances
- The first law of thermodynamics
- Energy equations
- Energy and effect
- The properties of fluids, viscosity, incompressibility
- Hydrostatics
- The continuity equation
- Bernoulli's equation
- Pump and fan curve, system curve, operating point
- Cavitation
- The Swedish energy system, electricity production plants, heat and cold, basic circuit diagram, efficiency, and resource flows
- Hydroelectric power and wind power
Progressive specialisation:
G1N (has only upper‐secondary level entry requirements)
Education level:
Undergraduate level
Admission requirements:
General admission requirements and upper secondary level Mathematics 3c, Physics 2, and Chemistry 1 (field-specific eligibility A8)
Selection:
Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.
This course is included in the following programme
- Bachelor of Science in Enviromental and Energy Engineering (studied during year 1)