MCG 2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Kilogram, Pressure Measurement, International System Of Units

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• Course: MCG 2130
• Professor: Patrick Richer

Document Summary

Energy can be found in multiple forms of storage: potential, kinetic, work, heat. Thermodynamics is the science that deals with the relation between the different forms of energy at equilibrium states. It deals with the amount of energy transferred from one state to another. As mechanical engineers, many applications involve energy conversion, therefore thermodynamics is essential to your engineering training. This is used to produce electricity by using a source of heat (coal, natural gas, etc. ) which is burned to produce electricity. Figure 1: steam powered plant cycle: closed cycle using water, low pressure (p) low temperature (t, high p, low t, high p, high t (steam) Use high energy at 3 in turbine to produce work (rotational motion) which will drive the generator: gas turbine engine (jet engine) How can we generate thrust by burning fuel: open cycle using air.