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Engineering Thermodynamics - ME 201

Covers systems, properties, energy, work, heat, the first and second laws, cycles, and basic thermodynamic processes.

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6 Thermodynamic Cycles

Learn how thermodynamic cycles return a working fluid to its initial state, how diagrams and energy balances describe them, and how power and refrigeration cycles are evaluated.
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3 The First Law and Energy Balances

Learn how energy conservation is expressed for closed systems and flowing control volumes, and how to apply the balances under stated assumptions.
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4 Basic Thermodynamic Processes

Learn how isobaric, isochoric, isothermal, and adiabatic processes connect pressure, volume, temperature, heat, work, and internal energy in an ideal gas.
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5 The Second Law and Entropy

Understand how the second law constrains heat-to-work conversion, how entropy describes process direction, and how reservoir temperatures set ideal engine and appliance performance limits.
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2 Energy, Heat, and Work

Learn how energy is stored in thermodynamic systems, how heat and work transfer it across boundaries, and how to apply the first-law sign convention.
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1 Thermodynamic Systems, Properties, and States

Learn how thermodynamic systems and boundaries are defined, how properties describe states, and how equilibrium and processes are distinguished.
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Quizzes

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2 Energy, Heat, and Work

A quiz on thermodynamic energy, heat and work transfers, sign conventions, and energy accounting.
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1 Thermodynamic Systems, Properties, and States

A medium-difficulty quiz on thermodynamic systems, properties, equilibrium, and processes.
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5 The Second Law and Entropy

A medium-difficulty quiz on the second law of thermodynamics, heat engines, refrigerators and heat pumps, entropy, and reversible limits.
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6 Thermodynamic Cycles

A medium-difficulty quiz on thermodynamic cycles, diagram interpretation, energy balances, and cycle performance.
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3 The First Law and Energy Balances

A medium-difficulty quiz on applying the first law of thermodynamics to closed systems and control volumes, interpreting energy terms, and using stated assumptions to simplify balances.
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4 Basic Thermodynamic Processes

A medium-difficulty quiz on applying the ideal-gas law, the first law of thermodynamics, and the defining features of basic thermodynamic processes.
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4 Basic Thermodynamic Processes

Review the defining properties, energy changes, heat transfer, and work of basic thermodynamic processes for an ideal gas.
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1 Thermodynamic Systems, Properties, and States

Review the foundations of thermodynamics, including system types, properties, equilibrium, and processes between states.
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5 The Second Law and Entropy

Review how the second law governs heat transfer, engines, refrigerators, entropy, and the limits of energy conversion.
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3 The First Law and Energy Balances

Review energy conservation, thermodynamic properties, and energy balances for closed systems and flowing control volumes.
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2 Energy, Heat, and Work

Review energy forms, heat and work transfers, thermodynamic sign conventions, and common modes of work.
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6 Thermodynamic Cycles

Review how thermodynamic cycles transfer heat and work, how diagrams represent them, and how power, refrigeration, and heat-pump cycles are evaluated.
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