Pre- requisites
Course Name
Cod
e
Introduction to thermodynamic models to calculate the thermal properties - first law of thermodynamics and its applications - second law – entropy and its applications – availability , irversibility and its applications - thermodynamic analysis of power and refrigeration cycles - heat pumps - exergy and its applications in energy systems --
Applied Thermodynamics MEP
501
Introduction to different methods of heat transfer - conduction heat transfer through the walls, flat and cylindrical - heat exchangers (types and effectiveness) - thermal radiation - thermal radiation of objects and gases - heat transfer in boiling and condensation – Mass transfer.
-- Heat and Mass
Transfer MEP
502
Air conditioning systems and their design – direct expansion air conditioning systems - air systems and air conditioning using secondary fluid – all air and all water systems – window and split air conditioning units – packaged units, central air conditioning - cooling and heating coils – humidifiers - Filters - air and water condensers - cooling towers – air conditioning in aircraft - hospitals – air conditioning in factories. -- Air-Conditioning Systems and Equipments MEP 503
Vapor compression refrigeration systems - absorption refrigeration – steam jet refrigeration – thermoelectric refrigeration – refrigeration compressors (reciprocating – rotary) – condensers - evaporators - expansion valves. -- Refrigeration Systems and Equipments MEP 504
sources of thermal loads for cooling and heating – solar heat gain - the heat transfer through the buildings – ventilation- Properties of air – dry and wet bulb temperature - dew point - specific volume - the partial pressure of water vapor - humidity – psychrometry chart – human comfort zone - psychrometric processes and air conditioning processes - effect of pressure on the properties of the humid air on loads.
-- Thermal Loads and
Psychrometry MEP
505
Basic control elements - temperature and pressure regulators - float control - refrigerant flow rate control - automatic control for compressors and other equipment –design of proportional integral differential controllers in refrigeration and air conditioning systems -- Control in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Systems MEP 506
Ventilation fans and their types (radial and axial) and air handling units - filters – cooling coils – heating coils and humidification units and moisture barriers - design of the air ducts.
-- Ventilation and Air
Handling MEP
175
Basics of measurement - classification of measurement methods – factors affecting the accuracy of measurement - measurement errors - assess the results statistically - classification of measurement equipment - measurement of fluid speed by hot wire and hot strip - pressure measurement - temperature measurement - moisture measurement - flow rate measurement - the performance of measurement equipment at static and dynamic condition - automatic control of compressors and other equipment.
-- Measuring and
Control Devices MEP
508
Software design and development methods – Analysis, design and implementation of large software systems. Design methods fragmented and assembled to larger programs - Programming team management – Software testing and evaluation - Maintenance and documentation of software – Applications to design compilers - methodology and methods of compilers, linguistic analysis and methods of expressing top- down and bottom to top. Methods of generating optimal code, design of a simple compiler.
Steam properties software - heat transfer software - pipe networks software- programs for systems of linear equations and non-linear equation – graphic representation software - a project using computers in the field of the diploma.
-- Engineering
Software MEP
509
Introduction - boilers, steam – fire tube boilers - water tube boilers - water circulation – steam collectors- steam superheaters - economizers – air preheaters - cheminy - the control systems of steam boilers – fuels and combustion – condensers - steam and gas turbine stations - multiple pressures plants - peak load plants - thermal energy storage - introduction to economics of power plants.
-- Steam Power Plants
MEP 510
The solar system, solar radiation and solar angles for solar collectors- flat solar collectors - absorption surface - water heating systems and heating using solar energy - photovoltaic cells. Other solar energy capturing systems.
-- Solar Energy
MEP 511
Introduction - nuclear energy – nuclear power stations - nuclear reactions - reactions of fission reactions- fusion reaction energy - control in the fission reaction - the chain reaction - nuclear reactors - pressurized water reactors – boiling water reactors - gas cooled reactors - high temperature gas cooled reactor – nuclear fuel production reactors.
-- Nuclear Power
Plants MEP
512
Introduction - sea water chemistry - different methods of sea water desalination - dynamic systems - membrane types and characteristics – electrodialysis systems - introduction to economics of desalination plants, demand analysis and calculate the requested peak - costs of construction and operation of desalination plants - economic test of desalination plants - economics of operating stations - wasted energy recovery systems - calculate the costs of production, consumption and billing - calculate the
-- Water Desalination
Systems MEP
176
costs of testing and maintenance of desalination plants. Desalination plants using Reverse Osmosis. Introduction - types of wind turbines – theory of the momentum and mass conservation - Betz limit for the power factor of the turbine of horizontal axis – lift and drage turbines - use buildings to increase the power extraction - the properties of winds near the surface of the earth - power generated – photoelectric cells.
-- Wind Energy
MEP 514
Conversion of thermal energy to electric - converting kinetic energy to electric – convertiion of chemical energy to electric - fuel cells.
-- Energy Conversion
Systems MEP
515
Introduction - curves loads - calculation of peak load - the optimal distribution of load on the units of the station - the economic test of power stations – peak load plants - cost systems for the production of fixed costs and energy costs and the costs of clients - accounting rates of energy consumption.
-- Economics of
Power Plants MEP
516
Flow through a set of blades - lift and drag on the sets of blades - types of turbines – reaction and impulse turbines –Pelton wheel turbines - radial turbine and Francis turbine - Kaplan turbine - performance of the turbine. -- Hydraulic Turbines MEP 517
Gas turbine cycles - combined cycle (gas and steam) - turbine jet aircraft - jet turbine and propeller turbine – lift increasing factors - centrifugal compressors – axial compressor - axial turbines – moving and stationary blades and their distribution - operation at partial loads.
-- Gas Turbines and
Steam MEP
518
Types – specific speed - pumps selection - performance curves - losses in pumps - Compatibility between the network of pipes and pump performance - connections of pumps, series and parallel - cavitation in pumps - pump blades. The basics of pump maintenance, the basics of pump operation centrifugal pumps, gear pumps, reciprocating pumps, worm pumps, deep pumps, submerged pumps, vacuum pumps, lifting water using compressed air, pump selection, repair the faults (mechanical - electrical) of pumps
-- Pumps
MEP 519
Friction in pipelines – laminar and turbulent flow - Hardy Cross method for the analysis of pipe networks – unstable flow and water hammer - the pipelines and pumping stations. -- Networks of Pipes and Tubes MEP 520
Aging in pipes networks - types of pipe connections and ways of conservation - protection of pumps against dry lines - water hammer. Faults in pumping systems – Faults in network systems.
-- Faults in Pumping Systems and Networks MEP 521
basic equations of motion- Navier-Stokes equations and their solutions - laminate and turbulent boundary layer- drag and lift on the bodies as a result of fluid flow around them- flow in a nozzles with pressure gradient - flow in pipe networks - the operating point of system's pipes and pumps.
-- Applied Fluid
Mechanics MEP
522
Introduction - basic definitions - the energy equation –
-- The Theory of
177
adiabatic flow through nozzles and diffusers - equation of work done and efficiency in single stage turbine and compressor - gas turbine - steam turbine - wind turbine – dimensional analysis - similarity - unstable flow through series of blades.
Rotating Machinery 523
Types of pumps (axial - radial - mixed flow) - performance curves - control the speed of rotation and its measurement – lift measurement – discharge measuring - pressure sensors - determination of losses in the pumps - cavitation in pumps, blades and its impact on pump performance.
-- Laboratory Experiments on The Pumps MEP 524
Errors in numerical calculation - find roots of non- linear equations - solving a set of simultaneous equations - linear algebra - methods of optimal solutions – ordinary differential equations - application to cases of initial and boundary value problems - partial differential equations and applications to parabolic and elliptic equations - best fitting curves for a set of readings - Numerical differentiation and numerical integration - applications and projects for the previous numerical methods in solving the issues in mechanical engineering. -- Advanced Numerical Analysis MEP 601
The theoretical basis for the use of lasers to measure ultrasonic measurements - optical measurements - computer measurements - laser measurements Filters – signals converters – systems of data collection, analysis and processing - advanced methods to measure temperature - advanced methods for measuring the pressure - methods of measuring humidity – hot wire measurement.
direct contact and non-contact measurement- Measurement of one element or all - factors affecting the accuracy of measurement - measurement errors - assess the results statistically. Measuring equipment classification–design considerations of measuring instruments Measurement of the shapes in three dimensions. -- Precision Measurements Theory MEP 602
The solar system - solar angles - solar radiation - solar collectors is low-temperature – thermal compilation - economics of solar energy - water heating - high temperature solar collectors - integrated solar systems – concentrators - reflectors - transfer of heat collection and storage - performance solar systems in the long term - design solar systems - indirect heating system - energy storage - control systems in the field of energy storage – direct numerical control - applications in heating, ventilation and air conditioning for comfort in the operations - industrial - wind - tidal energy - geothermal energy - bio-energy.
-- Renewable
Energies MEP
603
Fundamentals of fluid mechanics - applications of conservation equations of mass and momentum and energy – dimensional analysis and dynamic similarity - laminar and turbulent flow – boundary layers.
-- Advanced Fluid
Mechanics MEP
604
Power cycles using steam – gas power cycles –
MEP 501 Advanced
178
reversed cycles - a mixture ideal gas - the chemical reactions and combustion - fluid flow through the nozzles – chemical and phase equilibrium for ideal gas mixture during the reaction.
Thermodynamics 605
Non-uniform heat conduction – uniform heat conduction - multi-dimensional heat conduction – dimensionless groups – forced convection and free convection - heat transfer in boiling and condensation - heat pipes (types - the limits of - the operating fluids).
MEP 502 Advanced Heat and
Mass Transfer MEP
606
Dynamics of combustion - the properties of the premixed flame - the characteristics of diffusion flames - pollution caused by combustion - fuel resources - specification of engine fuels - specification and testing of volatile fuels - the properties of heavy fuel oil - various tests to determine the properties of the fuel.
-- Combustion
MEP 607
Introduction - methods of solving partial differential equations in steady state - methodsof solving partial differential equations in unsteady state - types of differential equations - the methods used in solving momentum and energy equation (explicit; implicit; explicit / implicit - alternating) case studies to solve the flow of fluid over the surface of cylinder.
MEP 502 Computational Methods in Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer MEP 608
Introduction - basic definitions - the energy equation - flow through Aladebeteki Nvit and publisher - the equation work done and efficiency in the turbine during the assignment and the same for compressors - gas turbine - steam turbine - wind turbine analysis Allabaadi and similar dimensions - flow through a feather.
-- Turbo-Machinery
MEP 609
Engines (types and classification) – performance equations - modeling the different stages of combustion in engines – designe of combustion chambers and their impact on the performance of engines - the phenomenon of detonation and knocks in the engines - pollution from engines - sources of oils and types - properties of the physical and chemical properties of engine oils - different tests to determine the properties of oils - various systems of lubrication. -- Internal Combustion Engines MEP 610
Thermodynamics - heat transfer – steam boilers – fire tube boilers – water tube boiler - water circulation systems – steam drums – steam superheaters - economizers- air preheaters - chemeny - control systems of steam boilers - fuel combustion (coal fuel - liquid fuels - fuel Natural gas - systems to supply fuel - soot and dust separators - environmental impact and environmental protection) - condensers – condenser design - cooling water systems - cooling towers - ponds and channels cooling stations - multi purposes - nuclear power plants nuclear energy - nuclear reactions - fission reactions of fusion reactions - energy from nuclear reaction - control in the fission reaction – chain reaction - nuclear reactors -
-- Power Plants
MEP 611
179
pressurized water reactors - boiling water reactors – gas cooled reactors – gas cooled gas reactors with a high temperature - pressurized heavy water reactors – fast breeder reactors- analysis of disasters caused by nuclear power plants - environmental impact of nuclear stations - nuclear safety - The economics of nuclear power plants.
Absorption refrigeration systems (Lithium bromid - water / water - ammonia) – atomization equipment - sources of heat - the heat load calculation methods - the distribution of air routes - air distribution outlets - mechanical ventilation - air conditioning system balance. -- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning MEP 612
Determined by the supervisor of the research in the field of heat transfer.
MEP 606 Selected Topics in
Heat Transfer MEP
701
Determined by the supervisor of the research in the field of fluid dynamics
MEP 608 Selected Topics in
Fluid Dynamics MEP
702
Determined by the supervisor of the research in the field of Thermodynamics MEP 605 Selected Topics in Thermodynamics MEP 703
Determined by the supervisor of the research in the field of Combustion MEP 607 Selected Topics in Combustion MEP 704
Determined by the supervisor of the research in the field of air conditioning
-- Selected Topics in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning MEP 705
Determined by the supervisor of the research in the field of power plants
-- Selected Topics in
Power Plants MEP
706
Determined by the supervisor of the research in the field of turbo machinery
-- Selected Topics in
Turbo Machinery MEP
707
Determined by the supervisor of the research in the field of renewable energy
-- Selected Topics in Renewable Energy MEP 708
180