LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course provides students with a great opportunity to learn more about commercial software tools in the analysis and simulation of thermal systems. Briefly, the students will achieve skills in the use of software devoted to the solution of a large selection of practical problems: from thermodynamics to simple economic assessment.

Lessons will be given in the informatic room of the faculty

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Operational skills

At the end of the course the student will have understood
the use of the thermodynamic  code (EES) ,  general purpose code (Excel VBA)

He will be able to apply such software to the resolution
of elementary problems of thermodynamics of fluids (gases, liquids, two-phase) and data analysis.

It will be able to to carry out  first-principle analysis of energy conversion plants, direct and inverse.

It will be able to make comparisons between different possible solutions and to evaluate measures to improve the performanc of these systems.

PREREQUISITES

Basic notions of thermodynamics and heat transfer

TEACHING METHODS

The course will be  held in the informatic classroom or via Teams. Students are encouraged to form little work groups (min 3, max 4 students). During the course period, these groups will face  energetic and thermal problems, will solve them and complete short relations about used methodology and obtained results.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Thermodynamics and heat transfer recalls

- conservation equations, boundary conditions, balances, radiation convection conduction

Use of EES software

- simple introductory problems
- solution of thermodynamic and thermal cycles (EES)
- thermal and economic (VBA)  analysis of plants for the production of electrical and thermal energy

Use of excel and VBA

- use of the sheet part of .xls file for creating graphs and simple formulas
- basic programming concepts, in VBA context, to solve simple numerical problems
- subroutines, for-next and do-loop cycles, if then else, vectors and matrices, writing and reading on associated sheet

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Thermodynamics– Guglielmini-Milano, Dispense di Fisica Tecnica;

Heat transfer – Bibliographic material is available at DIPTEM/TEC  library;

Course-related resources will be provided on the DIME AulaWeb site