Controlled Environment Agricultural Center The University of Arizona
Kacira Lab
Murat Kacira, Associate Professor
Department of Ag. and Biosystems Engineering
Shantz Bldg. #38, Rm 504
The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
  Controlled Environment Agriculture Center
1951 E. Roger Rd., Rm 104
The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719
phone: (520) 626-4254   e-mail: mkacira@cals.arizona.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 1:30-2:30 pm, Shantz 504 & Upon appointment at CEAC 104
ABE 284 - Biosystems Thermal Engineering
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Week No.
(week of)
Lecture Schedule Notes
1 Introduction to Thermodynamics
Units - Force, Energy, Work, Power, etc.
Concepts - Control Volume, Control Mass, Systems, etc.
Basic Laws
Ch. 1
Ch. 2
2 Energy and the First Law -
Energy Balance, Cycles, and Efficiencies
Properties and States - Equilibrium, Pressure, Temperature, etc.
Ch. 3(Supp.)
Ch. 3a
Ch. 3b
Ch. 3c
3
4 States of Simple Substances and Properties
Phase Transitions
How to use thermodynamic property data
The Perfect Gas
Ch. 4a
Ch. 4b
Ch. 4c
5 Quantitative Energy Analysis
How to set up mass balance and energy balance equations for control mass/control volume.
Engines, turbines, heat pumps, boilers, refrigeration units, separators, nozzles, turbo expanders, etc.
Ch. 5a
Ch. 5b
Ch. 5c
6
7-8 Exam 1 on 10/7 (Thursday)
Carnot Cycle and Efficiencies

Heat Engine, Heat Pump etc.
Entropy and the Second Law
Reversible and Irreversible Processes
Entropy Transfer and Change
Entropy as a Function of State Entropy, Temperature, Pressure - Thermodynamic Definition
Ch. 6a
Ch. 7a
Ch. 7b
Ch. 7c
Ch. 7d
9 The Thermodynamics of State -
Vapor Power and Refrigeration Systems
Ch. 8a
Ch. 8b
10/11 Exam 2 on 11/04 (Thursday)
Gas Power Cycles

Air-Standard Otto and Diesel Cycles (Cont.) Gas Turbine Power Plants
Power Cycles and Applications
Diesel Engine and Fuel Consumption
Ch. 9a
Ch. 9b
12 Psychrometer - Fundamentals
Wet-bulb and dry-bulb temperatures. Psychrometer - Applications
Ch. 10
13/14 Introduction to Fluid Mechanics - Fluid Statics/Fluid Dynamics/Internal and External Flow/Laminar and Turbulent Flow/Pipe flow and Head Losses/Boundary Layer Theory  
15 Introduction to Heat & Mass Transfer - Conduction Ch. 15a,b,c
16 Radiation - Blackbody radiation/Heat exchange between surfaces  
16 Convection/Applications with the First Law of Thermodynamics  
Final Final Exam on 12/04
11 am - 1 pm