Lectures related to Energy System Performance: First Law and Efficiency

Geothermal Energy Systems: Principles and Applications

Provides an overview of geothermal energy systems, covering thermodynamic principles, heat pump technologies, and the classification of geothermal reservoirs.

Thermodynamics: Basics and Power Cycles

Explores thermodynamic basics, power cycles, and renewable energy applications.

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Thermodynamics Fundamentals

Introduces the fundamentals of thermodynamics, covering energy transfer, laws, and applications in aircraft propulsion and alternative energy systems.

Thermodynamics: Energy Conversion and System Analysis

Covers the basics of thermodynamics, focusing on energy conversion systems and the principles governing heat to work conversion.

Renewable Energy Systems: Thermodynamics and Applications

Provides an overview of renewable energy systems, focusing on thermodynamic principles and their applications in energy conversion technologies.

Thermodynamics: Basics and Power Cycles

Covers the fundamental concepts of thermodynamics and their application to power cycles.

Exergy and Thermodynamics

Explores exergy, entropy, and thermodynamic efficiencies in closed and open systems.

Generating Mechanical Work with Thermodynamic Cycles

Explores generating mechanical work with thermodynamic cycles, including the Carnot and Stirling cycles, and the conversion of work into heat.

Thermodynamics: Adiabatic Transformations and Cyclic Processes

Discusses adiabatic transformations, cyclic processes, and the efficiency of thermodynamic cycles in ideal gases.

Thermodynamics: Energy Conversion in Engines and Cycles

Explores thermodynamics principles in energy conversion systems, focusing on engine cycles and efficiency calculations.

Energy Conservation and Thermodynamic Cycles

Explores energy conservation in closed systems and the significance of thermodynamic cycles, emphasizing performance and efficiency.

Calorimetric Coefficients

Covers the definitions and relationships between calorimetric coefficients in perfect gases.

Physical Meaning of Potentials (conclusion)

Explores the equilibrium between subsystems, heat, work, and energy in thermodynamics.

Fluids in Thermodynamics

Covers the states of matter and the role of fluids in thermodynamics.

Cogeneration Benefits: Marginal Efficiencies and Substitution

Explores the benefits of cogeneration, emphasizing marginal efficiencies and the substitution of heat and electricity.

Heat Capacity and Degrees of Freedom in Thermodynamics

Covers heat capacity, degrees of freedom, and their implications in thermodynamics.

Thermodynamics and Energetics I

Explores fundamental thermodynamics concepts, laws, energy transfer, and system analysis.

Second Law of Thermodynamics, Maximum Efficiency Theorem

Explores the second law of thermodynamics, reversible transformations, Carnot cycle, and maximum efficiency theorem.

Thermodynamics: Heat - Work

Explores energy forms, work exchanges, heat transfers, and a program for Africa.