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CE 21101 - Thermal And Energy Sciences


Credit Hours: 3.00.  This course includes applications of thermal science and energy fundamentals to civil engineering topics. Emphasis is placed on fundamental concepts of properties of materials, work, heat, internal energy, entropy, equilibrium, and relations derived from the first and second laws of thermodynamics. Example applications include: power plants; fluid flow in ducts/pipes; thermal properties of building/construction materials and processes; geothermal systems; heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HV AC) processes; energy balances in buildings; refrigeration; hydroelectric power; contaminant transport in air, water, and soil; climate change; the urban heat island effect; and energy use in the transportation sector. Typically offered Fall Spring.Credits: 3.00