Videos (All material here is copyright Paul Erickson 2022 All rights reserved.)
Lately many students come from diverse fields and backgrounds but there are a few fundamentals of thermodynamics that everyone should have in their bank of knowledge in order to excel in the energy field. I am in the process of recording some (hopefully) short (10-15 minute) videos that aim to get you up to speed in a variety of areas I think are critical to understand in the energy field. I’m selfishly doing this to save class time but even if you aren’t enrolled in one of my courses I hope you will find the information here helpful. Enjoy! (BTW please be patient! I’m working on these in my spare (LOL) time!) Hopefully I’m not decreasing attendance in my lectures!!
Conservation of Mass
Conservation of Energy
The Principle of State and Phase
How to look up Thermodynamic Properties in Tables
The Principle of Entropy
Enthalpy
Thermodynamic Processes and Cycles
Perpetual Motion (not!)
Carnot Cycles
The Rankine Cycle
The Otto Cycle (Gasoline Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine)
The Diesel Cycle (Diesel Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine)
The Brayton Cycle ( Gas Turbine Engines)
Comparing Gasoline vs Diesel Engines
The Vapor Compression Refrigeration cycle
Combustion
Equilibrium
Compressible Flow
Rocket Fuels
Rocket Nozzles
Fuels
Tips for getting along in industry (and life)
