BLU 525E - Thermal Systems Engineering

Course Objectives

1. To introduce thermodynamic principles
2. To teach fundamentals of fluid mechanics
3. To teach fundamentals of heat transfer
4. To teach how to use key principles, techniques, property tables and empirical equations to analyze thermal energy systems, especially in data centers and electronic systems

Course Description

Energy, heat and work. Thermodynamic properties of pure substances. Laws of thermodynamics. Control Volume Analysis. Fluid statics and dynamics. Momentum and energy equations. Dimensional Analysis, Internal and External Flow, Modes of heat transfer; Heat transfer through conduction, convection and radiation. Applications of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer in data centers and electronic systems.