Thermodynamics · Lessons

Thermodynamics lessons

8 sections · 70 skills · work through the full outline skill by skill — read the long-form lesson or flip through the slide-style version.

Long-form lessonsSlide-style lessons

Practice 70 skills across this outline.

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Superheat, Reheat & Regeneration

Power and Refrigeration Cycles · Rankine Cycle

Long-form lesson

Weighting distribution

19 categories

Availability and Exergy

12%

Problem-Solving & Property Tables Skills · Modeling Workflow

Control Volume Analysis · Common Steady-Flow Devices

First Law of Thermodynamics · Heat and Work Processes

Mixtures and Humid Air · Psychrometrics (Humid Air) Basics

First Law of Thermodynamics · Energy Accounting and Closed Systems

Skills

The comprehensive taxonomy of thermodynamics — drill into a card to work its skills.

Power and Refrigeration Cycles · Rankine Cycle

3 core skills2% total weight

0/3 completed

3 skills to mastery

Superheat, Reheat & RegenerationRecommended

Long-form

Rankine Cycle EfficiencyAvailable

Long-form

Rankine Cycle AnalysisAvailable

Long-form

Power and Refrigeration Cycles · Refrigeration and Heat Pumps

3 core skills4% total weight

0/3 completed

3 skills to mastery

Vapor-Compression RefrigerationAvailable

Long-form

Throttling & Expansion DevicesAvailable

Long-form

COP for Refrigerators & Heat PumpsAvailable

Long-form

Power and Refrigeration Cycles · Heat Engines and Thermal Efficiency

3 core skills3% total weight

0/3 completed

3 skills to mastery

Thermal EfficiencyAvailable

Long-form

Heat Reservoirs & EntropyAvailable

Long-form

Carnot vs. Real CyclesAvailable

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Power and Refrigeration Cycles · Brayton Cycle

3 core skills3% total weight

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3 skills to mastery

Brayton Cycle EfficiencyAvailable

Long-form

Brayton Cycle AnalysisAvailable

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Regeneration & IntercoolingAvailable

Long-form

Control Volume Analysis · Common Steady-Flow Devices

5 core skills8% total weight

0/5 completed

5 skills to mastery

Throttling & Joule-Thomson EffectAvailable

Long-form

Pumps & Work DevicesAvailable

Long-form

Heat Exchangers & Mixing ChambersAvailable

Long-form

Turbines & CompressorsAvailable

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Nozzles & DiffusersAvailable

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Control Volume Analysis · Mass Conservation and Steady-Flow Energy Equation

4 core skills5% total weight

0/4 completed

4 skills to mastery

Kinetic & Potential Energy TermsAvailable

Long-form

Steady-Flow Energy Equation (SFEE)Available

Long-form

Mass Conservation: Control VolumesAvailable

Long-form

Flow Work & EnthalpyAvailable

Long-form

Second Law and Entropy · Second Law Statements and Reversibility

4 core skills5% total weight

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4 skills to mastery

Kelvin-Planck & Clausius StatementsAvailable

Long-form

Reversible vs. Irreversible ProcessesAvailable

Long-form

Sources of IrreversibilityAvailable

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Cycles & Net WorkAvailable

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Second Law and Entropy · Entropy and Entropy Balance

5 core skills3% total weight

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5 skills to mastery

Entropy Balance: Control VolumesAvailable

Long-form

Entropy GenerationAvailable

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Entropy Balance: Closed SystemsAvailable

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Entropy Change: Ideal GasesAvailable

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Entropy Definition & ChangesAvailable

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Second Law and Entropy · Isentropic Processes and Efficiencies

4 core skills4% total weight

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4 skills to mastery

Isentropic Compressor/Pump EfficiencyAvailable

Long-form

Isentropic ProcessesAvailable

Long-form

Isentropic Relations: Ideal GasesAvailable

Long-form

Isentropic Turbine EfficiencyAvailable

Long-form

Foundations and Thermodynamic Properties · Systems, State, and Properties

4 core skills5% total weight

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4 skills to mastery

P-v-T RelationshipsAvailable

Long-form

Systems, Boundaries & StatesAvailable

Long-form

Intensive vs. Extensive PropertiesAvailable

Long-form

State PostulateAvailable

Long-form

Foundations and Thermodynamic Properties · Pure Substances and Phase Behavior

4 core skills4% total weight

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4 skills to mastery

Quality & Saturated MixturesAvailable

Long-form

Using Steam TablesAvailable

Long-form

Phase Diagrams & Property ChartsAvailable

Long-form

Phases & Phase ChangesAvailable

Long-form

Foundations and Thermodynamic Properties · Ideal Gas and Real Gas Models

4 core skills4% total weight

0/4 completed

4 skills to mastery

Ideal Gas AssumptionsAvailable

Long-form

cp, cv & k RelationshipsAvailable

Long-form

Ideal Gas LawAvailable

Long-form

Compressibility Factor (Z)Available

Long-form

Availability and Exergy

3 core skills12% total weight

0/3 completed

3 skills to mastery

Exergy & Dead StateAvailable

Long-form

Exergy Change CalculationsAvailable

Long-form

Exergy Destruction & IrreversibilityAvailable

Long-form

First Law of Thermodynamics · Heat and Work Processes

4 core skills7% total weight

0/4 completed

4 skills to mastery

Constant-Pressure, Volume & Polytropic ProcessesAvailable

Long-form

Isothermal Processes: Ideal GasesAvailable

Long-form

Adiabatic Processes: Ideal GasesAvailable

Long-form

Heat vs. Work & Sign ConventionsAvailable

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First Law of Thermodynamics · Energy Accounting and Closed Systems

4 core skills6% total weight

0/4 completed

4 skills to mastery

First Law: Closed SystemsAvailable

Long-form

Boundary Work & P-v DiagramsAvailable

Long-form

Internal Energy, Enthalpy & Total EnergyAvailable

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Energy Balance: Closed SystemsAvailable

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Mixtures and Humid Air · Psychrometrics (Humid Air) Basics

3 core skills7% total weight

0/3 completed

3 skills to mastery

Psychrometric ChartsAvailable

Long-form

Humidity Ratio, Relative Humidity, Dew PointAvailable

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Humidification/DehumidificationAvailable

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Mixtures and Humid Air · Gas Mixtures

3 core skills6% total weight

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3 skills to mastery

Dalton's LawAvailable

Long-form

Ideal Gas Mixture PropertiesAvailable

Long-form

Mass & Mole FractionsAvailable

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Problem-Solving & Property Tables Skills · Property Lookup and Interpolation

3 core skills3% total weight

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3 skills to mastery

Interpolating Property TablesAvailable

Long-form

Choosing Property TablesAvailable

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Unit Tracking & ConversionAvailable

Long-form

Problem-Solving & Property Tables Skills · Modeling Workflow

4 core skills9% total weight

0/4 completed

4 skills to mastery

Checking ReasonablenessAvailable

Long-form

Selecting System TypesAvailable

Long-form

Common PitfallsAvailable

Long-form

Stating AssumptionsAvailable

Long-form