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Title: 44-106, Operational Thermodynamics 1A
Institution: TAFE Television, Australia

Level:

Certificate, continuing education.

Description:
Units and common terms, temperature and its measurement, temperature scales, absolute temperature, expansion and contraction of solids liquids and gases, change of phase, specific enthalpy, enthalpy of fusion and evaporation, properties of common working fluids, wet and dry saturated steam, superheated steam, enthalpy of steam, steam tables, steam cycles, elementary principles of boilers, turbines and auxiliary steam plant, principles of combustion, calorific value, insufficient minimum excess air, refrigeration vapour and
compression cycles, use of refrigeration enthalpy tables, self contained and central air condition systems, cycle of operation of air conditioning systems, relative humidity, psychrometric charts.
Programmes for which this course is required or in which it can be included:
Advanced Certificate of Marine Engineering.


Languages:

English

Media and methods employed: Printed text, face-to-face tutorials, telephone tutorials.
Printed correspondence texts prepared by/for institution, face-to-face tutoring, face-to-face counselling, telephone tutoring, counselling by telephone.

Administrative information:
This subject requires more than 6-8 hours of study per week. Enrolment is valid until 30 November of the year following the year of enrolment. (Enrolment begins on 1 December).


Classification:

070430 PHYSICS
060230 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING

Date: 23 January 1995 bb
Source: 1994 Handbook

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