Course Objectives
Após a conclusão deste curso, você irá: Compreender o significado da 1.ª lei da termodinâmica. Compreender os tipos de sistemas ideais tão importantes para a termodinâmica.
Compreender a temperatura e as conversões de temperatura. Compreender a diferença entre as propriedades extensivas e as propriedades intensivas da termodinâmica.
Ter uma compreensão das moles, o que são e de onde vêm.
Entender cálculos simples para rejeição de calor.
Estar preparado para ampliar o seu conhecimento de termodinâmica. Salve este curso se você pretende continuar com outros aspectos da termodinâmica encontrados em gases, ciclos e outras partes da disciplina.
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: Pat Green, P.E.
Patrick Green is a professional engineer registered in three states, Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi. He holds degrees from the U. S. Naval Academy and the University of Florida.
After serving in the U. S. Navy, he left to gain a Mechanical Engineering degree. His experience includes working in the shipbuilding industry at Newport News Shipbuilding, fire control test engineering on a Polaris missile submarine and assisting in the planning of installation of The Nuclear Carrier power plant construction for the USS Nimitz.
He began his career in the electric utility industry working on computerized planning and scheduling for power plant construction. He gained considerable experience in pre-operational and start up testing at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Station, near Augusta, Georgia. Towards the end of his career, he performed operational audits as a certified lead auditor and as an Independent Safety Engineer. He is now retired, but has a continued interest in all things engineering.