Fundamental concepts, First Law, reversibility, Second Law, entropy, properties of fluids and perfect gases, processes, cycles, general equations, and mixtures. The course is intended to provide the fundamental concepts and methods of classical thermodynamic analysis as a prerequisite for all other applied thermodynamic courses to follow. Fourteen weeks, two 80-minute lectures per week - Introduction, properties, units, general problem solving skills, barometric pressure, interpolation. - Energy and work, P-V work, imperfect differentials. - Properties and states, equilibrium, using the steam tables, specific heats, P-V-T property relations, the ideal    gas law, thermodynamic property data. - The first law of thermodynamics, applications to closed systems, analysis of cycles,steady state and transient    problems. - Second law, reversible and irreversible processes, entropy and disorder. - The second law of thermodynamics, possible and impossible processes. - General analysis of cycles, component efficiencies, cycle efficiency, sources of loss. - Gas cycles; Brayton, Otto, Diesel, gas turbine. - Refrigeration gas cycles, begin vapor cycles, Rankine cycle. - Superheat and reheat, vapor refrigeration cycles. - General property relations, what to do if ideal gas law doesn't hold, generalized enthalpy and entropy. - Ideal gas mixtures, psychrometrics.