Syllabus Application
Thermodynamics
ENS 202
Faculty:
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Semester:
Fall 2025-2026
Course:
Thermodynamics - ENS 202
Classroom:
FENS-G032,FENS-G035
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Course Credits:
SU Credit:3.000, ECTS:6, Basic:3, Engineering:3
Prerequisites:
NS 102
Corequisites:
ENS 202R
Course Type:
Lecture
Instructor(s) Information
Canan Atılgan
- Email: canan@sabanciuniv.edu
Course Information
Catalog Course Description
Fundamental concepts and mathematical tools ; thermal equilibrium; Zeroth Law and definition of temperature; equations of state; First and Second Laws; thermodynamic potentials (enthalpy, Helmholtz, Gibbs) and the Maxwell relations; first order phase transitions; critical phenomena; Third Law, negative temperatures; introduction to statistical mechanics.
Course Learning Outcomes:
| 1. | State and explain general concepts used in thermodynamics including the system and its surroundings, mechanisms of energy transfer; state versus path function. |
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| 2. | Interpret the basic assumptions of the ideal gas law and illustrate how the van der Waals equation of state rectifies these assumptions to lead to a gas <-> liquid phase transition behavior and the critical point. |
| 3. | Using published data, such as heat capacity, calculate the internal energy, enthalpy changes of a system with respect to a reference state. |
| 4. | Apply the first law of thermodynamics by performing a detailed balance of energy transfer for a variety of real systems involving thermal energy, calculate efficiency in energy conversion |
| 5. | Define second law of thermodynamics and using published data calculate the entropy change of a system and surroundings |
| 6. | Write the entropy rate balance for control values and calculate the entropy production |
| 7. | Define and calculate the Gibbs and Helmholtz free energy changes in various systems using Maxwell's relations, write the differential forms of state functions |
| 8. | Define chemical potential and relate it to change in Gibbs energy and identify reversibility and spontaneity in changes towards equilibrium. |
| 9. | Describe the physical, structural, and thermodynamic properties of equilibrium phases and phase transformations in single and two-component systems |
| 10. | Determine the changes in thermodynamic properties in ideal, non-ideal, dilute, and in regular solutions |
| 11. | Draw P-V and T-V diagram of pure substances, determine the phase of a substance at different conditions |
| 12. | Calculate the activities and activity coefficients for real solutions |
| 13. | Apply the Lever Rule to determine the phase composition in a multi-phase field; |
| 14. | Define the ideal thermodynamic cycles for gas and gas-vapor systems and calculate the thermal efficiency |
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