Course syllabus adopted 2024-02-14 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).
Overview
- Swedish nameOrdning och oordning i fysikaliska system
- CodeSEE065
- Credits7.5 Credits
- OwnerTKGBS
- Education cycleFirst-cycle
- Main field of studyGlobal systems, Engineering Physics
- DepartmentSPACE, EARTH AND ENVIRONMENT
- GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail
Course round 1
- Teaching language Swedish
- Application code 74113
- Open for exchange studentsNo
- Only students with the course round in the programme overview.
Credit distribution
Module | Sp1 | Sp2 | Sp3 | Sp4 | Summer | Not Sp | Examination dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0120 Examination 7.5 c Grading: TH | 7.5 c |
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In programmes
Examiner
Matthias Maercker- Senior Researcher, Astronomy and Plasma Physics, Space, Earth and Environment
Eligibility
General entry requirements for bachelor's level (first cycle)Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.
Specific entry requirements
The same as for the programme that owns the course.Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.
Aim
The course provides knowledge about basic thermodynamic relations and how these can be understood from a microscopic perspective using statistical physics. After a completed course, the student should be able to apply these laws to simple practical problems and be able to use them to understand, describe and analyse the energy turnover in natural and societal systems.Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)
- explain basic thermodynamic concepts in written, descriptive form, e.g. energy, heat, work, the laws of thermodynamics, entropy, enthalpy, equilibrium, reversible and irreversible, velocity and energy distributions, etc.
- explain the relationship between the microscopic perspective and the macroscopic perspective in thermodynamics.
- perform calculations for different processes connected to thermodynamics.
- combine the obtained knowledge together with technical and scientific information and apply this to energy conversion systems in nature and society.
Content
Basic thermodynamic concepts such as thermodynamic equilibrium, reversible and irreversible processes, state functions, and heat, work and exergy. Statistical description of multi-particle systems and the concepts of entropy and information. The laws of thermodynamics. Application of thermodynamics to heat engines, refrigerators and heat pumps. Thermodynamic potentials, free energies and chemical potentials. Phase equilibrium. Microcanonical, canonical and grand canonical ensembles. Maxwell velocity distribution. Applications to classic ideal gases. Planck distribution, black body radiation and radiation balance applied to the Earth's atmosphere.Organisation
The teaching consists of lectures, calculation exercises with demonstration calculations and self-activities, as well as a compulsory numerical project.Literature
Energilära Grundläggande termodynamik, Olof Beckman m fl (Liber, 2005, In Swedish).Examination including compulsory elements
The exam is based on a written exam, grade scale TH, and an approved numerical project. Home assignments are given during the course and the results can give bonus points to the exam.The maximum number of points on the exam is 50. For grade 3, at least 20 points are required on the exam, for grade 4 at least 30 points are required, including bonus points, and for grade 5, at least 40 points are required, including bonus points.
The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers about disability study support.