Thermodynamic basics

At the end of this course, apprentices will have acquired the basic notions of energy thermodynamics, enabling them to tackle concrete problems encountered on industrial sites. They will then be able to carry out basic diagnostics in terms of energy consumption, for example, and will be able to communicate with service providers or design offices likely to intervene on site for maintenance work, or process modification, or even the addition of a new installation.
The main objectives are:
- To understand the basic concepts of thermodynamics, enabling the behavior of a thermodynamic system to be described (e.g., the behavior of a gas during compression, the characteristics of a change of state, etc.)
- To understand the 1st principle of thermodynamics and be able to draw up an energy balance for a given system (especially open systems) + to clearly distinguish between the energy and power requirements of an installation.

Concepts of energy, temperature and pressure

Introduction / Description of a thermodynamic system
The different states of matter and changes of state (perfect gas, real gases and condensed phases, etc.)
1st principle: energy balances for closed and open systems, notion of enthalpy, notion of power

Physics

- Introduction au Génie des Procédés, coordinator Didier Ronze, Editions TecetDoc Lavoisier 2008
- Introduction au Génie des Procédés : applications et développements, coordinator Didier Ronze, Editions TecetDoc Lavoisier 2013