Dimos Poulikakos: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2014

Name Prof. em. Dr. Dimos Poulikakos
FieldThermodynamics
Address
Energy Science Center (ESC)
ETH Zürich, ML J 36
Sonneggstrasse 3
8092 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
Telephone+41 44 632 27 38
Fax+41 44 632 11 76
E-maildpoulikakos@ethz.ch
URLhttp://www.ltnt.ethz.ch
DepartmentMechanical and Process Engineering
RelationshipProfessor emeritus

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
151-0051-00LThermodynamics I Information 4 credits2V + 2UD. Poulikakos
AbstractIntroduction to the fundamentals of technical thermodynamics.
ObjectiveIntroduction to the fundamentals of technical thermodynamics.
Content1. Konzepte und Definitionen
2. Der erste Hauptsatz, der Begriff der Energie und Anwendungen für geschlossene Systeme
3. Eigenschaften reiner kompressibler Substanzen, quasistatische Zustandsänderungen
4. Elemente der kinetischen Gastheorie
5. Der erste Hauptsatz in offenen Systemen - Energieanalyse in einem Kontrollvolumen
6. Der zweite Hauptsatz - Der Begriff der Entropie
7. Nutzbarkeit der Energie - Exergie
8. Thermodynamische Beziehungen für einfache, kompressible Substanzen.
Lecture notesavailable
LiteratureM.J. Moran and H. Shapiro, Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, 6th edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2007.
H.D. Baehr, Thermodynamik, 13. Auflage, Springer Verlag, 2006.
151-0235-00LThermodynamics of Novel Energy Conversion Technologies4 credits3GS. Jung, D. Poulikakos
AbstractIn the framework of this course we will look at a broad spectrum of novel energy conversion processes which are not based on the heat-power-conversion. Especially the production of electrical energy without using mechanical work will be covered.
ObjectiveThis course deals with novel energy conversion and storage systems such as fuel cells and micro-fuel cells, batteries, hydrogen production and storage, plasmonics and photovoltaics. The focus of the course is on the physics and basic understanding of those systems as well as their real-world applications.
ContentPart 1: Fundamentals:
- Thermodynamic overview and exergy analysis;
- Thermodynamics of multi-component-systems (mixtures) and phase equilibrium;
- Electrochemistry;
Part 2: Novel energy conversion and storage systems:
- batteries and accumulators;
- fuel cells and micro fuel cells (fundamentals, fabrication, modelling, and applications);
- hydrogen production and storage, Fuel reforming;
- Plasmonics and photovoltaics.
Lecture notesavailable (ca. 200 pages in English)
Prerequisites / NoticeThe course will be given in English:

1- Weekly exercises, each includes 1 or 2 questions which should be solved and returned at the specified due dates. Exercices count as 15% of the final grade.
2- One programming mini-project which should be finished at the specified due date. It counts as 5% of the final grade.
4- Final exam: Written exam during the regular examination session. It counts as 80% of the final grade.
151-0255-00LEnergy Conversion and Transport in Biosystems
Does not take place this semester.
4 credits2V + 1UD. Poulikakos, A. Ferrari
AbstractTheory and application of thermodynamics, energy conversion and fluid dynamics in biological systems and biomedicine at the macro scale and the cellular level.
ObjectiveTheory and application of energy conversion at the macro scale and the cellular level. Understanding of the basic features governing fluid transport in the principal fluidic systems of the human body. Connection of characteristics and patterns from other fields of engineering to biofluidics. Heat and mass transport processes within the human body and relation to biomedical technologies.
ContentHeat and mass transfer models for the transport of thermal energy and chemical species in the human body. Physiology, pathology and biomedical intervention based on extreme temperatures (medical radio frequency therapy, tissue freezing and cryotherapy). Introduction to the main fluidic systems of the human body (cardiovascular, cerebrospinal etc.). Description of the functionality of these systems and of analytical experimental and computational techniques for understanding of their operation. Introduction to bioengineering approaches for the treatment of common pathogenic conditions of these systems. Introduction to cell metabolism, cellular energy transport and cellular thermodynamics.
Lecture notesScript as well as additional material in the form of hand-outs will be distributed.
LiteratureLecture notes and references therein.
151-1053-00LThermo- and Fluid Dynamics Information 0 credits2KP. Jenny, R. S. Abhari, K. Boulouchos, P. Koumoutsakos, C. Müller, H. G. Park, D. Poulikakos, H.‑M. Prasser, T. Rösgen, A. Steinfeld
AbstractCurrent advanced research activities in the areas of thermo- and fluid dynamics are presented and discussed, mostly by external speakers.
ObjectiveKnowledge of advanced research in the areas of thermo- and fluid dynamics