Dimos Poulikakos: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2016 |
| Name | Prof. em. Dr. Dimos Poulikakos |
| Field | Thermodynamics |
| Address | Energy Science Center (ESC) ETH Zürich, ML J 36 Sonneggstrasse 3 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| dpoulikakos@ethz.ch | |
| URL | http://www.ltnt.ethz.ch |
| Department | Mechanical and Process Engineering |
| Relationship | Professor emeritus |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151-0051-00L | Thermodynamics I | 4 credits | 2V + 2U | D. Poulikakos | |
| Abstract | Introduction to the fundamentals of technical thermodynamics. | ||||
| Learning objective | Introduction to the fundamentals of technical thermodynamics. | ||||
| Content | 1. 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 notes | available | ||||
| Literature | M.J. Moran, H.N Shapiro, D.D. Boettner and M.B. Bailey, Principles of Engineering Thermodynamics, 8th Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2015. H.D. Baehr and S. Kabelac, Thermodynamik, 15. Auflage, Springer Verlag, 2012. | ||||
| 151-0235-00L | Thermodynamics of Novel Energy Conversion Technologies | 4 credits | 3G | C. S. Sharma, D. Poulikakos, G. Sansavini | |
| Abstract | In the framework of this course we will look at a current electronic thermal and energy management strategies and novel energy conversion processes. The course will focus on component level fundamentals of these process and system level analysis of interactions among various energy conversion components. | ||||
| Learning objective | This course deals with liquid cooling based thermal management of electronics, reuse of waste heat and novel energy conversion and storage systems such as batteries, fuel cells and micro-fuel cells. The focus of the course is on the physics and basic understanding of those systems as well as their real-world applications. The course will also look at analysis of system level interactions between a range of energy conversion components. | ||||
| Content | Part 1: Fundamentals: - Overview of exergy analysis, Single phase liquid cooling and micro-mixing; - Thermodynamics of multi-component-systems (mixtures) and phase equilibrium; - Electrochemistry; Part 2: Applications: - Basic principles of battery; - Introduction to fuel cells; - Reuse of waste heat from supercomputers - Hotspot targeted cooling of microprocessors - Microfluidic fuel cells Part3: System- level analysis - Integration of the components into the system: a case study - Analysis of the coupled operations, identification of critical states - Support to system-oriented design | ||||
| Lecture notes | Lecture slides will be made available. Lecture notes will be available for some topics (in English). | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | The course will be given in English: 1- Mid-term examination: Mid-term exam grade counts as 20% of the final grade. 2- Final exam: Written exam during the regular examination session. It counts as 80% of the final grade. | ||||
| 151-0255-00L | Energy Conversion and Transport in Biosystems | 4 credits | 2V + 1U | D. Poulikakos, A. Ferrari | |
| Abstract | Theory and application of thermodynamics and energy conversion in biological systems with focus on the cellular level. | ||||
| Learning objective | Theory and application of energy conversion at the cellular level. Understanding of the basic features governing solutes transport in the principal systems of the human cell. Connection of characteristics and patterns from other fields of engineering to biofluidics. Heat and mass transport processes in the cell, generation of forces, work and relation to biomedical technologies. | ||||
| Content | Mass transfer models for the transport of chemical species in the human cell. Organization and function of the cell membrane and of the cell cytoskeleton. The role of molecular motors in cellular force generation and their function in cell migration. Description of the functionality of these systems and of analytical experimental and computational techniques for understanding of their operation. Introduction to cell metabolism, cellular energy transport and cellular thermodynamics. | ||||
| Lecture notes | Material in the form of hand-outs will be distributed. | ||||
| Literature | Lecture notes and references therein. | ||||
| 151-1053-00L | Thermo- and Fluid Dynamics  | 0 credits | 2K | P. Jenny, R. S. Abhari, K. Boulouchos, P. Koumoutsakos, C. Müller, H. G. Park, D. Poulikakos, H.‑M. Prasser, T. Rösgen, A. Steinfeld | |
| Abstract | Current advanced research activities in the areas of thermo- and fluid dynamics are presented and discussed, mostly by external speakers. | ||||
| Learning objective | Knowledge of advanced research in the areas of thermo- and fluid dynamics | ||||