Teaching the foundations of thermodynamics with PYro

Martin, Christopher R.; Moore, Jacob; Ranalli, Joseph

doi:10.1109/fie.2016.7757589

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“…Although these methodological concepts can be applied in various areas of engineering, computer applications developed by university teaching teams in the field of thermodynamics can be very useful. Martin, Moore and Ranalli (2016) stated that educational software promotes higher-level cognitive thinking in problem-solving, allowing them to focus on more holistic questions of cycle performance. The resolution of problems and cases with complicated thermodynamic cycles is often prohibitive by hand, and result very useful in the analysis of trends or to check the steps of calculations (Tebbe, Weisbrook, Lombardo & Miller, 2001).…”

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confidence: 99%

High-temperature heat pump simulator (heatpack) for application in computer laboratory sessions for engineering students

Mota-Babiloni

Mateu-Royo

Navarro-Esbrí

et al. 2021

J. Technol. Sci. Educ.

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A significant amount of energy in the form of heat is lost in industrial processes once it is used in specific processes. Among different technologies, high-temperature heat pumps (HTHP) are a valuable method of recovering low-temperature waste heat in the industry in a very efficient way that can be activated using clean electricity. As a recently investigated technology, they are not yet spread in industrial processes, where traditional technologies are preferred. Therefore, this work shows an HTHP computer program (named HeatPack) to be used as a simulator by the university or technical students of courses included in the area of applied thermodynamics engineering. This interactive and user-friendly platform allows the modification of different operating and design parameters and the working fluid. As outputs, the program provides the rest of the operating parameters and the energy performance of the cycle (quantified by the coefficient of performance, COP). A comparison between the proposed HTHP and a gas boiler is also performed by the program and the energetic, environmental, and economic savings are displayed. Students, as the main target of users of the program, can observe how this technology can provide very relevant emission reductions in comparison with fossil fuel-based boilers, under which situation the energy performance of the HTHP is higher, and which alternative low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants can provide more advantages. In addition to the educational use, this software can be used to design and study the integration of HTHPs in existing industrial needs to evaluate the feasibility.

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confidence: 99%

High-temperature heat pump simulator (heatpack) for application in computer laboratory sessions for engineering students

Mota-Babiloni

Mateu-Royo

Navarro-Esbrí

et al. 2021

J. Technol. Sci. Educ.

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“…Moreover, the inclusion of the theory of Integer Programming (or Linear Integer Programming) may pose a challenge for students and lecturers. Thus, based on literature research, Jupyter Notebook self‐regulated learning is growing in importance in recent years through its interactive environment, making possible to touch the code and make changes to parameters without requiring the compilation of the entire program [12,31]. But it should be emphasized that the use of this type of tools in the educational field is recent , so it was not found any application in the area of manufacturing teaching.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Teaching optimization of manufacturing problems via code components of a Jupyter Notebook

Suarez¹,

Álvarez-Feijoo²,

Fernández‐González

et al. 2018

Comp Applic In Engineering

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The Degree in Mechanical Engineering combines knowledge and skills of the academic STEM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). The teaching of the STEM subjects must give prominence to the association of the physical, chemical, and mathematical concepts with the real world. The Jupyter Notebook can be defined as a scientific interactive framework. They can contain text, mathematical equations, interactive graphs, and videos. It allows creating a workspace for watching and playing with the concepts to be learned. Because of their didactic usefulness and easy divulgation, they are highly recommended as a learning environment. In the present work, there are reflected the experiences of using interactive Jupyter Notebook in virtual laboratory sessions within a 4th year subject of Mechanical Engineering related with manufacturing processes. Students' judgments on the efficacy of this resource were evaluated. The results showed that students are in agreement on the effectiveness of using Jupyter notebooks as a teaching‐learning tool.

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“…Engineering Equation Solver [2]). What opensource options exist are usually contained in specialized advanced packages designed for researchers, professionals, or at least students at the graduate level [3].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Looking for methods to move beyond tables, faculty may encounter a number of modern, computer-based tools exist that have been created to provide thermodynamic data for a variety of commercial and academic purposes. A more detailed discussion of the state of available tools may be found in [3], however some key points are summarized here. In general, tools that are commonly employed for classroom purposes do not experience wide adoption in industry and vice versa.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%