Advanced Energy Innovations Ontario

AEIO licenses a course on thermodynamic systems used by the power generation, HVAC and aviation industries. The course is suitable for in-class and online delivery by universities as an undergraduate or professional development course (further explained below).

This is an applied course that focuses on how the systems work and how they can be made more energy-efficient. The logical stepwise approaches to analyzing thermodynamic cycles are illustrated with many detailed examples.

The course developer, Thomas Simko, PhD, PEng, has received seven awards for teaching thermodynamics to university students.

This practical course is an ideal follow-up to an introductory course in thermodynamics, giving students ample opportunities to apply theories to actual systems. However, no prerequisite is actually needed - although a first-year physics or chemistry course could be helpful. All of the necessary basic concepts are introduced at the start of the course.

The available topics are listed below. We will customize the course according to the needs and interests of your department.

Introduction	Energy, enthalpy, entropy, and temperature-entropy diagrams
Gas Power Cycles	Ideal Brayton cycle with reheat, intercooling and regeneration
Vapor Power Cycles	Rankine cycle with superheat, reheat & feedwater heaters; cogeneration
Advanced Power Cycles	Supercritical, binary and combined cycles
Psychrometrics	Basic concepts and cooling towers
HVAC - Psychrometrics	Humidification and dehumidification
HVAC - Refrigeration	Gas, vapor compression and multi-stage refrigeration; heat pumps
Jet Engines	Turbojets, turboprops and afterburners

Revenue Opportunities	This is a versatile multi-use course that offers your department multiple revenue streams (described in the next section).
Awarded Faculty	Developed by an award-winning thermodynamics instructor, this is a high-quality course which, if well-presented, can result in outstanding student satisfaction and award opportunities for your faculty.
Low Maintenance	The comprehensive slides present clear explanations and many detailed examples laid out in logical steps. Instructors can therefore expect fewer emails and requests for after class help.
Sub-contractible	That same comprehensive nature makes this an easy course to turn over to someone with a limited background in the field (e.g., a graduate student) for short periods or subcontracted for a term.

Without any modification, the course can be delivered to university students in a traditional in-class format or as an online course. The clear explanations and detailed examples of the lecture slides facilitate at-home online learning. The course is so comprehensive it can effectively teach itself.

The clarity of the curriculum together with no required background also makes this an ideal professional development course. Without modification, it can be delivered to professionals in-class or online. Recognizing that universities are moving into this lucrative and growing field of education, we would like to highlight this additional opportunity for your department.

More information about how this could also serve as a professional development course - specifically how it can appeal to industry and practicing engineers - is presented at: Thermo-Corporate .

Lecture slides created with PowerPoint(R);

Challenging assignments with solutions;

Web page for students to access notes (slides), assignments & solutions;

Three-hour exam with solutions and a suggested marking scheme;

Summary sheets for the equations and symbols;

Links to reputable fluid property websites & programs used for the course;

A set amount of work customizing the course.

Please contact us to discuss how we can customize and schedule this course to meet the needs of your company.

Advanced Energy Innovations Ontario

THERMODYNAMICS COURSE FOR UNIVERSITY CLIENTS