Instructor: Bobby Rauf, PE, CEM, CMT, CE, MBA

This course caters, mainly, to Engineers, Technicians and Facilities Managers who are not intimately familiar with thermodynamics principles and practices. Through this course, attendees are expected to learn or refresh fundamental principles and concepts of thermodynamics in a simple, easy to understand format; catalyzed by live discussion on the topic, in class. This seminar illustrates the application of thermodynamic principles in practical industrial, commercial and residential applications. This course covers the concepts of internal energy, enthalpy, entropy, concept of work performed by thermodynamic systems, power output of heat engines and the law of conservation of energy premise of SFEE Equation – used to analyze the performance of steam turbines. The instructor explains the concepts of positive and negative work through real life examples and illustrations. This course familiarizes you with various types of thermodynamics systems – illustrated through simple and practical examples. The use, purpose, and value of steam tables in performance of thermodynamic system analysis are discussed. This course delves into refrigeration systems, refrigeration cycles, and the role of four components of a refrigeration systems through pressure enthalpy graph. This course demonstrates how to analyze and solve various types of practical thermodynamic problems through multiple case studies. In this program, laws, equations, graphs, charts, tables and diagrams, pertaining to various thermodynamics concepts, are covered and utilized in the analysis and solution of the case study problems. A detailed study of psychrometry, psychrometric chart and their role in HVAC analyses is undertaken. This seminar is themed after Prof. Rauf’s book titled “Thermodynamics Made Simple.” No prerequisite required. The course starts from the basics. Participants are kept engaged through questions and answers, discussions, and classwork. Board acceptance guarantee.

Who should attend:
- Licensed Professional Engineers, who need to meet the annual or biennial license renewal PDH (Professional Development Hour) or CEU (Continuing Education Units) requirements.
- Engineers who are not familiar with the principles of thermodynamics and HVAC
- Facility Managers, Engineering Managers, Program/Project Managers and other executives or leaders who feel a lack of adequate thermodynamics and HVAC knowledge to hold meaningful discussions and to make informed decisions in their interactions with their mechanical engineer direct reports or colleagues.
- Non-engineers, including technical writers responsible for developing operations and maintenance manuals for thermodynamic or HVAC systems.
- Procurement/purchasing professionals who are responsible for acquisition of thermodynamic or HVAC equipment.
- Candidates aspiring to take the FE or PE exams.
- Energy Managers or Energy Professionals
- Maintenance Engineers and Maintenance Managers
- Other professionals whose annual PLP, Performance and Learning Program, includes engineering/technical courses/seminars/workshops.

*Course times are CST.