Learning Objectives & Matches
2. State and apply the 1st Law of Thermodynamics for flow and non-flow systems.
Regulate machine flow, speed, or temperature.
Turn valves or move controls to admit, drain, separate, filter, clarify, mix, or transfer materials.
Explain energy conservation measures, such as the use of low flow showerheads and energy-efficient lighting.
Adjust temperature, pressure, vacuum, level, flow rate, or transfer of gas to maintain processes at required levels or to correct problems.
Turn valves and start pumps to start or regulate flows of substances such as gases, liquids, slurries, or powdered materials.
Open valves or start pumps, agitators, reactors, blowers, or automatic feed of materials.
Record, review, and compile operations records, test results, and gauge readings such as temperatures, pressures, concentrations, and flows.
Determine whether emergency or auxiliary systems will be needed to keep properties heated or cooled in extreme weather conditions.
Operate control panels to coordinate and regulate process variables such as temperature and pressure, and to direct product flow rate, according to process schedules.
Set up or adjust machine controls to regulate conditions such as material flow, temperature, or pressure.
4. State and apply the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics and describe reversible and irreversible processes and define thermal efficiency.
Read production schedules and work orders to determine processing sequences, furnace temperatures, and heat cycle requirements for objects to be heat-treated.
Calculate the efficiency or power output of a fuel cell system or process.
Determine whether emergency or auxiliary systems will be needed to keep properties heated or cooled in extreme weather conditions.
Review architectural, mechanical, or electrical plans or specifications to evaluate energy efficiency.
Explain energy conservation measures, such as the use of low flow showerheads and energy-efficient lighting.
Study time, motion, methods, or speed involved in maintenance, production, or other operations to establish standard production rate or improve efficiency.
Identify opportunities to improve the operation, maintenance, or energy efficiency of building or process systems.
Control operation of compressors, scrubbers, evaporators, and refrigeration equipment to liquefy, compress, or regasify natural gas.
Determine most effective arrangement of operations such as mixing, crushing, heat transfer, distillation, and drying.
Drain, transfer, or remove molten metal from furnaces, and place it into molds, using hoists, pumps, or ladles.
5. Explain the Carnot cycle and its importance in Thermodynamics.
Turn valves and dials of machines to regulate pressure, temperature, and speed and feed rates, and to set cycle times.
Regulate machine flow, speed, or temperature.
Idle motors and observe thermometers to determine the effectiveness of cooling systems.
Regulate supplies of fuel and air, or control flow of electric current and water coolant to heat furnaces and adjust temperatures.
Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as structural geology, micrometeorology, and atmospheric thermodynamics.
Calculate the efficiency or power output of a fuel cell system or process.
Disassemble and overhaul internal combustion engines, pumps, generators, transmissions, clutches, and differential units.
Design fuel cycle models or processes to reduce the quantity of radioactive waste generated from nuclear activities.
Design or analyze automobile systems in areas such as aerodynamics, alternate fuels, ergonomics, hybrid power, brakes, transmissions, steering, calibration, safety, or diagnostics.
Set controls to regulate temperature and length of cycles, and start conveyors, pumps, agitators, and machines.
6. Sketch the p-v and t-v diagrams for steam.
Receive instructions from steam engineers regarding steam plant and air compressor operations.
Select photographs, drawings, sketches, diagrams, and charts to illustrate material.
Plan, lay out, and draw outlines of units, sectional patterns, or full-scale mock-ups of products.
Draw and print charts, graphs, illustrations, and other artwork, using computer.
Prepare graphic representations or drawings of proposed plans or designs.
Prepare and revise initial game sketches using two- and three-dimensional graphical design software.
Draw building diagrams and record dimensions.
Prepare wind project documentation, including diagrams or layouts.
Document all aspects of formal game design, using mock-up screenshots, sample menu layouts, gameplay flowcharts, and other graphical devices.
Lay out and draw schematic, orthographic, or angle views to depict functional relationships of components, assemblies, systems, and machines.
8. Solve problems using the ideal gas law.
Adjust temperature, pressure, vacuum, level, flow rate, or transfer of gas to maintain processes at required levels or to correct problems.
Perform tests to determine if methane gas is present.
Formulate mathematical or simulation models of problems, relating constants and variables, restrictions, alternatives, conflicting objectives, and their numerical parameters.
Calculate potential for energy savings.
Lay gas and oil pipelines.
Compute unspecified dimensions and machine settings, using knowledge of metal properties and shop mathematics.
Assign lessons and correct homework.
Take samples of gases and conduct chemical tests to determine gas quality and sulfur or moisture content, or send samples to laboratories for analysis.
Test and examine gas pipelines and equipment to locate leaks and faulty connections, and to determine the pressure and flow of gas.
Calculate the efficiency or power output of a fuel cell system or process.
10. Compare thermodynamic cycles and heat transfer process in the lab with theoretical performance.
Read production schedules and work orders to determine processing sequences, furnace temperatures, and heat cycle requirements for objects to be heat-treated.
Idle motors and observe thermometers to determine the effectiveness of cooling systems.
Determine most effective arrangement of operations such as mixing, crushing, heat transfer, distillation, and drying.
Perform tests of water chemistry in boilers.
Calculate the efficiency or power output of a fuel cell system or process.
Develop lab scale models of industrial scale processes, such as fermentation.
Perform thermal, stress, or cost reduction analyses for solar systems.
Plan laboratory experiments to confirm feasibility of processes and techniques used in the production of materials with special characteristics.
Identify and evaluate equipment, procedural, or conditional inefficiencies involving geothermal plant systems.
Perform tests and monitor performance of processes throughout stages of production to determine degree of control over variables such as temperature, density, specific gravity, and pressure.
11. Compute rates of heat transfer in solids and liquids using theoretical and empirical methods.
Read production schedules and work orders to determine processing sequences, furnace temperatures, and heat cycle requirements for objects to be heat-treated.
Determine most effective arrangement of operations such as mixing, crushing, heat transfer, distillation, and drying.
Develop mathematical or statistical models of phenomena to be used for analysis or for computational simulation.
Calculate weight, volume, or cost of goods to be moved.
Determine mixing sequences, based on knowledge of temperature effects and of the solubility of specific ingredients.
Induce changes in composition of substances by introducing heat, light, energy, or chemical catalysts for quantitative or qualitative analysis.
Perform computations and apply methods of numerical analysis to data.
Perform tests of water chemistry in boilers.
Record times that parts are removed from furnaces to document that objects have attained specified temperatures for specified times.
Idle motors and observe thermometers to determine the effectiveness of cooling systems.