Using Engineering Equation Solver (EES) to Solve Engineering Problems in Mechanical Engineering

This paper studies the use of an engineering equation solver (EES) software to improve the students’ perceptive of the Air conditioning and Nozzle analysis in courses such as heat transfer and applied gas dynamics. EES lets students to concentrate on design engineering applications. Also the students will have the skill to see instant results to differences of the design circumstances as well as diverse parameters that would touch diverse categories of engineering projects. The proposed tool also gives students the ability to determine thermodynamics properties of any fluid, solve different mathematical equations with many variables and perform optimization and analysis. In this paper, condenser of air conditioning as a heat transfer project was used as an example to demonstrate EES to the students. The student’s feedback shows that the use of the proposed tool significantly improves the student learning experience in thermodynamics and heat transfer courses and other mechanical engineering courses such as thermal design analysis, make the course more dynamic, and motivate the students to learn the material fast and effectively.