Temperature & Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics-First Law of Thermodynamics- Applications of First Law to Flow and Non Flow Process-Statements of Second Law of Thermodynamics
Simple Rankine cycle; description, T-s diagram, analysis for performance -Effects of pressure and temperature on Rankine cycle performance. Actual vapour power cycles. Ideal and practical regenerative Rankine cycles, open and closed feed water heaters. Reheat Rankine cycle
Air standard cycles; Carnot, Otto, Diesel, Dual and Stirling cycles, p-v and T -s diagrams, description, efficiencies and mean effective pressures. Comparison of Otto and Diesel cycles. Gas turbine (Brayton) cycle; description and analysis. Regenerative gas turbine cycle. Inter-cooling and reheating in gas turbine cycles. Jet propulsion: Introduction to the principles of jet propulsion
Principle of Corresponding states -Generalized Compressibility Chart and its use-. Maxwell relations, Tds Equations, Difference and ratio of heat capacities, Energy equation, Joule-Thomson Coefficient, Clausius Clapeyron equation, Phase Change Processes. Simple Calculations
Psychrometric properties, Psychrometric charts. Property calculations of air vapor mixtures by using chart and expressions. Psychrometric process — adiabatic saturation, sensible heating and cooling, humidification, dehumidification, evaporative cooling and adiabatic mixing. Simple Applications
Reference Book:
Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics by V.Babu, CRC Press 2019 Thermodynamics: Fundamentals and engineering applications by William C Reynolds, Cambridge University Press, 2018
Text Book:
Engineering Thermodynamics by R K Rajput, Laxmi Publications, 2019 Thermodynamics-An Engineering Apporach, Yunus E Cengal, McGraw Hill 2019
