Thermodynamics & Heat Engines

Categorization Details

Course Code: 
TME-101
Credit Hours: 
4(3-1-2)
Category: 
Core
Pre-requisite: 
Nil
Semester: 
1
Degree Program: 
B.TECH
Branch: 
Electrical Engineering

Course Details

Catalog Description: 
System and properties,concept of energy, temperature & heat,equation of State, first Law for closed & open systems, pure substance & properties, second law of thermodynamics & entropy Boilers,mountings and accessories, boiler efficiency, steam engines, Rankine cycle, indicator diagrams, steam turbines.Internal Combustion engines, Air standard Otto, Diesel, Dual and Joule Cycle.
Detailed Syllabus: 
1-6 Introduction: Engineering system of units; system and their properties, concept of energy, temperature work and heat, Zeroth law of thermodynamics; Equation of state for an ideal gas. 7-10 Pure substance; phase diagrams; tabulated properties, property charts and their use. 11-14 First law of thermodynamics and Engg. applications; Flow and non-flow processes; General energy equation for steady flow; Analysis of constant volume, constant pressure,isothermal and adiabatic processes, reversible and irreversible processes. 15-20 Introduction and definition of second law of thermodynamics, Carnot cycle; definition and concept of entropy, the change of entropy. The change of entropy for gas. 21-24 Steam boilers; types of boilers, high pressure boilers, mounting and accessories; equivalent evaporation; boiler efficiency, boiler trial. 25-30 Steam engines; Rankine cycle; construction and working of steam engine; indicator diagrams; work output; steam consumption and efficiency. 31-36 Steam turbine; construction and working of steam turbines;impulse and reaction turbines; velocity diagrams; work output and efficiency; compounding of steam turbines. 37-40 Air standard cycles; Otto,Diesel,Joule Dual Stirling and Atkinson etc. 41-45 I.C. engines; Classification; construction and working of two stroke and four stroke; C.I. engine work output; efficiency and mean effective pressure calculations; ignition system.
Reference Books: 
1.Engg. Thermodynamics by Gupta & Prakash. 2.Engg. Thermodynamics by P.K. Nag.