UNIT I BASIC CONCEPTS AND FIRST LAW
Basic concepts - concept of continuum - comparison of microscopic and macroscopic approach - Path and point functions - Intensive and extensive - total and specific quantities - System and their types - Thermodynamic Equilibrium State - path and process - Quasi - static - reversible and irreversible processes - Heat and work transfer - definition and comparison - sign convention - Displacement work and other modes of work - P - V diagram - Zeroth law of thermodynamics - First law of
thermodynamics –application to closed and open systems -steady flow processes and its applications
UNIT II PROPERTIES OF PURE SUBSTANCE
Formation of steam and its thermodynamic properties - P-V, P-T, T-V, T-s, h-s diagrams. P -V-T
surface - Use of Steam Table and Mollier Chart - Determination of dryness fraction using Throttling, Separating and Throttling - Application of I law for pure substances.
Second law of Thermodynamics - Statements of second law and its corollaries - Carnot cycle - Reversed Carnot cycle - Performance - Carnot theorem - Clausius equality – inequality.
UNIT IV STEAM POWER CYCLES
Ideal and actual Rankine cycles - Cycle Improvement Methods - Reheat and Regenerative cycles,
Qualitative Treatment only: Economiser- Preheater – Superheater- Condenser- Cogeneration Introduction - Binary and Combined cycles
UNIT V IDEAL AND REAL GASES, GAS MIXTURE,THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS
Mole and Mass fraction - Dalton’s. Properties of gas mixture -Molar mass - gas constant - density. Properties of Ideal gas - Ideal and real gas comparison - Equations of state for ideal and real Gases - Reduced Properties - Compressibility Factor - Maxwell relations - Tds Equations - Difference and ratio of heat Capacities - Energy Equation -Joule -Thomson Coefficient - Clausius - Clapeyron
equation and its applications.
Reference Book:
1 Moran, Shapiro, Boettner & Bailey"Principles of Engineering Thermodynamics:" Wiley & Sons,2015.
2 Holman.J.P. "Thermodynamics", 3rd Edition, McGraw - Hill, 1995.
3 Rathakrishnan. E., "Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics", 2nd Edition, Prentice - Hall of
India Pvt. Ltd, 2006
4 Arora C.P, “Thermodynamics”, Tata McGraw - Hill, New Delhi, 2007.
5 Kau - Fui Vincent Wong, "Thermodynamics for Engineers", CRC Press, 2010 Indian Reprint.
Text Book:
TEXT BOOKS
1. Nag.P.K., “Engineering Thermodynamics”, 5thEdition, Tata McGraw - Hill, New Delhi, 2013.
2. Cengel. Y and M.Boles, "Thermodynamics - An Engineering Approach", 8th Edition, Tata McGrawHill 2014.
