Syllabus:STEAM POWER CYCLES (08 Hours)
Simple steam power cycle, Rankine cycle, Ranki ne cycle efficiency, Comparison of Rankine & Carnot cycles. Reheat cycle, Regenerative cycle, Reheat -regenerative cycle.
GAS POWER CYCLES (08 Hours)
Stiring cycle, Ericsson cycle, Otto Cycle, Diesel cycle, Dual Cycle, Brayton cycle, Air standard cycle for jet propulsions, Inter cooling, Reheating, Regeneration.
REFRIGERATION CYCLES (06 Hours)
Simple vapour compression cycle, Cycles with superheat & subcooling, Basic vapour absorption cycle.
EXERGY: A MEASURE OF WORK POTENTI AL (10 Hours)
Basic concepts, Available and unavailable energy for a cycle, Different form of Exergy, Exergy balance for a closed system and open system, Decrease of Exergy principle, Difference between first law & second law efficiency, Second law efficiency for steady flow devices.
REACTIVE MIXTURE (COMBUSTION) (07 Hours)
Combustion equations, Stoichiometric air, Excess air, Air -fuel ratio by volume & weight, Enthalpy of formation, Enthalpy and internal energy of combustion, Adiabatic flam e temperature, Equilibrium constants.
THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS & EQUILIBRIUM (06 Hours)
The Maxwell relations, Clausis–Clapeyron equation, Joule–Thomson coefficient, Relationships involving specific heats, enthalpy, entropy.
(Total Lecture Hours: 45)
BOOKS RECOMMENDED
1. Wylen Van, Sonnetag and Borgnakke, “Fundamental of Classical Thermodynamics”, John Wiley & sons, New York, 2005.
2. Cengel Yunus A. and Boles Michael A., “Thermodynamics”, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2004.
3. Kothandaraman C.P., Khajuria P.R. and Domkundrar S., “A Course in Thermal Engineering”, Dhanpat Rai & Sons, 2004.
4. Dossat R.J., “Principles of Refrigeration”, John Wiley & Sons, 2003.
5. Ballaney P.L., “Thermal Engineering “, Khanna Publishers 2000.
6. Baukal C.E., “Heat Transfer in Industrial Combustion”, CRC Press, 2000.
7. Rogus & Lewis, “Combustion Technology”, Prentice Hall, 2000.
8. Kuo K. K., “Principles of Combustion”, CHIPS, Texas, 2005.
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