Department of Mechanical Engineering PESIT Bangalore

Department of Mechanical Engineering PESIT BangalorePES INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BANGALORE (SOUTH CAMPUS) 560 100 APPLIED THERMODYNAMICS COURSE OUTLINE

Faculty: Siva MuraliMohan Reddy.A No. of classes: 52Subject: APPLIED THERMODYNAMICSClass: 4th semCode: 10ME43Hours/week: 04

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1UNIT - 1 Combustion thermodynamics:, ,.

introduction

15

12%

2Theoretical (Stoichiometric) air and excess air for combustion of fuels.

3Mass balance, actual combustion. Exhaust gas analysis.

4A./ F ratio, Energy balance for a chemical reaction,

5enthalpy of formation

6enthalpy and internal energy of combustion

7Combustion efficiency,adiabatic flow temperature

8

UNIT - 2 Gas power cycle:

Air Standard cycles

15

12%

9Carnot, Otto, cycles

10Diesel, Dual cycles

11

Stirling cycles, P-V and T-S diagrams, description,

12

13

efficiencies and mean effective pressures,

Comparison of Otto,Diesel and dual cycles.

13

UNIT - 3

I.C. Engine

introduction

15

12%

14Testing of two stroke and four stroke SI and CI engines for performance

15Related numerical problems

16heat balance, Motoring Method,

17Willians line method,

18Swinging field dynamometer, Morse test.

19UNIT - 5 Reciprocating Compressors

Operation of a single stage reciprocating compressors,

15

16%

20: work input through P-V diagram and steady state steady flow analysis

21

Effect of clearance and volumetric efficiency

22.. Adiabatic, isothermal and mechanical efficiencies

23Multistage compressor, saving in work, optimum intermediate pressure,

24. inter- cooling, minimum work forcompression.

25problems

26UNIT - 6 Gas turbine and Jet propulsion:.,

Classification of Gas turbines,

27Analysis of open cycle gas turbine cycle

28Advantages and disadvantages of closed cycle.

29Methods to improve thermal efficiency

30Jet propulsion and Rocketpropulsion.

31problems

32problems

33UNIT 7- Refrigeration: system. , Vapour compression refrigeration

15

12%

34description, analysis, refrigerating effect, capacity

35;, power required, units of refrigeration,

36COP , Refrigerants and their desirable properties

37Air cycle refrigeration;

38reversed Carnot cycle, reversed Brayton cycle Vapour absorption refrigeration system, steam jet refrigeration.

39UNIT - 4 Vapour Power Cycles:, Carnot vapour power cycles, drawbacks as a reference cycle1512%

40Simple Rankine cycle, description, T- S diagram

41analysis for performance , comparison of Carnot and Rankine cycles.

42

Effects of pressure and temperature on Rankine cycle performance. Actual vapour power cycles.

43, Ideal and practical regenerative Rankine cycle,

44open andclosed feed water heaters, Reheat Rankine cycle.

45UNIT - 8 Psychometry:..

Atmospheric air and psychometric properties; Dry bulb temperature,

15

16%

46wet bulb temperature, dew point temperature; partial pressures,

47humidities and the relation between the two enthalpy andadiabaticsaturationtemperature.

48useof psychometric chart . Analysis of various processes;

49heating, cooling , dehumidifying and humidifying.

50specificandrelativeConstructionandAdiabatic mixing of moist air

51Summer andwinter air conditioning

Literature

Data Hand Book :1.Thermodynamic data hand book, B.T. Nijaguna.2.Properties of Refrigerant & Psychometric (tables & Charts in SI Units), Dr. S.S. Banwait, Dr. S.C. Laroiya, Birla Pub. Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, 2008

TEXT BOOKS:1.Basic and applied Thermodynamics, P.K. Nag, 2nd Ed., TataMcGraw Hill Pub.Co,20022.Applied Thermodynamics, Rajput, Laxmi Publication3.Applied Thermodynamics, B.K. Venkanna, Swati B. Wadavadagi, PHI, New Delhi, 2010

REFERENCE BOOKS:1.Thermodynamics , An engineering approach, Yunus, A. Cengel andMichael A.Boies, 6th Ed., Tata McGraw Hill pub. Co., 2002,2.Fundamental of Classical Thermodynamics, G.J. Van Wylen and R.E.Sontang Wiley eastern.

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