Thermodynamics

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Description:

Thermodynamic systems, States, Processes, Concepts of Heat and Work, Zeroth law, First law for open and closed systems; Second law: Carnot cycle; entropy; Corollaries of the second law; Properties of pure substances and steam, Mollier diagram; Thermodynamic cycles; Air standard cycles – Otto, Diesel and Brayton cycles, Vapour power cycle – Rankine cycle, Refrigeration cycle – Reversed Carnot cycle, Vapour compression cycle, Introduction to psychrometry; Introduction to steam and gas turbine power plants; Rotary compressors and turbines, Reciprocating air compressors.

Texts:

1. Y. A. Cengel and M. A. Boles, Thermodynamics – An Engineering Approach, Tata McGraw Hill, 2003.
2. G F C Rogers and Y R Mayhew, Engineering Thermodynamics Work and Heat Transfer, Pearson, 2003.
3. T. D. Eastop and A. McConkey, Applied Thermodynamics for Engineering Technologists, Pearson, 1999.

References:

1. R. E. Sonntag, C. Borgnakke and G. J. Van Wylen, Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, John Wiley, 2003.
2. P. K. Nag, Engineering Thermodynamics, Tata McGraw Hill, 2005.
3. H. I. H Saravanamuttoo, G. F. C. Rogers and H. Cohen, Gas Turbine Theory, Pearson, 2003.