M. Tech.

Course Structure

THERMAL ENGINEERING

Department of Mechanical Engineering

1st Semester:
Sub Subject L T P Credit
Code
ME 501 Advanced Thermodynamics 3 0 0 6
ME 502 Advanced Engineering Fluid Mechanics 3 0 0 6
ME 503 Conduction and Radiation Heat Transfer 3 0 0 6
ME 504 Mathematical Methods in Thermal Engineering 3 0 0 6
ME 505 Seminar I 0 0 2 2
ME 508 Thermal Engg. Lab 0 0 2 2
ME 5xx Elective-I 3 0 0 6
Total 15 0 0 34
Elective-I
Sub Code Subject L T P Credit
ME 506 Entrepreneurship & Management 3 0 0 6
ME 507 Optimization Techniques 3 0 0 6
ME 509 Gas Turbines and Jet Propulsions 3 0 0 6
ME 510 Advanced Internal Combustion Engineering 3 0 0 6
ME 511 Alternative Energy Sources 3 0 0 6

2nd Semester:
Sub Code Subject L T P Credit
ME 512 Convective Heat Transfer Analysis 3 0 0 6
ME 5xx Elective-II 3 0 0 6
ME 5xx Elective-III 3 0 0 6
ME 5xx Elective-IV 3 0 0 6
ME 5xx Elective-V 3 0 0 6
ME 513 Seminar II 0 0 2 2
ME 514 Computational Lab/ Design of Experiments 0 0 2 2
Total 15 0 0 34

Elective-II:
Sub Code Subject L T P Credit
ME 516 Computational Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer 3 0 0 6
ME 517 Experimental Methods In Thermal Engineering 3 0 0 6
ME518 Computational Methods in Thermal Engineering 3 0 0 6

Elective-III:
Sub Code Subject L T P Credit
ME 519 Modern Trends in Refrigeration & Air conditioning 3 0 0 6
ME 520 Advanced Power Plant Engineering 3 0 0 6
ME537 Compressible Flow 3 0 0 6
ME538 Two-Phase Flow and Boiling 3 0 0 6
ME550 Energy Management 3 0 0 6

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 M. Tech. Course Structure

Elective-IV:
Sub Code Subject L T P Credit
ME 551 Principles of Combustion and Emissions 3 0 0 6
ME 552 Computer Aided Design of Thermal System 3 0 0 6
ME 553 Nuclear Engineering 3 0 0 6
ME554 Solar Energy 3 0 0 6
ME555 Turbulent Flows 3 0 0 6

Elective-V:
Sub Code Subject L T P Credit
ME 556 Microfluidics 3 0 0 6
ME 557 Hydel Power and Wind Energy 3 0 0 6
ME558 Aerodynamics 3 0 0 6
ME559 Batteries and Fuel Cells 3 0 0 6
ME560 Cogeneration and Waste Heat Recovery Systems 3 0 0 6

3rd Semester:
Sub Code Subject L T P Credit
ME 601 Project (continued) - - - 10

4th Semester:
Sub Code Subject L T P Credit
ME 602 Project - - - 22
Grand Total Credits 100

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ME501 Advanced Thermodynamics

Review of basic thermodynamics: Laws of thermodynamics, entropy, entropy balance for

closed and open systems. Exergy: Concept of reversible work & irreversibility; Second law
efficiency; Exergy change of a system: closed & open systems, exergy transfer by heat, work
and mass, exergy destruction, exergy balance in closed & open systems; Exergy analysis of
industrial systems – power systems and refrigeration systems.

Cycle analysis and optimization: Regenerative reheat Rankine cycle and Brayton cycle,
combined cycle power plants, multi-stage refrigeration systems.

Thermodynamic optimization of irreversible systems: Finite time thermodynamics principles,

optimization studies of various thermal systems, Minimization of entropy generation
principle.

Properties of Gas Mixtures: Equation of state and properties of ideal gas mixtures; Change in
entropy on mixing; Partial molal properties for non-ideal gas mixtures; Equations of state;
Thermodynamics of Reactive System: Conditions of equilibrium of a multiphase -
multicomponent system; Second law applied to a reactive system; Condition for reaction
equilibrium.

Text & Reference Books:

 R. E. Sonntag, C. Borgnakke & G.J. Van Wylen, Fundamentals of Thermodynamics
 K. Annamalai, I.K. Puri & M. A. Jog, Advanced Thermodynamics Engineering.
 Bejan, Entropy Generation Minimization
 Bejan, Entropy Generation through Heat and Fluid Flow.
 M. J. Moran, H. N. Shapiro, D.B.Boettner & M. N. Bailey, Principles of Engineering
Thermodynamics
ME502 Advanced Engineering Fluid Mechanics

Concept of continuum and definition of a fluid. Body and surface forces, stress tensor,
principle of local stress equilibrium. Scalar and vector fields, Eulerian and Lagrangian
description of flow. Motion of fluid element translation, rotation and deformation; vorticity
and strain-rate tensors.

Continuity equation, Constitutive equations-Stokes law of viscosity. Derivation of Navier-

Stokes equations, Exact solutions of Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible flow: plane
Poiseuille flow and Couette flow, Hagen-Poiseuille flow, flow between two concentric
rotating cylinders, Stokes first and second problems, Slow viscous flow: Stokes and Oseens
approximation, theory of hydrodynamic lubrication.

Boundary layer: derivation, exact solutions, Blasius solution and numerical solutions.
Approximate methods :Momentum integral method.

Introduction to hydrodynamic stability, Orr-Sommerfeld equation, neutral curve of linear

stability for plane Poiseuille flow.

Description of turbulent flow, velocity correlations, Reynolds stresses. Equations for

turbulence kinetic energy and kinetic energy of mean flow. Eddy viscosity models of
turbulence: zero equation, one-equation and two-equation models. Prandtls Mixing Length
Theory. Empirical laws: law of the wall, velocity defect law, universal velocity.

Text & Reference Books:

 P. K. Kundu & Ira M. Cohen, Fluid Mechanics
 S. K. Som, G. Biswas & S. Chakraborty, Introduction to Fluid Mechanics and Fluid
Machines
 G. K. Batchelor, Fluid Dynamics.
 Schlichting, Boundary Layer Theory
 F. M. White, Viscous Fluid Flow
ME 503 Conduction and Radiation Heat Transfer

Introduction to Conduction- Recapitulation: Steady and Transient conduction; Fins, Lumped

parameter and semi-infinite solid approximations, Heisler and Grober charts; 3-D conduction,
isotropic, orthotropic and anisotropic solids.

Analytical Methods- Mathematical formulations, analytical solutions, variation of

parameters, integral method, periodic boundary conditions, Duhamels theorem and Greens
function

Introduction to Radiation- Recapitulation: Radiative properties of opaque surfaces, Intensity,

emissive power, radiosity, Planck’s law, Wien’s displacement law, Black and Gray surfaces,
Emissivity, absorptivity, Spectral and directional variations, View factors.

Enclosure with Transparent Medium- Enclosure analysis for diffuse-gray surfaces and non-
diffuse, nongray surfaces, net radiation method.

Enclosure with Participating Medium- Radiation in absorbing, emitting and scattering media.
Absorption, scattering and extinction coefficients, Radiative transfer equation

Combined Heat Transfer Modes- Combined mode heat transfer and method of their
calculation.

Text & Reference Books:

 D. Poulikakos, Conduction Heat Transfer
 G. Meyers, Analytical Methods in Conduction Heat Transfer
 N. Ozisik, Heat Conduction
 R. Siegel and J. Howell, Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer
 M. F. Modest, Radiative Heat Transfer
 E. M. Sparrow and R. D. Cess, Radiation Heat Transfer
 F. P. Incropera and D. P. Dewitt, Fundamental of Heat and Mass Transfer
 N. Ozisik ,Heat Transfer
ME 504 Mathematical Methods in Thermal Engineering

Linear Algebra: Vector space, Norms of vectors and matrices, Condition number of matrices,
Singular value decomposition, Backward error analysis, Concept of linear dependence and
independence, Characteristics of linear systems, Eigen values and eigenvectors.

Calculus: Functions of single variable, Limit, continuity and differentiability, Mean value
theorems, Evaluation of definite and improper integrals, Differentiation under integral sign
(Leibnitz rule), Partial derivatives, Total derivative, Maxima and minima,

Differential equations: Concept of order and degree of differential equations, First order
equations (linear and nonlinear), Higher order linear differential equations with constant
coefficients, Strum Louiville problems, Initial and boundary value problems, Concept of
well-posed and ill-posed equations, Classification of PDEs and their characteristics,
Parabolic, elliptic and hyperbolic prototype equations

Numerical Methods: Floating point operations and errors, Interpolation, Root finding of
linear and non-linear algebraic equations, Numerical differentiation, Numerical integration,
Numerical solution of ODEs: initial and boundary value problems; Numerical instability.

Numerical solution of systems of linear algebraic equations: general concepts of elimination

and iterative methods, Gaussian elimination, LU decomposition, tridiagonal matrix
algorithm, Jacobi and Gauss-Seidel iterations, necessary and sufficient conditions for
convergence of iterative schemes, gradient search methods, steepest descent and conjugate
gradient methods.

Text & Reference Books:

 G.Strang, Linear Algebra and its Applications.
 K. Hoffman and R. Kunze, Linear Algebra.
 H.Anton, Elementary Linear Algebra with Applications.
 Wilfred Kaplan, Advanced Calculus.
 George B. Thomas, Maurice D. Weir, Joel Hass, Frank R. Giordano, Thomas'
Calculus.
 Dennis Zill, Warren Wright, “Advanced Engineering Mathematics.
 K. E. Atkinson, An Introduction to Numerical Analysis.
 Jain, Iyenger, Jain, Numerical Methods Numerical Methods for Scientific &
Engineering Computation
 Sheldon M. Ross, Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers and
Scientists.
 D. C. Montgomery and G.C. Runger, Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers.
 Arnold, V., Ordinary Differential Equations.
 King, Billingham, Otto, Differential equations
ME505 Seminar I


Individual students are required to choose a topic of their interest from thermal engineering
related topics preferably from outside the M.Tech syllabus and give a seminar on that topic
about 30 minutes. A committee consisting of at least two/three faculty members shall assess
the presentation of the seminar and award marks to the students. Each student shall submit
two copies of a write up of his / her seminar topic. One copy shall be returned to the student
after duly certifying it by the Chairman of the assessing committee and the other will be kept
in the departmental library. Internal continuous assessment marks are awarded based on the
relevance of the topic, presentation skill, quality of the report and participation.

Internal continuous assessment: 100 marks

Evaluation shall be based on the following pattern:
Report = 40 marks
Concept/knowledge in the topic = 30 marks
Presentation = 30 marks
Total marks = 100 marks
ME508 Thermal Engg. Lab

Following experiments will be conducted by the Students:

 Performance and emission measurements in Diesel engines

 Performance test on a Hydro-turbine
 Performance evaluation of vapour compression refrigeration system
 Measurement and Analysis of combustion parameters in I.C. engines
ME506 Entrepreneurship & Management

Entrepreneur & Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurial Competencies Entrepreneurship and

Strategy. E. Entrepreneur, Leadership, Motivation & Productivity. Decision Making,
Business Plan, S.S.I., System approach, Organization as system, MIS. Quality, TQM, ISO
9000 Standards

Text & Reference Books:

 V. Desai, Dynamics of Entrepreneurship Development
 Marc J. Dollinger, Entrepreneurship: Strategies and Resources
 David H. Holt, Entrepreneurship: New Venture Creation
 S. Taneja, S.L.Gupta, Entrepreneurship Development New Venture Creation
ME507 Optimization Techniques

Introduction: Definition of optimization and its importance; Basic terminologies – design

variables/vector, cost/objective function, constraints and variable bounds, etc; Different
types of optimization problems – based on number of variables, based on nature of variables,
based on constraints, based on approaches used, based on number of objectives, etc.
Single variable unconstrained optimization: Global optimum point; Local optimum point;
Stationary point; Optimality criteria; Graphical method for optimum point; Direct methods
for bracketing the optimum point – exhaustive search method and bounding phase method;
Refining the bracketed optimum point through region elimination methods – interval halving
method, Fibonacci search method and golden section search method; Gradient based methods
– bisection method. Newton-Raphson method and secant method.
Multi-variable unconstrained optimization: Optimality criteria; Undirectional search;
Direct methods – simplex search method, Hooke-Jeeves pattern search method and Powell’s
conjugate direction method; Gradient based methods – Cauchy’s steepest descent method,
Newton’s method, Marquardt’s method, conjugate gradient method and variable metric
method.
Multi-variable linear and constrained optimization: Definition and formulation of linear
programming problem; unrestricted variables; slack variables; artificial variables; feasible
design; infeasible design; basic solution; basic feasible solution; Simplex method for less-
than-equal type of constraints; Simplex method for equality and greater-than-equal types of
constraints.
Multi-variable nonlinear and constrained optimization: Kuhn-Tucker conditions;
Sensitivity analysis; Transformation methods – interior penalty function method, exterior
penalty function and method of multipliers; Direct methods – variable elimination method,
complex search method and random search method; Gradient based methods – cutting plane
method, sequential linear programming and feasible direction method.
Integer and mixed optimization: Penalty function method and branch-and-bound method.

Text & Reference Books:

 K. Deb, Optimization for Engineering Design: Algorithms and Examples
 S. S. Rao, Engineering Optimization: Theory and Practice
 Ravindran, K. M. Ragsdell, G. V. Reklaitis, Engineering Optimization: Methods and
Applications, Second Edition
 Jasbir S. Arora, Introduction to Optimum Design
 Ashok D. Belegundu and Tirupathi R. Chandrupatla, Optimization Concepts and
Applications in Engineering
ME 509 Gas Turbines and Jet Propulsion

Thermodynamic cycle analysis of gas turbines; open and closed cycles.

Axial flow turbines; blade diagrams and design of blading, performance characteristics.
Centrifugal and axial flow compressors, blowers and fans.

Theory and design of impellers and blading. Matching of turbines and compressors.

Fuels and combustion, effect of combustion chamber design and exhaust on performance,
Basic principles and methods of heat recovery.

Thermodynamic cycle analysis and efficiencies of propulsive devices, Thrust equation,

classification and comparison of ram jets, turbojets, pulse jets and rockets, Performance of
turbo-prop, turbo-jet and turbo-fan engines, Augmentation of thrust.

Text & Reference Books:

 HIH Saravanamutto, H. Cohen, GFC Rogers, Gas Turbine Theory
 V. Ganesan, Gas Turbine.
 J. D. Mattingly, Elements of Gas Turbine Propulsion
ME510 Advanced Internal Combustion Engineering

Air standard and fuel–air cycle analysis of Otto, Diesel and limited pressure cycles, Effect of
design and operating parameters on cycle efficiency, Modified fuel-air cycle considering heat
losses and valve timing, Engine dynamics and torque analysis.
Fuels for I.C. Engines and their characteristics, combustion in S.I. Engines, spark knock and
other abnormalities, combustion chambers, pollutant formation and control including
catalytic converters, combustion in C.I. Engines, Diesel knock, Delay, fuel spray and mixing,
Combustion chambers.
Advanced theory of carburetion, Cooling of engine and governing of engine, Ignition system:
conventional and electronic, Supercharging, Variable compression ratio engine.
Exhaust emissions, its measurement and control, Fault diagnosis of S.I. Engines, Modelling
of I.C. Engine Combustion.

Text & Reference Books:

 V. Ganeshan: I. C. Engines
 Heywood: Internal Combustion Engine Fundamental
 W. W. Pulkrabek: Engineering Fundamentals of I. C. Engines
ME511 Alternative Energy Sources

Energy scenario and renewable energy sources: global and Indian situation. Potential of non-
conventional energy sources, economics.

Solar energy: radiation, flat-plate and concentrating collectors, fluid flow and heat transfer
analysis, estimation of solar radiation, active systems, solar pond, passive space conditioning,
power generation, photovoltaics.

Wind energy and principle of its convention. Types of wind machines.

Principles and applications of Wave energy, Tidal energy, Biomass energy, OTEC and
Geothermal energy.

Hydrogen energy: Hydrogen as a renewable energy source, Hydrogen Fuel for Vehicles,
Production and storage of Hydrogen.

Text & Reference Books:

 J.W. Twidell and A. Weir, Renewable Energy Sources,
 V. V. N. Kishore, Renewable Energy Engineering and Technology
 P. Gevorkian, Sustainable Energy Systems Engineering
 Godfrey Boyle, Renewable Energy, Power for a Sustainable Future.
 B. H. Khan, Non Conventional energy Sources
 P. R. Pryde, Nonconventional Energy Resources
 V. Desai, Nonconventional Energy
 S.P. Sukhatme, Solar Energy
 F. Kreith and J. F. Kreider, Principles of Solar Engineering
ME 512 Convective Heat Transfer Analysis

Introduction to convection, Derivation of governing equations of momentum, energy and

species transport, Order of magnitude analysis, Reynolds analogy.

Convective heat transfer in external flows: Derivation of hydrodynamic and thermal

boundary layer equations, Similarity solution techniques, Momentum and energy integral
methods and their applications in flow over flat plates with low and high Prandtl number
approximations.

Convection in internal flows: Concept of developing and fully developed flows. Thermally
developing flows: Graetz problem. Concept of thermally fully developed flow and its
consequences under constant wall flux and constant wall temperature conditions, Steady
forced convection in Hagen Poiseuille flow, Plane Poiseuille flow, and Couette flow and
analytical evaluation of Nusselt numbers in limiting cases.

Free convection: Free convection boundary layer equations: order of magnitude analysis,
similarity and series solutions, Concept of thermal stability and Rayleigh Benard convection.

Concept of boiling heat transfer and regimes in pool boiling, Condensation: Nusselt film
condensation theory, dropwise condensation and condensation inside tubes,

Text & Reference Books:

 Louis C. Burmeister-Convective Heat Transfer
 Bejan-Convective Heat Transfer
 T. Cebeci & P. Bradshaw, Physical and Computational Aspects of Convective Heat
Transfer
 S. Kakac, Y. Yener & A. Pramuanjaroenkij- Convective Heat Transfer
 Kays & Crawford-Heat Transfer
ME513 Seminar II

Individual students are required to choose a topic of their interest from thermal engineering
related topics preferably from outside the M.Tech syllabus and give a seminar on that topic
about 30 minutes. A committee consisting of at least two/three faculty members shall assess
the presentation of the seminar and award marks to the students. Each student shall submit
two copies of a write up of his / her seminar topic. One copy shall be returned to the student
after duly certifying it by the Chairman of the assessing committee and the other will be kept
in the departmental library. Internal continuous assessment marks are awarded based on the
relevance of the topic, presentation skill, quality of the report and participation.

Internal continuous assessment: 100 marks

Evaluation shall be based on the following pattern:
Report = 40 marks
Concept/knowledge in the topic = 30 marks
Presentation = 30 marks
Total marks = 100 marks
ME514 Computational Lab/ Design of Experiments

Computational Lab

Students opted for Elective Computational Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer/ Computational
Methods in Thermal Engineering have to study the following:

Programs for solving simultaneous linear equations and differential equations

Exercises on heat conduction, fluid flow, fins, etc. using commercial CFD solvers
Modeling of flow around streamlined and Bluff bodies using commercial CFD solvers
Simulation on natural and mixed convection problems, laminar/turbulent flows, forced
convection problems using commercial CFD solvers.
Exercises on hydrodynamic and thermal boundary layer problems using commercial CFD
solvers.

Design of Experiments

Students opted for Elective Experimental Methods In Thermal Engineering have to design
different experiments as prescribed by the Course Co-ordinators.
ME516 Computational Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer

A brief overview of the basic conservation equations for fluid flow and heat transfer,
classification of partial differential equations and pertinent physical behaviour, parabolic,
elliptic and hyperbolic equations, role of characteristics, Computational economy, Numerical
stability, Selection of numerical methods, validation of numerical results: Numerical error
and accuracy – Round off error, accuracy of numerical results – Iterative convergence –
Condition for convergence, Rate of convergence, under-relaxation and over relaxation,
Termination of iteration: Tridiagonal Matrix algorithm.

Finite Difference method: Discretization – Converting Derivatives to discrete Algebraic

Expressions, Taylor’s series approach, polynomial fitting approach, Discretization error.

Heat conduction – Steady one-dimensional conduction in Cartesian and cylindrical co-

ordinates, Two dimensional steady state conduction problems in Cartesian and cylindrical co-
ordinates – point by point and line by line method of solution.

One dimensional, two dimensional and three dimensional transient heat conduction problems
in Cartesian and cylindrical co-ordinates- Explicit, Implicit, Crank Nicholson and ADI
methods- stability of each system.

The finite volume method: Discretization of diffusion problems: one dimensional steady
diffusion problems, specification of interface diffusivity, source-term linearization.
Discretization of transient one-dimensional diffusion problems. Discretization for multi-
dimensional diffusion problems. Solution of discretized equations using point and line
iterations, strongly implicit methods and pre-conditioned conjugate gradient methods.

Convection diffusion problems: Central difference, upwind, exponential, hybrid and

powerlaw schemes, concept of false diffusion, QUICK scheme.Numerical solution of the
Navier-Stokes system for incompressible flows: stream-function vorticity method,
requirement of a staggered grid. SIMPLE, SIMPLEC and SIMPLER algorithms.

Text & Reference Books:

 John D Anderson Jr , Computational Fluid Dynamics, McGraw Hill
 Hoffman Klaus Vol-1 & 2 Computational Fluid Dynamics
 D.A.Anderson, J.C.Tannehill and R.H.Fletcher, Computational Fluid Flow and Heat
Transfer
 S.V. Patankar Hemisphere, Numerical Fluid Flow & Heat transfer
 H.K Versteeg and W Malalasekera, An Introduction to Computational Fluid
Dynamics,
ME517 Experimental Methods in Thermal Engineering

Probability and Statistics: Fundamental definition, Conditional probability and Bayes

theorem, Mean, median, mode and standard deviation, Random variables, Poisson, Normal
and Binomial distributions, Regression analysis, Elements of sampling theory.

Introduction to measurement: Importance of measurement and experimentation, calibration,

uncertainty analysis, error propagation, Gaussian or Normal distribution, confidence level,
regression analysis, correlation coefficient, Chi-Square test, zeroth-,first- and second-order
systems.
Pressure Measurement: Manometers, bourdon tube pressure gage, diaphragm gage, bellow
gage, McLeod gage, Pirani gage and ionization gage.
Flow measurement: Positive displacement flow meters, venture, orifice, impact tube, flow
nozzle, sonic nozzle, rotameter, pitot static tube, hot-wire anemometer, laser Doppler
anemometer, flow visualization techniques – shadowgraph, Schlieren and interferometer.
Temperature measurement: Hg-in-glass thermometer, RTD, thermistor, thermocouple,
thermopile, liquid-crystal thermography, optical pyrometer.
Thermal conductivity measurement: Guarded hot plate apparatus, heat flux meter.
Data acquisition and processing: Signal conditioning, data transmission, storage, A to D and
D to A conversion.

Text & Reference Books:

 J. P. Holman, Experimental Methods for Engineers.
 T.G. Beckwith, J.H. Lienhard V, R. D. Marngoni, Mechanical Measurements.
 E.O. Doebelin, Measurement systems, Application and Design.
ME 518 Computational Methods in Thermal Engineering

Root finding: Complex algebraic and transcendental equations. Solution of linear equations
by LU decomposition and Newton Raphson method, Root finding used in integration,
evaluation of areas, surface of revolution, length of curve and volumes, Evaluation of
centroid of regular geometric bodies, Double integration to compute areas, triple integration
to compute volumes and quadruple integration to compute view factors, Interpolation and its
use in thermal engineering.

Solution of ordinary differential equations, Runge-Kutta method and Euler method, Solution
of non-linear equations of any order and any degree, Solution of initial value problems and
boundary value problems, Solution of boundary value problem through initial value
problems, shooting method, optimization of objective functions to determine the solution of
boundary value problems. Application of shooting method or the optimization method to
solve thermal engineering problems like: boundary layer flow on a flat plate, thermal
boundary layer on a vertical and flat plate, flow near a rotating disk, Falkner-Skan wedge
flow, travel of projectile in air with drag, temperature distribution in a circular fin, triangular
fin and general solution to steady 1D heat conduction in any shape.

Introduction to finite difference (FD) method, Forward, CD and upwind schemes, Solution
of ODE by FD method, Introduction to stability, numerical errors and accuracy, Application
of finite difference method to thermal engineering problems, Solution of hydrodynamic and
thermal boundary layer equations by FD method, Solution of Falkner-Skan problem by FD
method, Extensive Application to transient heat transfer by FD method. FD method used for
2D and 3D problems.

Text & Reference Books:

 Jain, Iyenger, Jain, Numerical Methods Numerical Methods for Scientific &
Engineering Computation
 Dennis Zill, Warren Wright, Advanced Engineering Mathematics.
 K. E. Atkinson, An Introduction to Numerical Analysis.
 John D Anderson Jr , Computational Fluid Dynamics, McGraw Hill
 Hoffman Klaus Vol-1 & 2 Computational Fluid Dynamics
ME519 Modern Trends in Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning

Introduction to modern refrigeration and air-conditioning practices, Industrial and

Commercial applications.
Refrigeration Systems: Gas-Cycle systems, Vapour-Compression systems, Vapour-
Absorption systems, Multistage multi evaporator and Cascade systems, Electrolux system
and solar energy applications. Steam jet refrigeration, vortex tube and thermoelectric
refrigeration
System and Component design of refrigeration systems.
Refrigerants: Properties of refrigerants: primary, secondary and mixtures
Psychrometry, simple psychometrics processes, use of psychometrics chart, Comfort and
industrial air conditioning, Air filtration, Principles of ventilation, Physiological factors.
Comfort index.
Load Analysis and Calculations: Design conditions, Load classifications, Cooling & Heating
load analysis.
Air conditioning systems: Spray systems, chilled water and DE Coils, absorption and
adsorption systems, Humidifiers, Air conveying: fans, ducts and air diffusion equipment.
Design and constructional details of Unitary & Central systems.
Instruments & Control of refrigeration and Air-Conditioning.

Text & Reference Books:

 Arora C. P, Refrigeration and Air conditioning
 R.C. Arora, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning.
 Ananthanarayanan, Basic Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
 W. B. Gosney, Principles of Refrigeration.
 Stoecker, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
 Manohar Prasad, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
ME520 Advanced Power Plant Engineering

Introduction: Choice of power generation; Load & Load duration curves; Load factor;
Diversity factor; Load deviation curve; Load management; Number and size of generating
unit; Cost of electrical energy; Tariff-Power factor improvement.

Thermal Power Stations: Types of thermal power plants; elements of thermal power plant:
Boiler, superheater, economiser, condenser, combustion chamber: Fluidized bed combustion,
gas loops and turbines etc., Site selection of Steam power plant, Principles of Electric Power
station. General lay out. Instrumentation and control

Gas Turbine Power plant: Types, Open and close cycle gas turbines; Components of the
plant, Plant lay out, Combined cycle power plant

Advanced Power Cycles: Cogeneration systems-topping and bottoming cycles-

Thermodynamic performance of steam turbine cogeneration systems-gas turbine
cogeneration systems
Hydropower Plant: Mass curve and storage capacity; Classification; Components; Turbines-
Characteristics and their selection; Governor; Plant layout and design; Auxiliaries;
Underground, automatic, remote controlled, and pumped storage plants.
Nuclear Power Plant: Basic principles, Elements of Nuclear power plant, Nuclear reactor and
fuels, Hazards due to Nuclear power plants, Nuclear Instrumentation.

Diesel-electric Power Plant: Working principle, Elements of the plant, Starting and stopping;
Efficiency and Heat balance.

Text & Reference Books:

 P.K.Nag, Power plant Engineering
 El Wakil, Power plant Engineering
 A.J. Wood, B. F. Wollenberg, Power Generation, Operation and Control.
 Arora and Domkundwar, A Course in Power Plant Engineering
ME537 Compressible Flow

Fundamental Aspects of Compressible Flow: Introduction, Isentropic flow in a streamtube,

speed of sound, Mach waves;

One dimensional Isentropic Flow: Governing equations, stagnation conditions, critical

conditions, maximum discharge velocity, isentropic relations;

Normal Shock Waves : Shock waves, stationary normal shock waves, normal shock wave
relations in terms of Mach number;

Oblique Shock Waves : Oblique shock wave relations, reflection of oblique shock waves,
interaction of oblique shock waves, conical shock waves;

Variable Area Flow: Equations for variable area flow, operating characteristics of nozzles,
convergent-divergent supersonic diffusers;

Adaiabatic Flow in a Duct with Friction : Flow in a constant area duct, friction factor
variations, the Fano line; Flow with Heat addition or removal : One-dimensional flow in a
constant area duct neglecting viscosity, variable area flow with heat addition, onedimensional
constant area flow with both heat exchanger and friction;

Text & Reference Books:

 H. Shapiro, The Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Compressible Fluid Flow.
 S. M. Yahya, Fundamentals of Compressible Flow.
 Osthuizen and Carscallen, Compressible Fluid Flow.
ME538 Two Phase Flow and Boiling

Introduction, different terminologies, flow regimes for single and two component vertical and
horizontal flow, flow regime mappings.

Conservation equations based on homogeneous flow, drift flux model, separated flow model
(multi-fluid model), flooding, fluidization, two phase transportation.

Introduction to Lockhart-Martinelli and other important correlations for pressure drop,

correlations for void fraction.

Detailed discussion on bubbly, slug and annular flow.Description and classification of

boiling, pool boiling curve.

Rohsenow correlation for nucleate boiling, Zubers theory for critical heat flux, Bromley
theory for film boiling, Cheus correlation for flow boiling.

Text & Reference Books:

 John G. Collier and John R. Thome, Convective Boiling and Condensation
 Arnold Reusken &Sven Gross, Numerical Methods for Two-phase Incompressible
Flows.
 Cl Kleinstreuer, Two-Phase Flow: Theory and Applications.
 Van P. Carey, Liquid-Vapor Phase Change Phenomena.
 S. Mostafa Ghiaasiaan, Two-Phase Flow, Boiling, and Condensation
 M. Ishii & T. Hibiki, Thermo-fluid Dynamics of Two Phase Flow.
ME550 Energy Management

Energy Scenario – world and India, Energy Resources Availability in India, Energy
consumption pattern, Energy conservation potential in various Industries and commercial
establishments, Energy intensive industries – an overview. Energy conservation and energy
efficiency – needs and advantages, Energy auditing – types, methodologies, barriers. Role of
energy manager – Energy audit questionnaire.

Instruments for energy auditing: Instrument characteristics – sensitivity, readability,

accuracy, precision, hysteresis, Error and calibration, Measurement of flow, velocity,
pressure, temperature, speed, Lux, power and humidity, Analysis of stack, water quality,
power and fuel quality.

Thermal Utilities: Operation and energy conservation- Boilers, Furnaces, Waste Heat
Recovery Systems

Thermal energy transmission / protection systems: Steam traps – refractories – optimum

insulation thickness – insulation – piping design

Financial management: Investment – need, appraisal and criteria, financial analysis

techniques – break even analysis –simple pay back period, return on investment, net present
value, internal rate of return, cash flows.

Text & Reference Books:

 Hamies, Energy Auditing and Conservation; Methods Measurements, Management
and Case Study.
 Smith, CB Energy Management Principles
 Write, Larry C, Industrial Energy Management and Utilization
 P. O’Callaghan, Energy Management
ME551 Principles of Combustion and Emissions

Introductory concepts, Thermodynamics of reacting systems: conservation of mass and

energy in a chemical reaction, adiabatic flame temperature, second law aspects of chemical
reactions, Essentials of chemical Kinetics: molarity and order of chemical reaction, general
equation for rate of reaction, equation of Arrhenius, activation energy.

Pre-mixed systems: Theories of premixed laminar and turbulent flames; concepts of ignition,
flame stabilization, extinction and quenching, Methods of solving laminar flame problems;
Effects of different variables on flame speed; Methods of measuring flame velocity; Flame
quenching.

Non-Pre-mixed systems; Burke-Schumann’s theory of laminar diffusion flames; Droplet

burning; Laminar diffusion flames.

Theories of gaseous diffusion flames; droplet and spray combustion: theories of atomization,
spray combustion models, spray combustion characteristics and design of burners;
mechanism and kinetics of coal combustion; fluidized bed combustion;

Emissions from combustion: constituents and types of emission, mechanisms of hydrocarbon

and particulate emissions, theories of soot and NOx formation, Control of emissions.

Text & Reference Books:

 Turns: An Introduction to Combustion: Concepts and Applications
 K. K. Kuo, Principles of Combustion
ME552 Computer Aided Design of Thermal Systems

Introduction to Engineering Design, thermal Systems, Basic Considerations in Design,

Computer-Aided Design of Thermal Systems, Material Selection, Properties and
Characteristics for Thermal Systems.

Modelling of Thermal systems, Mathematical Modelling, Physical Modelling and

Dimensional Analysis.

Numerical Modelling and Simulation, Solution Procedures, System Simulation.

Optimization in Design, Methods of optimization, Lagrange multipliers, search methods,

dynamic programming, geometric programming, linear programming,

Economic considerations: Case studies.

Text & Reference Books:

 W. F. Stoecker, Design of Thermal System
 Y. Jaluria, Design &Optimization of Thermal Systems.
 R. F. Boehm, Design Analysis of Thermal Systems
 K. Deb, Optimization for Engineering Design.
ME553 Nuclear Engineering

Nuclear Reactions: Mechanism of nuclear fission - nuclides - radioactivity – decay chains -

neutron reactions - the fission process - reactors - types of fast breeding reactor - design and
construction of nuclear reactors – heat transfer techniques in nuclear reactors - reactor
shielding.
Reactor material: Nuclear Fuel Cycles - characteristics of nuclear fuels - Uranium -
production and purification of Uranium - conversion to UF4 and UF6 - other fuels like
Zirconium, Thorium – Berylium
Reprocessing-Nuclear fuel cycles - spent fuel characteristics - role of solvent extraction in
reprocessing
Separation of Reactor Products-Processes to be considered - 'Fuel Element' dissolution -
precipitation process – ion exchange - Isotopes - principles of Isotope separation.
Waste Disposal and Radiation Protection: Types of nuclear wastes - safety control and
pollution control and abatement - radiation hazards prevention

Text & Reference Books:

 S. Glasstone and A. Sesonske, Nuclear Reactor Engineering,
 J. Kenneth Shultis, Richard E, Faw, Richard E. Faw, Fundamentals of Nuclear
Science and Engineering.
 Tatjana Tevremovic, Nuclear Principles in Engineering,
 Kenneth D. Kok, Nuclear Engineering.
 Cacuci, Dan Gabriel, Nuclear Engineering Fundamentals.
 J. R. Lamarsh, Introduction to Nuclear Reactor Theory
 R. H. S. Winterton, Thermal Design of Nuclear Reactors.
ME554 Solar Energy

Solar Energy Technology, Current alternate energy sources-thermodynamic view point and
conversion methods, Components of solar energy systems, collector performance, Radiation
and meteorological data processing, long term conversion factors.

System configurations and system performance prediction, Simulations, design methods.

System design and optimisation, Solar thermal systems applications to power generation,
heating and cooling. Solar passive devices: solar stills, ponds, greenhouse, dryers, Trombe
wall, overhangs and winged walls, Economics of solar energy system.

Source of radiation – solar constant– solar charts – Measurement of diffuse, global and direct
solar radiation: pyrheliometer, pyranometer, pyregeometer, net pyradiometer-sunshine
recorder

Solar Non-Concentrating Collectors- Design considerations – Classification- air, liquid

heating collectors –Derivation of efficiency and testing of flat plate collectors –Analysis of
concentric tube collector - Solar green house.

Text & Reference Books:

 S.P. Sukhatme, J. K. Nayak, Solar Energy: Principles of Thermal Collection and
Storage.
 H P Garg, J Prakash, Solar Energy : Fundamentals and Applications
 F. Kreith and J. F. Kreider, Principles of Solar Engineering
 J.A. Duffie and W.A. Beckman, Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes
ME555 Turbulent Flows

Turbulent Flows, Introduction to stability of laminar flows, Linearized stability analysis using
Orr Sommerfeld equations for inviscid and viscous flows, Stability with flexible compliant
boundaries, for free convection flows and under centrifugal forces, Transition to turbulence.

General properties of turbulence: instability and non linearity, statistical nature, vortex
stretching, turbulence scales and cascade, mixing and enhanced diffusivity, energy spectrum.

Introduction to mathematical analysis of turbulent flows, The closure problem, Reynolds

averaged Navier Stokes equations, Equations for Reynolds stresses, turbulence kinetic energy
and energy of mean flow convection, production and dissipation of turbulence, re-
distribution, turbulent diffusion.

Turbulence modelling, Eddy viscosity/mixing-length models, application to free shear flows

and wall-bounded flows. Two-equation models of turbulence: standard k and  model.
Turbulent free shear flows. Turbulent wallbounded flows, Law of the wall, velocity defect
law, law of the wake.

Text & Reference Books:

 Stephen B. Pope, Turbulent Flows
 Hendrik Tennekes and John L. Lumley , A First Course in Turbulence
 Wilcox, Turbulence Modelling for CFD
ME556 Microfluidics

Introduction: Fundamentals of kinetic theory-molecular models, micro and macroscopic

properties, binary collisions, distribution functions, Boltzmann equation and Maxwellian
distribution functions, continuum hypothesis and deviations from the same, scaling laws for
micro-domains.
Microscale gas flows: Wall slip effects and accommodation coefficients, flow and heat
transfer analysis of microscale Couette flows, Pressure driven gas micro-flows with wall slip
effects, heat transfer in micro-Poiseuille flows, effects of compressibility, introductory
concepts on gas flows in transitional and free molecular regimes, some representative
applications of micro-scale gas flows in accelerometers, micro-propulsion and micro-nozzles.
Microscale liquid flows: Pressure driven liquid microflow, apparent slip effects, physics of
near-wall microscale liquid flows, capillary flows, electro-kinetically driven liquid micro-
flows and electric double layer (EDL) effects, concepts of electroosmosis, electrophoresis
and dielectro-phoresis, analysis of hydro-dynamically and thermally fully developed electro-
osmotic flows, ac electro-osmosis.
an introduction to fluid dynamics over nano scales (nanofluidics), concepts of nano-fluids
and their augmented transport characteristics.

Text & Reference Books:

 Terrence Conlisk, Essentials of Micro-and Nanofluidics.
 Dongqing Li,(Editor), Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics.
 S. Chakraborty (Editor), Microfluidics and Microscale Transport Processes.
 S. Mitra and S. Chakraborty (Editors), Handbook of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics.
ME557 Hydel Power and Wind Energy

Hydel Power: Stream flow data and water power estimates, use of hydrographs; hydraulic
turbine, characteristics and part load performance, design of wheels, draft tubes and
penstocks, cavitation; governing of hydro turbines, mechanical and electro-mechanical
governors, electronic load controller; selection of hydro turbines based on specific speed and
their optimal selection, model testing of hydro turbines, performance testing of turbines at
site; silt erosion and their combined effect on operation of hydro turbines; Erection,
commissioning, operation and maintenance of turbines.

Wind Power and Engineering: Estimates of wind energy potential, wind maps; aerodynamic
and mechanical aspects of wind machine design; wind tunnel simulations, conversion and
storage methods; industrial applications. Instrumentation for wind velocity measurements.

Text & Reference Books:

 Nigam, P.S., Handbook of Hydroelectric Engineering
 Hossein Samadi-Boroujeni, Hydropower - Practice and Application
 P. Jain, Wind Energy Engineering.
 P. Gipe, Wind Energy Basics.
 T. Burton, D. Sharpe, N. Jenkins, E. Bossanyi, Wind Energy Handbook.
ME558 Aerodynamics

Governing equations for inviscid incompressible flow, Fluid circulation and rotation,
Vorticity, Velocity potential, Stream function, Complex potential, Elementary flow patterns
and their superposition.
Flow past a cylinder, Magnus effect, Kutta condition, Vortex theory of lift, Conformal
transformation, The Jowkowski transformation, Lift on arbitrary cylinder, Aerodynamic
center, Pitching moment.
Aerofoils, Low speed flows over aerofoils-the vortex sheet, Thin aerofoil theory, Lifting line
theory, inviscid compressible flow, Thin airfoils in subsonic and supersonic flow,
Characteristics of thin aero foils, Motion in three dimensions.
Finite wings, Downwash and induced drag, Prandtl-Lachester theory, Biot- Savarat law,
General series solution, Glauret method, Multhop’s method, Horseshoe effects, Ground
effects, Lineraised compressible flows in two dimensions, Aerofoil in compressible flows.
Introduction to Compressible boundary layer, similarity solutions.

Text & Reference Books:

 J. D. Anderson Jr., Fundamentals of Aerodynamics.
 M. Kuethe and C. Chow, Foundations of Aerodynamics.
 J. Katz and A. Plotkin, Low Speed Aerodynamics.
 E. L. Houghton and A. E. Brock, Aerodynamics for Engineering Students.
ME559 Batteries and Fuel Cells

Energy Resources, Energy Crisis, Need for Energy storage: Fuel cell and Battery.
Battery –Introduction, Types of Batteries and their operational principle.
Fuel Cells- principle - working - thermodynamics and kinetics of fuel cell process –
performance evaluation of fuel cell – comparison on battery Vs fuel cell.
Types of fuel cells – AFC, PAFC, SOFC, MCFC, DMFC, PEMFC – relative merits and
demerits.
Application of fuel cell and economics: Fuel cell usage for domestic power systems, large
scale power generation, Automobile, Space.
Economic and environmental analysis on usage of Hydrogen and Fuel cell. Future trends in
fuel cells.
Text & Reference Books:
 B. Hart and G.J.Womack, Fuel Cells: Theory and Application
 Viswanathan and M Aulice Scibioh, Fuel Cells – Principles and Applications,
 L. Rebecca and Busby, Hydrogen and Fuel Cells: A Comprehensive Guide,
 Bent Sorensen (Sorensen), Hydrogen and Fuel Cells: Emerging Technologies and
Applications,
ME560 Cogeneration and Waste Heat Recovery Systems

Introduction – principles of thermodynamics – cycles – topping – bottoming – combined

cycle –Rankine cycles – performance indices of cogeneration systems – waste heat recovery
–sources and types.

Cogeneration technologies: Configuration and thermodynamic performance – steam turbine

cogeneration systems – gas turbine cogeneration systems – reciprocating IC engines
cogeneration systems – combined cycles cogeneration systems – advanced cogeneration
systems: fuel cell.

Issues and applications of cogeneration technologies: Cogeneration plants electrical

interconnection issues – utility and cogeneration plant interconnection issues – applications
of cogeneration in utility sector – industrial sector – building sector – rural sector – impacts
of cogeneration plants – fuel, electricity and environment.

Waste heat recovery systems: Selection criteria for waste heat recovery technologies –
recuperators – Regenerators – economizers – plate heat exchangers– Waste heat boilers –
classification, location, service conditions, design Considerations – fluidized bed heat
exchangers – heat pipe exchangers.

Economic analysis: Investment cost – economic concepts – measures of economic

performance – procedure for economic analysis – examples – procedure for optimized system
selection and design – load curves –sensitivity analysis.

Text & Reference Books:

 Charles H. Butler, Cogeneration
 EDUCOGEN – The European Educational tool for cogeneration
 J.H. Horlock JH, Cogeneration - Heat and Power, Thermodynamics and Economics,
 Seagate Subrata, Lee SS EDS, Waste Heat Utilization and Management