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This document provides information about the Applied Thermodynamics course for the 4th semester of a Mechanical Engineering program. The course is worth 4 credits and involves 3 hours of lectures and 2 hours of tutorials per week. It covers topics like gas power cycles, vapor power cycles, combustion thermodynamics, refrigeration systems, reciprocating compressors, and steam nozzles. The course aims to develop students' understanding of thermodynamic concepts and their application to analyze performance of various thermal systems. Students will be assessed through semester-end examination, internal continuous assessment, and a final exam worth 80, 20, and 3 hours respectively.

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ATD Syllabus

This document provides information about the Applied Thermodynamics course for the 4th semester of a Mechanical Engineering program. The course is worth 4 credits and involves 3 hours of lectures and 2 hours of tutorials per week. It covers topics like gas power cycles, vapor power cycles, combustion thermodynamics, refrigeration systems, reciprocating compressors, and steam nozzles. The course aims to develop students' understanding of thermodynamic concepts and their application to analyze performance of various thermal systems. Students will be assessed through semester-end examination, internal continuous assessment, and a final exam worth 80, 20, and 3 hours respectively.

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IV - SEMESTER: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Assessment Exam
Course Code Credits L-T-P
SEE CIA Duration
Applied Thermodynamics 15ME43 04 3-2-0 80 20 3Hrs

Courselearning objectives:

• To have a working knowledge of basic performance of Gas power cycles.


• To Calculate the forces exerted by a fluid at rest on submerged surfaces and understand
the force of buoyancy
• To understand and evaluate the performance of steam power cycles their various
Engineering applications
• To know how fuel burns and their thermodymic properties.
• To Understand mechanism of power transfer through belt, rope, chain and gear drives in I
C Engines
• To determine performance parameters of refrigeration and air-conditioning systems.
• Evaluate the performance parameters of reciprocating air compressor as a function of
receiver pressure.

Module - I
Gas Power Cycles :Air standard cycles; Carnot, Otto, Diesel, Dual and Stirling cycles, p-v and
T -s diagrams, description, efficiencies and mean effective pressures. Comparison of Otto and
Diesel cycles. Gas turbine (Brayton) cycle; description and analysis. Regenerative gas turbine
cycle. Inter-cooling and reheating in gas turbine cycles.
Jet propulsion: Introduction to the principles of jet propulsion, turbojet, turboprop, Ramjet and
turbofan engines and their processes . Principles of rocket propulsion, Introduction to rocket
engine.10 Hours
Module –II

Vapour Power Cycles: Carnotvapour power cycle, drawbacks as a reference cycle. Simple
Rankine cycle; description, T-s diagram, analysis for performance. Comparison of Carnot and
Rankine cycles. Effects of pressure and temperature on Rankine cycle performance. Actual
vapourpower cycles. Ideal and practical regenerative Rankine cycles, open and closed feed water
heaters. Reheat Rankine cycle. Characteristics of an Ideal working fluid in Vapour power cycles,
Binary Vapour cycles
10 Hours
Module –III

Combustion Thermodynamics: Theoretical (Stoichiometric) air for combustion of fuels.


Excess air, mass balance, Exhaust gas analysis, A/F ratio. Energy balance for a chemical
reaction, enthalpy of formation, enthalpy and internal energy of combustion. Combustion
efficiency. Dissociation and equilibrium, emissions.
I.C.Engines: Classification of IC engines, Combustion of SI engine and CI engine, Detonation
and factors affecting detonation, Performance analysis of I.C Engines, heat balance, Morse test,
IC Engine fuels, Ratings and Alternate Fuels. Automotive Pollutions and its effects on
environment.
10 Hours

Module –IV

Refrigeration Cycles:Vapour compression refrigeration system; description, analysis,


refrigerating effect. Capacity, power required, units of refrigeration, COP, Refrigerants and their
desirable properties, alternate Refrigerants. Any one case study on cold storage or industrial
refrigerator. Air cycle refrigeration; reversed Carnot cycle, reversed Brayton cycle,Vapour
absorption refrigeration system. Steam jet refrigeration.

Pscychrometrics and Air-conditioning Systems:Properties ofAtmospheric air, and


Psychometric properties of Air, Psychometric Chart, Analyzing Air-conditioning Processes;
Heating, Cooling, Dehumidification and Humidification, Evaporative Cooling. Adiabatic mixing
of twomoist air streams. Cooling towers.
10 Hours

Module –V

Reciprocating Compressors: Operation of a single stage reciprocating compressors. Work


input through p-v diagram and steady state steady flow analysis. Effect of Clearance and
Volumetric efficiency. Adiabatic, Isothermal and Mechanical efficiencies. Multi-stage
compressor, saving in work, Optimum intermediate pressure, Inter-cooling, Minimum work for
compression.
Steam nozzles: Flow of steam through nozzles, Shape of nozzles, effect of friction, Critical
pressure ratio, Supersaturated flow.
10 Hours

Course outcomes

Students will be able to

• Apply thermodynamic concepts to analyze the performance of gas power cycles


including propulsion systems.
• Evaluate the performance of steam turbine components.
• Understand combustion of fuels and combustion processes in I C engines including
alternate fuels and pollution effect on environment.
• Apply thermodynamic concepts to analyze turbo machines.
• Determine performance parameters of refrigeration and air-conditioning systems.
• Understand the principles and applications of refrigeration systems.
• Analyze air-conditioning processes using the principles of psychrometry and Evaluate
cooling and heating loads in an air-conditioning system.
• Understand the working, applications, relevance of air and identify methods for
performance improvement.

Text Books:
1. Thermodynamics an engineering approach, by Yunus A. Cenegal and Michael A. Boles.
Tata McGraw hill Pub. Sixth edition, 2008.
2. Basic and Applied Thermodynamics” by P .K. Nag, Tata McGraw Hill, 2nd Edi. 2009
3. Fundamentals of Thermodynamics by G.J. Van Wylen and R.E. Sonntag, Wiley Eastern.
Fourth edition 19993.
Reference Books:
1. Thermodynamics for engineers, Kenneth A. Kroos and Merle C. Potter, Cengage Learning,
2016
2. Principles of Engineering Thermodynamics, Michael J,Moran, Howard N. Shapiro, Wiley,
8th Edition
3. An Introduction to Thermo Dynamics byY.V.C.Rao, Wiley Eastern Ltd, 2003.
4. Thermodynamics by Radhakrishnan. PHI, 2nd revised edition.
5. I.C Engines by Ganeshan.V. Tata McGraw Hill, 4rth Edi. 2012.
6. I.C.Engines by M.L.Mathur& Sharma. DhanpatRai& sons- India

E- Learning
• Nptel.ac.in
• VTU, E- learning
• MOOCS
• Open courseware

Scheme of Examination:
Two question to be set from each module. Students have to answer five full questions, choosing
at least one full question from each module.

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