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Fundamental of Thermodynamics BAE301

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Official AKTU syllabus of Fundamental of Thermodynamics (BAE301) for B.Tech 2nd Year – 4 credits, L-T-P 3-1-0. Read the unit-wise course content, course outcomes, evaluation pattern and recommended books online, or download the PDF.

Syllabus — Fundamental of Thermodynamics

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BAE301 · 4 credits · L-T-P 3-1-0

Course Outcomes

Course Outcomes: After completion of this course, the students will be able toBloom’s Taxonomy
CO1Understand the systems and control volume in situations involving heat and work interactions and changes in thermodynamic properties of substances.K2
CO2Understand the thermodynamic laws and evaluate the performance of energy conversion devices.K3
CO3Apply the laws of thermodynamic, entropy and available and unavailable energy in real life application.K3
CO4Understand the differences between high-grade and low-grade energies and changes in thermodynamic properties of substances.K2
CO5Understand the construction and working of boilers and condensers and evaluate the boiler parameters.K3

UNIT-I (08 Hours)

Fundamental Concepts and Definitions: Introduction and basic concepts: system, control volume, surrounding, boundaries, universe, types of systems, macroscopic and microscopic viewpoints, concept of continuum, thermodynamic equilibrium, state, property, process, exact & inexact differentials, cycle reversibility quasi-static process, irreversible process, causes of irreversibility, energy and its forms, work and heat (sign convention), Helmholtz & Gibb’s function.

UNIT-II (08 Hours)

Zeroth law of thermodynamics: Concept of temperature scales and its measurements.

First law of thermodynamics: Thermodynamic definition of work, displacement work and flow work, displacement work for various non-flow processes, Joule’s experiment, first law analysis for closed system (non-flow processes), internal energy and enthalpy, limitations of first law of thermodynamics, PMM-1 and its applications, steady flow systems and their analysis, steady flow energy equation, boilers, condensers, turbine, throttling process, pumps.

UNIT–III (10 Hours) Second law of thermodynamics: Thermal reservoirs, energy conversion, heat engines, efficiency, reversed heat engine, heat pump, refrigerator, coefficient of performance, Kelvin-Plank and Clausius statements and their equivalence, Carnot’s theorem, Carnot cycle and Carnot engine, PMM-2.

Entropy: Clausius inequality, concept of entropy, entropy change of pure substance in different thermodynamic processes, T-ds equation, principle of entropy increase, T-s diagram, statement of the third law of thermodynamics, available and unavailable energy, availability and irreversibility, second law efficiency.

UNIT–IV (08 Hours) Properties of steam: Property of pure substance (steam), triple point, critical point, saturation states, sub-cooled liquid state & superheated vapor state, phase transformation process of water, p-T & p-v diagrams, T-s and h-s diagrams, use of property diagram, dryness factor and its measurement, processes involving steam in closed and open systems.

Rankine cycle: Principle of Rankine cycle, working, application and limitations of Rankine cycle.

UNIT–V (08 Hours) Boilers: Classifications and working of boilers, air pre-heater, feed water heater, super heater. boiler efficiency, equivalent evaporation, boiler trial and heat balance.

Draught and its calculations: Working principle of draught, types of draught, evaluation of draught height, diameter and other parameters.

Condenser: Working principle, classification, performance and other parameters of condenser.

Reference Books

  1. Engineering Thermodynamics by P.K.Nag, TMH
  2. Thermodynamics-An Engineering Approach by Cengel & Boles, TMH.
  3. Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics by Rathakrishnan, PHI.
  4. Engineering Thermodynamics by Dhar, Elsevier.
  5. Engineering Thermodynamics by Onkar Singh, New Age International.
  6. Engineering Thermodynamics by R.K. Rajput, S. Chand Publications.
  7. Engineering Thermodynamics by C.P. Arora.
  8. Engineering Thermodynamics by Rogers and Mayhew, Pearson.

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