Thermodynamics and Thermal Engineering detailed syllabus for Mechanical & Automation Engineering (MAE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the MAE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Mechanical & Automation Engineering 3rd Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit MAE 3rd Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of thermodynamics and thermal engineering is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
BASICS OF THERMODYNAMICS 9 Systems, Zeroth law, first law. Heat and work transfer in flow and non-flow processes. Second law-Kelvin-Planck and Clausius statement, Concept of Entropy -Clausius inequality, Entropy change in non-flow processes.
Unit II
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Unit III
VAPOUR POWER CYCLES 11 Properties of steam – Rankine cycle – Steam Nozzles Principles of Psychrometry and refrigeration systems- Vapour compression – Vapour absorption – Coefficient of performance, Properties of refrigerants – Basic Principle and types Air conditioning systems.
Unit IV
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Unit V
HEAT TRANSFER 9 Conduction in simple plane, radial and composite walls – Basics of Convective heat transfer -Fundamentals of Radioactive heat transfer – Flow through heat exchangers (LMTD and NTU).
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Nag.P.K. Engineering Thermodynamics, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, Sixth edition, 2017.
- Rathakrishnan. E., Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, McGraw Hill Education; Sixth edition, 2017.
Reference Books:
- Holman.J.P. Heat Transfer, 10th Ed. McGraw-Hill, 2017.
- Mahesh M. Rathore, Thermal Engineering Vol I and II Tata McGraw-Hill Education, 2018
- Venwylen and Sontag, Classical Thermodynamics, Wiley Eastern, 1987
- Arora C.P, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 2013.
- Merala C, Pother, Craig W, Somerton, Thermodynamics for Engineers, Schaum Outline Series, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 2013.
For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Mechanical & Automation Engineering, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit MAE 3rd Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Mechanical & Automation Engineering results, visit Anna University MAE all semester results direct link.