PCT-105: General Mechanical Engineering syllabus for PCT 1st Year C20 regulation APSBTET

General Mechanical Engineering detailed syllabus for Diploma in Petrochemical Technology (PCT) for C20 regulation curriculum has been taken from the APSBTET official website and presented for the PCT 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 Diploma in Petrochemical Technology 1st Year scheme and its subjects, do visit PCT 1st Year C20 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of general mechanical engineering is as follows.

Course Objectives

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Course Outcomes:

1. Demonstrate the Introduction/concepts related to mechanical processes
2. Explain the construction & working of mechanical tools & equipment
3. Observe, list and illustrate various mechanical operations
4. Differentiate the working of different tools, equipment and mechanical processes
5. Summarise the uses of various mechanical tools & equipment
6. Solved problems

1. Measuring Instruments

Outside and inside Calipers, spring calipers, Hermaphrodite (odd leg) caliper, Transfer caliper – sizes and uses; Dividers- Sizes and uses; combination square, bevel protractor, universal bevel protractor, sine bar, universal surface gauge, Engineers parallels, slip gauges, feeler gauge, angle gauge blocks, Radius gauge& template gauge, Screw pitch gauge, telescope gauge, plate and wire gauge, ring and plug gauges, snap gauges, specifications and uses. Vernier caliper, vernier height gauges, vernier depth gauge, micrometer -outside & inside, stick micrometer, depth micrometer, vernier micrometer, screw thread micrometer- specification & uses, calculation of least count of the above instruments. Differentiating between measuring and checking instruments.

Fitting Operations
Cutting, Filing, Scraping, thread cutting (Tapping and dieing), drilling and reaming (hand) – marking tools, cutting tools, striking tools, holding devices and miscellaneous tools.

2. Welding

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3. Transmission of Mechanical Power

Methods of Power Transmission

1. Belt drives – types and application, advantages and disadvantages.
2. Gear drives- simple, compound, worm and bevel gears- Merits and demerits.Shaft and shaft couplings
3. Types and uses of shafts (Hollow and solid)-comparison.
4. Types of couplings.
1. Flange
2. Muff
3. Universal.
5. Application of the above couplings.

I.C. Engines
Classification on the basis of

1. Cycle of operation
2. Types of fuel used
3. Methods of ignition
4. Methods of Cooling
5. Speed of engine
6. Arrangement of cylinders.

Four Stroke and Two Strike Cycles (Petrol Engine).

1. Principle and operation of 4-stroke and 2-stroke engine -explanation with neat sketch.
2. Fuel system in S.I engines – Fuel pump – Fuel filter – Air cleaner; Simple carburetor Four stroke and two-stroke diesel engine.
3. Principle of operation, explanation with a neat sketch.
4. components of solid injection system (CI)-fuel feed pump – injection pump -injector – fuel filter.
5. Governing system
1. Quality Governing,
2. Quantity Governing
3. Hit and miss method.
6. Cooling system
7. Scavenging and Super charging importance

4. Boilers

Classification of Boilers

1. Fire-tube
2. Water tube.

Sketch and Description Of:

1. Simple vertical boiler
2. Lancashire boiler
3. Babcock and Wilcoxboiler.

Boiler Mountings: Sketch and Description Of

1. Water level indicator
2. Pressure gauge
3. Safety valve
4. Steam stop valve
5. Feed check valve
6. Blow of cock, Fusible plug.

Boiler Accessories: Sketch and Description Of:

1. Steam Trap and separator
2. Economiser(Greens)
3. Super heater
4. Air-Preheater Draught
5. Natural
6. Artificial – Induced, forced, and balanced.

5. Properties of Steam

Formation of steam under constant pressure, dryness fraction and degree of super heat, Specific volume. Determination of enthalpy, Internal energy, latent heat. Simple direct problems on the above using tables and charts.

6. Steam Turbines

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Reference Books:

1. Workshop Technology, Volume 1 by Raghu Vamsi.
2. Workshop Technology by HazraChowdary.
3. Thermal Engineering by R.S.Kurmi.
4. Heat Engines – Volume I&II by R.C.Patel.
5. Thermal Engineering I & II by Prakirappa

For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Diploma in Petrochemical Technology, C20 regulation curriculum do visit PCT 1st Year subject syllabuses for C20 regulation.

For all Diploma in Petrochemical Technology exam timetable, visit APSBTET PCT all semester exam timetable direct link.