Basic Thermodynamics Syllabus for VTU BE/B.Tech Mechanical Engineering third sem complete syllabus covered here. This will help you understand complete curriculum along with details such as exam marks and duration. The details are as follows.
| Subject Code | 15 ME 33 | IA Marks | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Lecture Hours/Week | 4 | Exam Marks | 80 |
| Total Number of Lecture Hours | 50 | Exam Hours | 3 |
CREDITS – 04
COURSE OBJECTIVES
- Learn about thermodynamic systems and boundaries
- Study the basic laws of thermodynamics including, conservation of mass, conservation of energy or first law , second law and Zeroth law.
- Understand various forms of energy including heat transfer and work
- Identify various types of properties (e.g., extensive and intensive properties)
- Use tables, equations, and charts, in evaluation of thermodynamic properties
- Apply conservation of mass, first law, and second law in thermodynamic analysis of systems (e.g., turbines, pumps, compressors, heat exchangers, etc.)
- Enhance their problem solving skills in thermal engineering
COURSE OUTCOMES
| Course Outcomes | PO’s | Course Level | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CO 1 | Explain thermodynamic systems, properties, Zeroth law of thermodynamics, temperature scales and energy interactions. | PO1 | U |
| CO 2 | Determine heat, work, internal energy, enthalpy for flow & non flow process using First and Second Law of Thermodynamics. | P01, PO2 | Ap |
| CO 3 | Interpret behavior of pure substances and its applications to practical problems. | PO1,PO2 | U |
| CO 4 | Determine change in internal energy, change in enthalpy and change in entropy using TD relations for ideal gases. | PO1,PO2 | Ap |
| CO 5 | Calculate Thermodynamics properties of real gases at all ranges of pressure, temperatures using modified equation of state including Vander Waals equation, Redlich Wong equation and Beattie-Bridgeman equation. | PO1,PO2 | Ap |
| Total Number Lecture hours | 50 |
MODULE 1
Fundamental Concepts & Definitions: Thermodynamic definition and scope, Microscopic and Macroscopic approaches. Some practical applications of engineering thermodynamic Systems, Characteristics of system boundary and control
surface, examples.
Thermodynamic properties; definition and units, intensive , extensive properties, specific properties, pressure, specific volume Thermodynamic state, state point, state diagram, path and process, quasi-static process, cyclic and non-cyclic; processes; Thermodynamic equilibrium; definition, mechanical equilibrium; diathermic wall, thermal equilibrium, chemical equilibrium, Zeroth law of thermodynamics, Temperature; concepts, scales, international fixed points and measurement of temperature. Constant volume gas thermometer, constant pressure gas thermometer, mercury in glass thermometer
Work and Heat: Mechanics, definition of work and its limitations. Thermodynamic definition of work; examples, sign convention. Displacement work; as a part of a system boundary, as a whole of a system boundary, expressions for displacement work in various processes through p-v diagrams. Shaft work; Electrical work. Other types of work. Heat; definition, units and sign convention. Problems [10 Hours]
MODULE 2
First Law of Thermodynamics: Joules experiments, equivalence of heat and work. Statement of the First law of thermodynamics, extension of the First law to non – cyclic processes, energy, energy as a property, modes of energy, Extension of the First law to control volume; steady flow energy equation(SFEE), important applications.
MODULE 3
Reversibility: Definitions of a reversible process, reversible heat engine, importance and superiority of a reversible heat engine and irreversible processes; factors that make a process irreversible, reversible heat engines. Unresisted expansion, remarks on Carnot’s engine, internal and external reversibility, Definition of the thermodynamic temperature scale. Problems
Entropy: Clasius inequality, Statement- proof, Entropy- definition, a property, change of entropy, entropy as a quantitative test for irreversibility, principle of increase in entropy, , calculation of entropy using Tds relations, entropy as a coordinate. [10 Hours]
MODULE 4
Availability, Irreversibility and General Thermodynamic relations. Introduction, Availability (Exergy), Unavailable energy (anergy), Relation between increase in unavailable energy and increase in entropy. Maximum work, maximum useful work for a system and control volume, irreversibility, second law efficiency (effectiveness). Gibbs and Helmholtz functions, Maxwell relations, Clapeyron equation, Joule Thomson coefficient, general relations for change in entropy, enthalpy , internal energy and specific heats.
Pure Substances: P-T and P-V diagrams, triple point and critical points. Sub-cooled liquid, saturated liquid, mixture of saturated liquid and vapor, saturated vapor and superheated vapor states of pure substance with water as example. Enthalpy of change of phase (Latent heat). Dryness fraction (quality), T-S and H-S diagrams, representation of various processes on these diagrams. Steam tables and its use. Throttling calorimeter, separating and throttling calorimeter. [10 Hours]
MODULE 5
Ideal gases: Ideal gas mixtures, Daltons law of partial pressures, Amagat’s law of additive volumes, evaluation of properties of perfect and ideal gases, Air- Water mixtures and related properties, Psychrometric properties, Construction and use of Psychrometric chart. Real gases – Introduction , Air water mixture and related properties, Van-der Waal’s Equation of state, Van-der Waal’s constants in terms of critical properties, Redlich and Kwong equation of state Beattie-Bridgeman equation , Law of corresponding states, compressibility factor; compressibility chart. Difference between Ideal and real gases. [10 Hours]
TEXT BOOKS:
- Basic Engineering Thermodynamics, A.Venkatesh, Universities Press, 2008
- Basic and Applied Thermodynamics, P.K.Nag, 2nd Ed., Tata McGraw Hill Pub. 2002
REFERENCE BOOKS:
- Thermodynamics, An Engineering Approach, Yunus A.Cenegal and Michael A.Boles, Tata McGraw Hill publications, 2002
- Engineering Thermodynamics, J.B.Jones and G.A.Hawkins, John Wiley and Sons..
- Fundamentals of Classical Thermodynamics, G.J.Van Wylen and R.E.Sonntag, Wiley Eastern.
- An Introduction to Thermodynamcis, Y.V.C.Rao, Wiley Eastern, 1993,
- B.K Venkanna, Swati B. Wadavadagi “Basic Thermodynamics, PHI, New Delhi, 2010
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.
For all other BE/B.Tech 3rd Sem Subject syllabus do follow VTU 3rd Sem BE / B.Tech Syllabus CBCS (2015-16) Scheme for Mechanical Engineering Group.
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