Thermodynamics Syllabus for VTU BE/B.Tech Manufacturing Science & 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 | 15MA33 | IA Marks | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Lecture Hours/Week | 03 L + 02 T | Exam Marks | 80 |
| Total Number of Lecture Hours | 52 | Exam Hours | 3 |
CREDITS – 04
COURSE OBJECTIVES : The course intends to:
- Impart fundamental concepts and laws of thermodynamics
- Study PV and TS diagrams for various thermodynamic cycles
- Make students understand entropy changes and write Tds relation.
- Provide knowledge of phase changes in water
- Introduce the concepts of refrigeration, psychrometry and air conditioning system.
COURSE OUTCOMES : After completion of course students are able to
- Apply the laws of thermodynamics in analysis of thermodynamic systems.
- Use PV and TS diagrams for analysis of different thermodynamic processes.
- Evaluate entropy changes
- Calculate enthalpy of water at its different phases
- Calculate the refrigeration and air conditioning loads
COURSE OUTCOMES
UNIT – 1
Fundamental Concepts & Definitions: Thermodynamics definition. Characteristics of system boundary and control surface, examples. Thermodynamic properties – definition and units, intensive and extensive properties. Thermodynamic state, state point, state diagram, path and process, quasi-static process, cyclic and non-cyclic processes; Thermodynamic equilibrium;
Zeroth law of thermodynamics, Temperature; concepts, scales, fixed points and measurements. Work and Heat: Thermodynamic definition of work; examples, sign convention, p-v diagrams. [10 Hours]
UNIT – 2
UNIT – 3
Gas power cycle: 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, Diesel and dual cycles.
Vapour Power Cycles: Carnot vapour power cycles, Simple Rankine cycle, T- S diagram, comparison of Carnot and Rankine cycles. [10 Hours]
UNIT – 4
Entropy: Clasius inequality; Statement, proof, application to a reversible cycle. Entropy; definition, a property, change of entropy, principle of increase in entropy, calculation of entropy using Tds relations.
Pure Substances: P-T and P-V diagrams, triple point and critical points. Subcooled liquid, saturated liquid, mixture of saturated liquid and vapour, saturated vapour and superheated vapour states of pure substance with water as example. Enthalpy of change of phase (Latent heat). Dryness fraction (quality), Steam tables and its use. [10 Hours]
UNIT – 5
Refrigeration: Vapour compression refrigeration system ; description, analysis, refrigerating effect, capacity , power required, units of refrigeration, COP , Refrigerants and their desirable properties. Air cycle refrigeration; reversed Carnot cycle, reversed Brayton cycle, Vapour absorption refrigeration system. Calculation of refrigeration load with examples.
Psychometry: Atmospheric air and psychometric properties; Dry bulb temperature, wet bulb temperature, dew point temperature; partial pressures, specific and relative humidities. Construction and use of psychometric chart . Analysis of various processes; heating, cooling , dehumidifying and humidifying. Summer and winter air conditioning. Calculation of air
conditioning load with examples. [10 Hours]
TEXT BOOKS:
- Basic and Applied Thermodynamics, P.K.Nag, 2nd Ed., Tata McGraw Hill Pub. 2002
- Applied Thermodynamics, Rajput, Laxmi Publication
- Fundamentals of Classical Thermodynamics, G.J.Van Wylen and R.E.Sonntag, Wiley Eastern.
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.
- An Introduction to Thermodynamcis, Y.V.C.Rao, Wiley Eastern, 1993,
- B.K Venkanna, Swati B. Wadavadagi “Basic Thermodynamics, PHI, New Delhi, 2010
Data Hand Book:
- Thermodynamic data hand book, B.T. Nijaguna.
- Properties of Refrigerant & Psychometric (tables & Charts in SI Units), Dr. S.S. Banwait, Dr. S.C. Laroiya, Birla Pub. Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, 2008
For all other BE/B.Tech 3rd Sem Subject syllabus do follow VTU 3rd Sem BE / B.Tech Syllabus CBCS (2015-16) Scheme for Manufacturing Science & Engineering Group.
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