ME215 BASIC THERMODYNAMICS

Lectures: 4 Periods/Week, 1 Tutorial Sessional Marks: 30
University Exam: 3 Hours University Examination Marks: 70


UNIT-I(15 Periods)
FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS: Introduction, Macroscopic and microscopic points of view, Thermodynamic system and control volume, Perfect gases, properties and state of a substance, Thermodynamic equilibrium and Quasi-static Process, thermodynamic path, reversible and irreversible processes, factors that render a process irreversible, cycle, Zeroth law of thermodynamics, concept of temperature.
WORK AND HEAT: Definitions and units, Work done at the moving boundary of a system, work done in various non-flow processes comparison of heat and work.

UNIT-II(15 Periods)
FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS FOR NON-FLOW SYSTEMS: First law for a system undergoing a cycle and for a change in state of system, internal energy and enthalpy, constant volume and constant pressure specific heats and their relation to internal energy and enthalpy of ideal gases.
FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS FOR FLOW SYSTEMS: Control mass and control volume, first law of thermodynamics for a control volume, Steady flow energy equation and its application to engineering equipment.

UNIT-III(15 Periods)
SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS: Limitations of first law, PMM of first kind, Heat engines and Refrigerators, Statements of Second law, PMM of second kind, Carnot cycle and Carnot theorems, Thermodynamic temperature scale.
ENTROPY: Inequality of Classius, Entropy change in reversible process, T-ds relations, Entropy change of a system during an irreversible process, Principle of increase of entropy, Applications, Entropy change of an ideal gas, Availability, Maximum work.

UNIT-IV(15 Periods)
GAS POWER CYCLES: Air standard Carnot cycle, Otto cycle, Diesel cycle, Dual Combustion cycle and Brayton cycle, Air standard efficiency and MEP.
PURE SUBSTANCE: Definition, process of steam generation, P-v, T-s and h-s diagrams, properties of saturated and superheated steam, Use of Steam Tables, Mollier chart.

Text Books

  1. Engineering Thermodynamics- P.K.Nag, TMH, New Delhi.
  2. Thermal Science and Engineering- D.S.kumar, S.K.Kataria publ, New Delhi.
  3. Thermodynamics—Rajput, Laxmi Publ, New Delhi.
Reference Books
  1. Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics-Rathakrishnan-PHI, New Delhi.
  2. Thermodynamics -- J.P.Holman, MGH, New York.
  3. Engineering Thermodynamics—Cengel & Boles, TMH
Note: Use of Steam Tables is permitted in University Examinations.