JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Pre-requisite

Engineering Chemistry and Physics

Course Objective

To understand the treatment of classical Thermodynamics and to apply

the First and Second laws of Thermodynamics to engineering applications

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, the student should be able to:

• Understand and differentiate between different thermodynamic systems and processes
• Understand and apply the laws of Thermodynamics to different types of systems undergoing various processes
• Understand and analyze the Thermodynamic cycles

UNIT - I

Introduction: Basic Concepts: System, Control Volume, Surrounding, Boundaries, Universe, Types of Systems, Macroscopic and Microscopic viewpoints, Concept of Continuum, Thermodynamic Equilibrium, State, Property, Process, Exact & Inexact Differentials, Cycle, Reversibility – Quasi – static Process, Irreversible Process, Causes of Irreversibility

UNIT - II

Types, Displacement & Other forms of Work, Heat, Point and Path functions, Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics – Concept of Temperature – Principles of Thermometry – Reference Points – Const. Volume gas Thermometer – Scales of Temperature, Ideal Gas Scale

UNIT - III

First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics: First Law: Cycle and Process, Specific Heats (cp and cv), Heat interactions in a Closed System for various processes, Limitations of First Law, Concept of Heat Engine (H.E.) and Reversed H.E. (Heat Pump and Refrigerator), Efficiency/COP, Second Law: Kelvin-Planck and Clausius Statements, Carnot Cycle, Carnot Efficiency, Statement of Clausius Inequality, Property of Entropy, T-S and P-V Diagrams

UNIT - IV

Mixtures of perfect Gases – Mole Fraction, Mass friction Gravimetric and volumetric Analysis – Dalton’s Law of partial pressure, Avogadro’s Laws of additive volumes – Mole fraction , Volume fraction and partial pressure, Equivalent Gas const.

R16 B.TECH AERONAUTICAL ENGG.

Atmospheric air - Psychrometric Properties – Dry bulb Temperature, Wet Bulb Temperature, Dew point Temperature, , Specific Humidity, Relative Humidity, saturated Air, Vapour pressure, Degree of saturation – Adiabatic Saturation ,Psychrometric chart.

UNIT - V

Power Cycles: Otto, Diesel cycles - Description and representation on P–V and T-S diagram, Thermal Efficiency, Mean Effective Pressures on Air standard basis Refrigeration Cycles: Bell-Coleman cycle, Vapour compression cycle-performance Evaluation.

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Basic Engineering Thermodynamics / PK Nag / Mc Graw Hill
• 2. Engineering Thermodynamics / chattopadhyay/ Oxford

REFERENCE BOOKS:

• 1. Thermodynamics for Engineers / Kenneth A. Kroos , Merle C. Potter/ Cengage
• 2. Thermodynamics /G.C. Gupta /Pearson R16 B.TECH AERONAUTICAL ENGG. B.TECH. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING