JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

MT304PC: THERMAL SCIENCE

B.Tech II Year I Semester (R18)

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, Cycle – Reversibility – Quasi – static Process, Irreversible Process Work and Heat, Point and Path function.

UNIT - II

Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics: Concept of quality of Temperature – Principles of Thermometry –

Reference Points – Const. Volume gas Thermometer – Scales of Temperature, Ideal Gas Scale – PMM

I - Joule’s Experiments – First law of Thermodynamics – Corollaries – First law applied to a Process – applied to a flow system – Steady Flow Energy Equation. Limitations of the First Law.

UNIT - III

Second Law of Thermodynamics: Kelvin-Planck and Clausius Statements and their Equivalence / Corollaries, PMM of Second kind, Carnot’s principle, Carnot cycle and its specialties, Thermodynamic scale of Temperature, Clausius Inequality, Entropy, Principle of Entropy Increase – Energy Equation, Statement of Third Law of Thermodynamics.

UNIT - IV

Power Cycles: Otto, Diesel, Dual Combustion cycles, – Description, and representation on P–V and T-S diagram, Thermal Efficiency, Mean Effective Pressures on Air standard basis – comparison with Ideal and Actual Cycles. Determination of friction power, calculation of IP, BP, FP and Break thermal efficiency, Indicated thermal efficiency, Volumetric efficiency, heat balance.

UNIT - V

I.C. Engines: Classification – Two & Four Stroke Engines, Working principles, Valve and Port Timing Diagrams, - Types Engine arrangement systems. Fuels used, Modes of fuel Admission to engine cylinder, carburetor, Fuel Injector, Ignition, Cooling and Lubrication systems, Introduction to boiler and its types, introduction to compressors.

TEXT BOOKS:

  • 1. Thermal Engineering / Rajput / Lakshmi Publications
  • 2. Engineering Thermodynamics – P. K Nag, TMH
  • 3. I.C. Engines – V. Ganesan, TMH
  • 4. Thermal Sciences – Merle C. Potter, Elaine P. Scott, Cengage Learning

REFERENCE BOOKS:

  • 1. Engineering Thermodynamics – Jones & Dugan
  • 2. Thermodynamics – An Engineering Approach – Yunus Cengel & Boles /TMH
  • 3. Thermodynamics – J. P. Holman / Mc Graw Hill
  • 4. An introduction to Thermodynamics / YVC Rao / University Press R18 B.TECH MECHATRONICS

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