Engineering Thermodynamics
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The official GTU curriculum for Engineering Thermodynamics (subject code BE03000201) as prescribed for Auto · Semester 3 divides the course into 4 units, covering 52 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (BE03000201)Unit 1 Basic Concepts
- Microscopic and macroscopic point of view
- thermodynamic system and control volume
- thermodynamic properties
- state of a substance
- process and cycle
- thermodynamic equilibrium
- concept of continuum
- quasi- static process
- zeroth Law of thermodynamics
- temperature scales
Unit 2 First law of thermodynamics
- First law for a closed system undergoing a cycle and change of state
- first law of thermodynamics for steady flow process
- steady flow energy equation applied to nozzle
- heat exchanger and throttling process
- filling and emptying process Second law of thermodynamics: Limitations of first law of thermodynamics
- Kelvin-Planck and Clausius statements and their equivalence
- causes of irreversibility
- Carnot theorem
- corollary of Carnot theorem
- thermodynamic temperature scale
Unit 3 Entropy
- Clausius theorem
- property of entropy
- Clausius inequality
- entropy change in an irreversible process
- principle of increase of entropy
- entropy change for non-flow and flow processes Exergy: Exergy of a heat input in a cycle
- exergy destruction in heat transfer process
- exergy of finite heat capacity body
- exergy of closed and steady flow system
- Gouy-Stodola theorem and its applications
Unit 4 Vapor Power cycles
- Carnot vapor cycle
- Rankine cycle
- comparison of Carnot and Rankine cycle
- cycle analysis using steam tables and Mollier diagram
- variables affecting efficiency of Rankine cycle
- reheat cycle
- regenerative cycle
- reheat-regenerative cycle
- feed water heaters Gas Power cycles: Dual cycle
- its air standard efficiency
- mean effective pressure
- Comparison of Otto
- Diesel and Dual cycles
- simple Brayton cycle
- open and closed cycle
- actual Brayton cycle
- optimum pressure ratio for maximum thermal efficiency and work output
- work ratio
- air rate
- effect of operating variables on the thermal efficiency and work output
- Brayton cycle with regeneration
- reheating and intercooling