Unit 1 INTRODUCTION

5 lecture hours

• The scope of thermodynamics
• Dimensions and units
• Measures of amount or size
• heat, etc

Unit 2 THE FIRST LAW AND OTHER BASIC CONCEPTS

8 lecture hours

• Internal Energy
• The first law of thermodynamics
• Energy balance for closed systems
• Equilibrium state
• The Phase rule
• The reversible process
• Constant volume and constant pressure processes
• Heat capacity
• Application of first law of thermodynamics to steady state flow process
• Mass and energy balance for open systems

Unit 3 VOLUMETRIC PROPERTIES OF PURE FLUIDS

10 lecture hours

• PVT behavior of pure substances
• Ideal and non-ideal gases
• Equation of states
• Vanderwaals EOS etc.
• Calculation of constants in terms of Pc, Tc, Vc etc

Unit 4 HEAT EFFECTS

8 lecture hours

• Sensible heat effects
• Temperature dependence of the heat capacity
• Latent heats of pure substances
• Approximate methods for the estimation of the latent heat of vapourization
• Standard heat of reaction
• Standard heat of formation
• Standard heat of combustion

Unit 5 SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

• Statements of second law of thermodynamics
• Heat engines
• Concept of entropy
• Introduction to third law 9 of thermodynamics

Unit 6 THERMODYNAMICS PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS

6 lecture hours

• The fundamental property relations for homogeneous phases
• Maxwell’s equations
• Mathematical relations among thermodynamic properties
• Thermodynamic diagrams

Unit 7 REFRIGERATION

8 lecture hours

• Carnot refrigerator
• Vapour compression cycle
• Absorption refrigeration
• Choice of refrigerant
• Heat pump