Applied Thermodynamics
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Applied Thermodynamics Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Applied Thermodynamics (subject code 3161910) as prescribed for Mechanical Engineering · Semester 6 divides the course into 5 units, covering 44 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 (3161910)Unit 1 Properties of gases and gas mixtures
- Avogadro’s law, equation of state
- Vander Waal’s equation
- reduced properties
- law of corresponding states
- compressibility chart
- internal energy
- enthalpy and specific heat of a gas mixtures
Unit 2 Psychrometry
- Dalton’s law of partial pressure
- Properties of moist air, temperature and humidity measuring instruments
- psychrometric chart
- psychrometric processes such as sensible heating and cooling
- heating and humidification cooling and dehumidification
- chemical dehumidification
- adiabatic saturation
Unit 3 Refrigerant and Refrigeration cycles
- nomenclature and desirable properties of refrigerant
- secondary refrigerants
- ODP and GWP, Compound compression with intercooler
- flash gas removal and flash intercooler
- Desirable characteristics of refrigerant absorbent pair for vapor absorption cycle
- Simple H2O -NH3 cycle
- LiBr2 – H2O cycle and its working
Unit 4 Fuel Air and Actual Cycles
- Assumptions for fuel–air cycles
- reasons for variation of specific heats of gases
- change of internal energy and enthalpy during a process with variable specific heats
- isentropic expansion with variable specific heats
- effect of variable specific heats on Otto
- Diesel and Dual cycle
- comparison of air standard and fuel air cycles
- effect of operating variables
- comparison of air standard and actual cycles
- effect of time loss
- heat loss and exhaust loss in petrol and diesel engines
Unit 5 IC engine performance and Emissions
- Measurement of indicated power
- brake power
- friction power
- fuel consumption and emission
- calculation of brake thermal efficiency
- brake power and brake specific fuel consumption
- variable compression ratio engines
- heat balance sheet
- principal engine emissions
- source of engine emissions
- emission measurement instruments like five gas analyzer and smoke meter
- Euro and Bharat standards of emissions of 10 Subject Code: 3161910 w.e.f
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