Cryogenics Engineering
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Cryogenics Engineering Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Cryogenics Engineering (subject code 3171919) as prescribed for Mechanical Engineering · Semester 7 divides the course into 3 units, covering 22 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 (3171919)Unit 1 Introduction
- Cryogenic engineering
- Properties of Cryogenic Fluids like Oxygen
- Properties of Cryogenic Materials - mechanical
- thermal, and electrical
- Super conductivity
- Hazards and prevention – physical hazard
- chemical hazard
- physiological hazard and preventions
- Safety in cryogenic fluid handling
- storage and use
Unit 2 Applications of cryogenic systems
- Super conductive devices such as bearings
- tunnel diodes
- space technology
- space simulation
- cryogenics in biology and medicine
- food preservation and industrial applications
- nuclear propulsions
- chemical propulsions
Unit 3 Cryogenic Refrigeration & Liquefaction
- Refrigeration: Ideal isothermal and reversible isobaric source refrigeration cycles
- Joule Thomson system
- cascade or pre-cooled joule–Thomson refrigeration systems, COP, FOM Liquefaction: Introduction
- Principle and Methods of production of low temperature 10 Subject Code: 3171919 w.e.f