Advanced Thermal Turbo Machineries
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The official GTU curriculum for Advanced Thermal Turbo Machineries (subject code 2742103) as prescribed for M(E · Semester 4 divides the course into 5 units, covering 43 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 (2742103)Unit 1 Fundamentals of Turbo Machines
- Introduction to turbo machines
- fundamental laws and equations
- specific speed
- thermodynamic and dimensional analysis applied to turbo machines
Unit 2 Principles of Turbo Machines
- Transfer of energy to fluids
- performance characteristics with standard curves
- comparison and selection criteria of various turbo machines
Unit 3 Centrifugal & Axial Flow Compressors
- Centrifugal blowers and compressors
- Euler’s characteristics and velocity triangles of centrifugal compressor
- hydraulic efficiency
- analysis of flow through impeller
- diffusers and casing
- pressure recovery
- slip factor
- disc friction
- Stanitz and Stodola formulas
- axial flow fans and compressors
- geometry of axial flow compressor
- velocity diagrams
- vortex and airfoil theory
- stage pressure ratio
- degree of reaction
- stage design
- chocking and stall
- blade twist and design considerations for supersonic flow
Unit 4 Analysis of Axial & Radial Flow Gas Turbines
- Work done
- velocity triangles and efficiencies
- thermodynamic flow analysis
- Zweifels relation
- cascade analysis
- Soderberg– Hawthrone – ainley-correlations
- secondary flow
- blade angles for variable degree of reaction
- stresses in blades
- blade assembling
- materials and cooling of blades
- matching of compressor and turbine
- off-design performance
Unit 5 Testing and control of Turbo Machines
- Performance testing
- noise control
- speed control
- throttling control at discharge and inlet and maintenance of fans
- compressors and turbines
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