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Thermodynamics and Heat Engines

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Thermodynamics and Heat Engines Syllabus — Unit-wise Content

The official GTU curriculum for Thermodynamics and Heat Engines (subject code 3336304) as prescribed for AE · Semester 3 divides the course into 6 units, covering 29 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.

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Unit 1 BASIC OF THERMODYNAMICS 1a.Explain common terms related to thermodynamic system.

  • 1.2. Thermodynamic systems- concept, types, properties of system 1b.Describe the properties of system, form of energy, work and heat.
  • 1.3. Thermodynamics process, point function, path function,
  • 1.4. Concept of temperature, pressure, volume, energy, heat, work and power- types properties & their units

Unit 2 LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS 2a.Describe various laws of thermodynamic to different situation.

  • 2.1. Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
  • 2.2. First Law of Thermodynamics, its limitations & Application to flow processes. (No numerical)
  • 2.3. Energy equation & its application to: i. Non flow process. ii. Open system. iii. Steady flow (Steady flow energy equation –SFEE) 2b.Second law of thermodynamics
  • 2.4. Second la w of Thermodynamics
  • 2.5. Kelvin Planck & Clausius statements,
  • 2.6. Concept, importance of entropy.
  • 2.7. Concept of reversibility

Unit 3 IDEAL GASES AND THERMODYNAMIC PROCESSES 3a.Explain ideal gas laws and thermodynamic processes.

  • 3.1. Ideal gas laws and equation
  • 3.2. Specific heat of ideal gas
  • 3.3. Various thermodynamic processes like constant pressure, constant volume, constant temperature etc.
  • 3.4. Equations for P-V& T-S relationship, work transfer, heat transfer internal energy (without derivations). Thermodynamics and Heat engines Course Code: 3336304 GTU/ 15-16 Gujarat State 3 Unit Major Learning Outcomes Sub-topics

Unit 4 TWO PHASE SYSTEM

  • 4.1. Concept of pure substance, its phase
  • 4.2. Formation of steam, its critical point, triple point, definition and representation of wet steam, dry steam, saturated steam and superheated steam on PV, T-s and H- s diagram.
  • 4.3. Concept, definition and determination of dryness fraction
  • 4.4. Concept, definition and determination of latent heat, sensible heat, enthalpy, entropy and specific volume of steam
  • 4.5. Use of Steam tables and Mollier chart- (Heat Entropy Chart).
  • 4.6. Methods of measurement of steam quality, Calorimeters- Bucket, Separating, Throttling and Combined calorimeters. (No numerical Problems).

Unit 5 STEAM GENERATION 5a.Explain the working of boilers, mountings and accessories.

  • 6.1. Steam boiler-concept, definition as per Indian Boilers Regulation (IBR), functions, features and classification.
  • 2.2. Working, merits and demerits of following low pressure steam boilers: . i. Cochran boiler. ii. Lancashire boiler. . iii. Babcock and Wilcox water tube boiler. vi. Locomotive boiler.
  • 2.3. Boiler mountings and accessories- functions, working and location on boilers. 5b.Working fluid of Thermal power plant and Rankine cycle
  • 2.4. Desirable properties of working fluid used for power plants.
  • 2.5. Rankine cycle. Expansive and non expansive working. 2.6Saturation curve and missing quantity, governing. Thermodynamics and Heat engines Course Code: 3336304 GTU/ 15-16 Gujarat State 4 Unit Major Learning Outcomes Sub-topics

Unit 6 HEAT ENGINES 6a.Describe operation of Thermodynamic cycles and their importance

  • 6.1. Concept of Heat engine, type, classification
  • 6.2. Different air standard cycles and their Importance- Carnot cycle, Otto cycle, Diesel cycle, Dual cycle. 6b.Calculate work done and efficiency of different thermodynamic cycles for a given
  • 6.3. Determine work done and efficiency of above cycles. 6.4Applications of different thermodynamic cycles (I C Engine )
  • 6.5. Performance testing of IC engines IP,BP , Efficiency calculation and its heat balance sheet, (Simple numerical examples) with familiarization with testing as per BIS.

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