Engineering Thermodynamics
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The official GTU curriculum for Engineering Thermodynamics (subject code DI03019011) as prescribed for Mechatronics · Semester 3 divides the course into 5 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 (DI03019011)Unit 1 Basic Concepts of Thermodynamics
- 1.1 Introduction and applications of Engineering thermodynamics. 1.2 Basic thermodynamic Concepts. 1.3 State
- Boundary and Surroundings. 1.4 Types of Systems and boundaries. 1.5 Energy
- Power and Exergy 1.6 Thermodynamic properties and their units. 1.7 Simple numerical based on above. 1.8 Thermodynamic equilibrium. 1.9 Zeroth law of thermodynamics and its application
Unit 2 First Law of Thermodynamics
- 2.1 Heat and work relation with Joule’s Experiment. 2.2 Law of conservation of energy. 2.3 Statement of the first law of thermodynamics. 2.4 Application of the first law of thermodynamics: - Closed system (Non-flow Processes). - Open system (Flow Processes). 2.5 Definition of the flow process
- control volume and flow work. 2.6 Steady and unsteady flow processes. 2.7 Steady Flow Energy Equations (SFEE) and its applications in Nozzle
- Condenser, and throttling devices. 2.8 Simple numerical examples based on the above
Unit 3 Second Law of Thermodynamics
- 3.1 Limitations of the first law of thermodynamics. 3.2 Concept of heat source
- heat sink
- heat engine
- heat pump
- reversible process and irreversible process. 3.3 Statement of the second law of thermodynamics: - Kelvin Planck Statement - Clausius Statement 3.4 Applications of the second law of thermodynamics. 3.5 Simple numerical on thermal efficiency and Coefficient of Performance (C.O.P.). 3.6 Concept of Entropy and its T-ds equation
- (Without Derivations) 3.7 Statement of the third law of thermodynamics
- Program Name: Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Mechanical Engineering Course / Subject Code: DI03019011 Course / Subject Name : Engineering Thermodynamics
Unit 4 Ideal Gases and Thermodynamic Processes
- 4.1 Concept of Ideal gas. 4.2 Boyle’s law, Charle’s law and Gay-Lussac law for ideal gases. 4.3 Characteristic gas equation and Universal gas constant
- Specific heats of gas and their relationship. 4.4 Thermodynamic Processes
- its representation on P-V (Pressure- Volume) and T-S (Temperature-Entropy) diagram: - Constant Volume Process - Constant Pressure Process - Constant Temperature Process - Adiabatic Process - Polytropic Process - Throttling Process 4.5 Equations of P-V-T relationship
- work transfer
- heat transfer and internal energy of the above processes
- (Without derivations) 4.6 Simple numerical based on the above
Unit 5 Thermodynamic Cycles
- 5.1 Classifications of Thermodynamic cycles 5.2 Carnot cycle and its representation on P-V and T-s diagram. 5.3 Derivation of thermal efficiency of Carnot cycle and simple numerical based on it. 5.4 Concept of air standard efficiency. 5.5 Otto
- dual and Brayton: Representation on P-V & T-s diagram
- Equation of air standard efficiency (Without derivations) and simple examples. 5.6 Representation of Reversed Carnot cycle and Reversed Brayton cycle on P-V and T-s diagram respectively
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