Thermal Systems and Energy Efficiency
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Thermal Systems and Energy Efficiency Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Thermal Systems and Energy Efficiency (subject code 4361908) as prescribed for Mechatronics · Semester 6 divides the course into 3 units, covering 14 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 (4361908)Unit 1 Furnaces
- 3.1. General structure of furnace, working of general furnace and its applications.
- 3.2. Factors affecting furnace efficiency.
- 3.3. Performance evaluation of typical heat treatment furnace system (Attached data sheets are allowed in exams). i. Indirect method. ii. Direct Method.
- 3.4. General fuel economy/ Energy efficiency measures in furnace systems.
Unit 2 Heat Exchangers and Air Compressor.
- 4.1. Energy savings measures in general in a heat exchanger
- 4.2. Concept of LMTD and its calculation without derivation for parallel and cross flow type heat exchangers.
- 4.3. Performance evaluation of heat exchangers based on LMTD (Attached data sheets are allowed in exams).
- 4.4. Air compressor: Understanding of free air delivery and energy saving measures in compressed air system
- 4.5. Field testing of compressor by nozzle and by pump up method (Attached data sheets are allowed in exams).
Unit 3 HVAC systems.
- 5.1. Concept of HVAC and refrigeration system.
- 5.2. Energy Performance assessment of HVAC System - Concept of Tons of refrigeration (TR), Net Refrigerating Capacity, kW/ton rating, Coefficient of Performance (COP), Energy Efficiency Ratio (EER) - Calculations of COP, EER & kW/Ton - Heat load evaluation based on enthalpy difference by using psychrometric chart. Simple Numerical on it.
- 5.3. Simple Load calculation for refrigeration/ air conditioning systems such as class room or laboratory or conference/seminar hall, etc. to understand the methods and procedure with the help of data sheet.
- 5.4. Energy efficiency measures in refrigeration/ air conditioning systems.
- 5.5. Energy Performance Assessment of Fans and Blowers - Determination of Fan Pressure, Power Input & Fan Efficiency - Factors affecting the Performance of Fans/Blowers
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