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1336404
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Credits: 4
Semester 3
RE
Fundamental of Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
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Fundamental of Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Fundamental of Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer (subject code 1336404) as prescribed for RE · Semester 3 divides the course into 6 units, covering 60 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 (1336404)Unit 1 Fundamentals of Thermodynamics
- 1.1. Introduction and applications of Engineering thermodynamics.
- 1.2. Basic thermodynamic Concepts. (a) State, System, Boundary and Surroundings. (b) Types of Systems and boundaries with examples. (c) Thermodynamic properties, theirunits and classifications. (d) Energy, Heat, Work, Power and its simple numerical. levels) Topics and Sub-topics (e) Thermodynamic equilibrium. (f) Thermodynamic Process and Cycle.
- 1.3. Zeroth law of thermodynamics and Its application. Fundamental of Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Course Code: 1336404 Page 3 of11
Unit 2 First Law of Thermodynamics
- 2.1. Statement of the first law of thermodynamics. (a) Law of conservation of energy. (b) Heat and work relation with Joule’s Experiment.
- 2.2. Application of the first law of thermodynamics: a) Open system (Flow Processes). b) Closed system (Non-flow Processes). c) Definition of the flow process, control volume and flow work. d) Steady and unsteady flow processes. e) Steady Flow Energy Equations (SFEE) and its applications in Nozzle, Diffuser, Boiler, Turbine, Compressor, Condenser, and t
- 2.3. Simple numerical examples based on the above.
- 2.4. Identify the applications of First law of thermodynamics for green environment.
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, refrigerator and simple numerical on thermal efficiency and COP (Coefficient of Performance) respectively.
- 3.3. Statement of the second law of thermodynamics: a) Kelvin Planck Statement b) Clausius Statement
- 3.4. Applications of the second law of thermodynamics. Also identify its applications for green environment. Fundamental of Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Course Code: 1336404 Page 4 of11 levels) Topics and Sub-topics
- 3.5. Concept of reversibility and irreversibility. List of irreversibility only.
- 3.6. Definition of Entropy and its T-ds equation. (Without Derivations)
- 3.7. Statement of the third law of thermodynamics.
Unit 4 Ideal Gases and Thermodynamic Processes
- 4.1. Concept of Ideal gas. Boyle’s law, Charle’s law and Gay-Lussac law for ideal gases.
- 4.2. Thermodynamic Processes, its representation on P-V (Pressure- Volume) and T-S (Temperature-Entropy) diagram: a) Constant Volume Process b) Constant Pressure Process c) Constant Temperature Process d) Adiabatic Process e) Polytropic Process f) Throttling Process
- 4.3. Equations of P-V-T relationship, work transfer, heat transfer and internal energy of the above processes. (Without derivations)
- 4.4. Simple numerical based on the above.
Unit 5 Thermodynamic Cycles
- 5.1. Classifications of thermodynamic cycle.
- 5.2. Carnot cycle and its representation on P-v and T-s diagram.
- 5.3. Thermal efficiency of Carnot cycle and its simple numerical (without derivation).
- 5.4. Concept of air standard efficiency.
- 5.4. Otto, Diesel, Dual and Brayton cycle (Without derivation) representation on P-v & T-s diagram. Equation of air standard efficiency and simple examples.
- 5.6. Representation of Reversed Carnot cycle and Reversed Brayton cycle on P-V and T-s diagram respectively. Fundamental of Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Course Code: 1336404 Page 5 of11 levels) Topics and Sub-topics
Unit 6 Heat Transfer
- 5.1. Concept of conduction, convection, and radiation.
- 5.2. Heat exchanger: a) Concept, classification, and application b) Logarithmic Mean Temperature Difference (LMTD) (No derivation)
- 5.3. Simple numerical examples. a. SUGGESTED SPECIFICATION TABLE FOR QUESTION PAPER DESIGN Unit No. Unit Title Teaching Hours Distribution of Theory Marks R Level U Level A Level Total Marks I Basic Concepts of Thermodynamics 04 05 04 03 10 II First Law of Thermodynamics 06 04 05 06 12 III Second Law of Thermodynamics 06 02 03 03 10 IV Ideal Gases and Thermodynamic Processes 10 03 04 05 14 V Thermodynamic Cycles 10 03 04 05 14 VI Heat Transfer 06 02 04 05 10 Total 42 19 24 27 70 Legends: R=Remember, U=Understand, A=Apply and above (Revised Bloom’s taxonomy) Note: This specification table gives general guidelines to assist students in their learning, and to the teachers, for question paper design and teaching methodology to formulate test items/questions to assess the attainment of the UOs. The actual distribution of marks at different taxonomy levels (of R, U, and A) in the question paper may slightly vary from the above table. b. SUGGESTED PRACTICAL EXERCISES Sr. No. Practical Outcomes (PrOs) Unit No. Approx. Hrs. Required
- 01. Take any thermal Device/system available in the Institute and identify it based on Types of System (b) Types of Boundary. I 02
- 02. Identify and list real situations working on Zeroth law of thermodynamics. I 02
- 03. Identify and list real situations working on First law of thermodynamics. II 02
- 04. Identify and list real situations working on Second law of thermodynamics. III 02
- 05. Plot P-V, T-S diagram of Otto, Diesel, Dual cycles. Tabulate the main points of differences among them. V 04 Fundamental of Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Course Code: 1336404 Page 6 of11
- 06. Determine the overall heat transfer coefficient and LMTD of a heat exchanger. VI 04
- 07. Prepare chart on : (1) Heat Excanger (2) Types of process, (3) Types of thermodynamic cycles, etc. IV,V,VI 04
- 08. List out the thermodynamic laws/concepts used in the Solar system. Also, Prepare technical specifications of solar rooftop at your home or nearby areas. I, IV 02
- 09. Collect/ download product catalogs with the specification of various types of Air Compressors/I.C.Engines /Refrigerators/Solar Water Heaters/Solar Power Generation/Solar Cooker, etc. used in daily life. V, VI 04
- 10. Prepare specification of some Thermal devices / systems available in the Institute / Surrounding. I, V, VI 02 Total (Hours) -- 28 Note: I. More Practical Exercises can be designed and offered by the concerned course teacher to develop the industry-relevant skills/outcomes to match the COs. The above table is only a representative list. II. Care must be taken in assigning and assessing the study report as it is a Second-year study report. The study report, data collection, and analysis report must be assigned to a group.A teacher has to discuss the type of data (which and why) before the group starts their market survey. The following are some sample 'Process' and 'Product' related skills (more may be added/deleted depending on the course) that occur in the above-listed Practical Exercises of this course required, which are embedded in the COs and, ultimately, the competency. Sr. No. Sample Performance Indicators for the PrOs Weightage in % For Demonstration type PrOs (PrOs Number: 2, 3, 5, 6 & 8)
- 2. Quality of Report 30
- 4. Punctuality 20 Total 100 Experimentation/performance type PrOs (PrOs Number: 1, 4, 7, 9 & 10)
- 2. Procedure follows 15
- 3. Observation Skill 20
- 5. Quality of Report 20
- 6. Punctuality 15 Total 100 Fundamental of Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Course Code: 1336404 Page 7 of11 Sample rubrics Performance Indicators for the PrOs Demonstration type PrOs (PrOs Number: 2, 3, 5, 6 & 8) Criteria % 10 9-8 7-6 5 Knowledge 30% Students give the correct answers 90% or more. Student give the correct answers between 70- 89%. Student give the correct answers between 50- 69%. Student give the correct answers less than 50%. Quality of Report 30% Neat Handwritin g, figure, and table. Complete labeling of figure and table. Only formatting is improper (Location of figures/tables, use of pencil and scale). A few required elements (labeling/ notations) are missing. Several elements are missing (content in paragraph, labels, figures, tables). Participation 25% Excellent focused attention in the exercise. Moderately focused attention on exercise. Focused limited attention in the exercise. Participation is minimum. Punctuality 15% Timely Submission. Submission late by one laboratory. Submission late by two laboratories. Submission late by more than two laboratories. Experimentation/performance type PrOs (PrOs number: 1, 4, 7, 9 & 10) Criteria % 10 9-8 7-6 5 Knowledge 20% Student give the correct answers 90% or more. Student give the correct answers between 70- 89%. Student give the correct answers between 50- 69%. Student givethe correct answers lessthan 50%. Procedure follows 15% Students follow all the procedures with precaution in a logical order. Students follow all the procedures with some precautions in a logical order. Students follow all the procedures without precaution in a logical order. Students follow all the procedures without precaution in an illogical order. Fundamental of Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Course Code: 1336404 Page 8 of11 Observation Skill 20% Excellent focused attention in the exercise. Moderately focused attention on exercise. Focused limited attention in the exercise. Participation is minimum. Analysis 10% Student understand the data and analyze correctly the obtained test results. Student understand most of the data and analyze the obtained test results with help or support. Student need help to understand some of the data and also in analyzing the obtained test results. Student always need help to understand the data and alsoin analyzing the obtained test results. Quality of Report 20% Neat Handwriting, figure, and table. Complete labeling of figure and table. Only formatting is improper (Location of figures/tables, use of pencil and scale). A few required elements (labeling/ notations) are missing. Several elements are missing (content in paragraph, labels, figures, tables). Punctuality 15% Timely Submission. Submission late by one laboratory. Submission late by two laboratories. Submission late by more than two laboratories. c. SUGGESTED SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES (IF ANY) These are sample strategies that the course teacher can use to accelerate the attainment of the various outcomes in this course. Unit Unit Title Strategies I Basic Concepts of Thermodynamics Real-life examples. Demonstration ofrealsystems. Movies/Animations. Numericals, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). II Ideal Gases and Thermodynamic Processes III First Law of Thermodynamics IV Second Law of Thermodynamics V Thermodynamic Cycles VI Heat Transfer d. SUGGESTED MICRO-PROJECTS Only one micro-project is planned to be undertaken by a student that needs to be assigned to them during the semester. The teacher can assign any activity suggested in section 7 of “SUGGESTED STUDENT ACTIVITIES” according to their convenience. While designing the micro-project, it should be kept in mind that it encompasses most of the COs.It should be Fundamental of Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Course Code: 1336404 Page 9 of11 the application of the theoretical knowledge into some practical aspect. e. SUGGESTED LEARNING RESOURCES Sr. No. TitleofBooks Author Publication& ISBN
- 1. Engineering Thermodynamics Yunus A. Cengel Tata McGraw Hill 975-1-25-906256-8
- 2. Thermodynamics R.Yadav CPH ISBN-13: 9788185444031
- 3. Thermodynamics for Engineers M.L.Mathur Dhanpatrai & sons 81-200-0029-3
- 4. Heat Engines C.S.Shah& N.C.Pandya Charotar Publi.House 81-85594-49-X
- 5. Elements of Heat Engines Vol.I&II R.C.Patel AcharyaBookDepot
- 6. Thermodynamics SAAD Prentice-Hall
- 7. EngineeringThermodynamics- 2ndEdition P.K. Nag Mc-GrawHillEducation 978-0-07-026062-7
- 8. Applied Thermodynamics R.C.Patel Acharya Book Depot
- 9. Thermodynamics Gupta Pearson 9788131717950
- 10. Thermodynamics J. P. Holman Tata Mc Graw-Hill
- 11. Heat and Mass Transfer D. S. Kumar S K Kataria & Sons
- 12. Heat and Mass Transfer R. K. Rajput S. Chand & Co. f. SOFTWARE / LEARNING WEBSITES Sr. No. Software/Website address Topic covered
- 1. CALPHAD software Thermodynamic modeling
- 2. https://lawofthermodynamicsinfo.com/what-is- thermodynamic-system/ Basic of thermodynamics
- 3. https://thermo.pressbooks.com/chapter/chapter-4/ Problems based on first law of thermodynamics
- 4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmhXb-miAhw Thermodynamic cycles
- 5. https://nptel.ac.in/courses/112/105/112105123/ All units
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