COURSE OUTCOMES

At the end of the course the students will have the ability to:

• Outline various laws of thermodynamics and interpret the gas laws.
• Acquire knowledge on various thermodynamic processes and estimate different properties.
• Classify fuels used, and describe experimental procedure to determine their calorific value
• Analyze different air standard cycles and compare them.
• Elaborate principle of working of IC engines.
• Explain different systems used in IC engines and evaluate the performance of IC engines.

COURSE CONTENT
Unit 1 : Fundamentals of Thermodynamics and perfect gas laws
Introduction â?? Thermodynamic systems- Properties â?? Zeroth law, First Law , First law applied to closed system (NFEE)and Second Law of Thermodynamics -Perfect gas Boyles Law, Charles Law, Avagadros law, Regnaults law, Jouleâ??s law - Ideal Gas equation â??
Relation between specific heats.
Unit 2 Duration: Thermodynamic processes
Expression for work done and heat supplied (without derivation) for Isochoric, Isobaric, Isothermal, Isentropic, Polytropic processes â?? Free expansion and Throttling process â??Entropy â?? Expression for entropy (without derivation) for the above thermodynamic processes
Unit 3 Duration: Fuels and Combustion

Fuel - Types â?? Calorific values (Heating value) of fuels - Dulongâ??s formula for calorific value - Bomb calorimeter - Junkerâ??s Gas calorimeterâ?? Definition of combustion of fuel - Calculation of minimum air required( on mass basis) for the complete combustion of fuel having a given composition â?? Products of combustion- Orsat Apparatus for flue gas analysis.
Unit 4 Duration:  Air Standard Cycles
Air standard cycle - Reversible and irreversible process â??Explanation and analysis of Carnot cycle ,Otto cycle , Diesel cycleâ?? Expression for efficiency of these cycles (without derivation) â?? Comparison of performance of Otto cycle and Diesel cycle.
Unit 5 Duration:  IC Engines â?? Working principles
Heat engines â?? Internal combustion engines and external combustion engines - classification of I.C. engines - Components of IC engines - Function of each part and materials used - Principle of working of four stroke petrol engine and four stroke diesel engine - Principle of working of two stroke petrol engine - Valve timing diagram of four stroke petrol engine and four stroke diesel engine.

Unit 6 : Duration:  IC Engines â?? Systems used and performance of IC engines
Fuel systems â?? Ignition systems â?? Cooling Systems â?? Lubrication systems - Evaluation of performance parameters