- BASIC CONCEPTS AND FIRST LAW 9 + 3
Basic concepts - concept of continuum, macroscopic approach: thermodynamic systems -
closed, open and isolated: Property, state, path and process, quasi-static process, work, modes of
work, Zeroth law of thermodynamics â?? concept of temperature and heat. Concept of ideal and
real gases. First law of thermodynamics â?? SFEE - Application to closed and open systems
SECOND LAW AND ENTROPY 9 + 3
Second law of thermodynamics â?? Kelvinâ??s and Clausius statements of second law, Heat
Engines, Refrigerator and Heat Pump, Coefficient of Performance, Reversibility Carnot cycle -
reversed Carnot cycle, efficiency, Carnot theorem, Thermodynamic temperature scale. Clausius
theorem, Clausius inequality, concept of entropy, entropy of ideal gas, change of entropy for
different non flow processes, principle of increase of entropy â?? absolute entropy, Availability
and irreversibility
STEAM AND VAPOUR CYCLES 9 + 3
Formation of steam constant pressure, types of steam, steam tables and uses, external work done
during evaporation, Internal energy of Steam, dryness fraction of steam, entropy of steam â??
Mollier diagram steam power cycles, standard Rankine cycle, modified Rankine cycle. Reheat
and regenerative cycle.
IDEAL AND REAL GASES AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS 9+3
Gas mixtures- properties ideal and real gases, equation state, Avagadroâ??s Law, VanderWall's
equation of state, compressibility factor, compressibility chart- Daltonâ??s law of partial pressure,
exact differentials, T-D relations, Maxwell's relations, Clausius Clapeyron equations, Joule-
Thomson coefficient.
PSYCHROMETRY 9+3
Psychrometry and psychrometric charts, property calculations of air vapour mixtures.
Psychrometric process â?? Sensible heat exchange processes. Latent heat exchange processes.
Adiabatic mixing, evaporative cooling, problems.
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