Thermal Syllabus

12. MEC 189.
2 Thermal Science (2-1-2)

Evaluation:
Theory Practical Total
Sessional 30 20 50
Final 50 - 50
Total 80 20 100
Course Objectives:
The broad objective of this course is to provide working knowledge of theories and applications of thermal science.
The specific objectives of the course are:
1. To make able to apply laws of thermodynamics in various systems.
2. To make able to distinguish the cycles in various engines, and pumps.
3. To make able to calculate energy/quantity of heat transfer by conduction and radiation.
Chapter Content Hrs.

1 Concept and definitions 2
Thermodynamics, Applications of thermodynamics, Thermodynamic system, Macroscopic and
microscopic and microscopic Approaches,
Properties and state of a substance: Thermodynamic properties and types, State, path, process,
cycle.
• Processes (definition, characteristics, features, Examples): Quasi-equilibrium(states)
process, Reversible process, Irreversible process,
• Specific volume, Pressure, Atmospheric pressure, Gauge pressure, Absolute pressure
• Equality of temperature: Zeroth law of thermodynamics
2 Properties of pure substances 3
• Pure substance: Homogenous in composition, Homogenous in chemical aggregation,
Invariable in chemical aggregation
• Vapour-liquid solid phase equilibrium in pure substance: Steam generation(formation) process
from ice to steam, Wet steam and quality, T-v diagram of water, P-v Diagram of water, P-t
diagram of water
• Equations of state for a simple compressible substance:
• Tables and diagrams of thermodynamic properties
• Determination of Specific volume, Specific enthalpy and Specific entropy of wet and
superheated steam
3 Work and heat 2

Definition of work: in mechanics and in thermodynamics,
Work done in quasi-equilibrium process
Displacement work, Work done in different reversible processes:
• Isochoric process
• Isobaric process
• Isothermal process
• Polytrophic process
• Definition of heat: comparison between heat and work,
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4 First law of thermodynamics 4
• First law for cycle: First law for closed system undergoing a cycle, Verification of this low by
wheel paddle experiment
• First law for process: Difference between stored and internal energy, Stored energy
• Internal energy: Joule’s law and its verification
• Enthalpy
• Specific heats: Specific heat capacity of gas at constant volume, Specific heat capacity of gas
constant pressure
• First law as a rate equation:
• Conversation of mass and the control volume
• First law for control volume
• Steady state steady flow process: Assumption, Steady state steady flow energy
equation(SFEE), Application of SFEE: Heat exchanger, nozzle, diffuser, turbine, Rotary
compressor, Throttling device, Boiler
• Uniform state uniform flow process: Assumptions, 1st law for uniform state uniform flow
process
5 Second law of thermodynamics 3
• Heat engines: 4 components diagram and the schematic diagram, efficiency
Refrigerator and heat pump: 4 components diagram and schematic diagram, COP of refrigerator
and heat pump
• Second law: Limitation of first law of thermodynamics, Kelivn-Plank statement, Clausius

statement
• Equivalence of Kelvin-Plank and Clausius statements:

• Factors causing irreversibility
• Carnot theorem
• Thermodynamic temperature scale
6 Entropy 4
Inequality of Clausius, Entropy as a property of a system, Entropy of pure substance, Entropy
change in reversible process, lost work, principle of increase of entropy, Entropy change of an
ideal gas, the poly-topic process for an ideal gas, concepts of reversibility, irreversibility and
availability
7 Some Power Cycles 4
• Vapor Power Cycles: Rankine cycle (working process, efficiency, Effect of pressure and
temperature on Rankine cycle)
• Air Standard Cycles: Air standard cycles: Carnot cycle (Working processes & Efficiency),
Brayton cycle (Working processes & Efficiency)
• Internal combustion engines: Otto cycle (Workings processes & Efficiency), Diesel cycle
(Working processes & Efficiency), Comparison between Otto an diesel cycle

8 Heat transfer 7
• Modes of heat transfer: Conduction, Convection, radiation
• Conduction : Fourier’s law (Statement, Mathematical modeling, Assumption for this laws,
Thermal conductivity
• One dimensional steady state heat conduction: Through a plane, Through a hollow
cylinder, Through a hollow sphere
• Composite wail: Heat flow through multilayer plane slabs, Numerical on wall of planes,
cylinders and spheres in series.
• Thermal resistance and conductance: Electrical analogy of the conduction heat flow
• Overall heat transfer co-efficient: Heat transfer through a plane slab separating two fluid
media
• Basic laws of radiation: Emissive power and emissivity, Stefan-Boltzmann;s law,
Kirchoff;s law, Wei’s displacement law
• Black and gray bodies: Reflectivity, absorptive and transmissibility, Black and grey bodies
• Radiant exchange between infinity parallel planes
• Newton’s law
• Mechanism of forced and free convection
• Dimensionless parameters: Reynold’s number, Nusselt’s number, Pradndtl’s number
9 Introduction to Refrigeration System 1

Introduction, Refrigeration cycle
Laboratory Work:
1. To measure the pressure, specific volume and temperature
2. To find out the efficiency of a compressor.
3. To measure the rate of heat transfer by conduction.
4. To measure performance of a small internal combustion engine
5. To measure the heat transfer by thermal radiation.
6. To measure the performance of a Refrigeration/Heat pump
Textbooks:
1. Howell J.R. and R.O. Buckius, Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, McGrow-Hill
Publishers, 1994.
Reference Books:
1. Van Wylen, G.J. and Richard E. Sonntag, Fundamentals of Classical Thermodynamics, Wiley
Eastern Limited, New Delhi, 1989.
2. Bayazitoglu, Y. and M. Necati Ozisik, Elements of Heat Transfer, McGraw-Hill Book Company,
1998.
3. Kreith, F., Principles of Heat Transfer, International Text book Company, Scranton Pennsylvania,
2nd Edition, I965.

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12. MEC 189.

2 Thermal Science (2-1-2)

Chapter Content Hrs.

3 Work and heat 2

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• Second law: Limitation of first law of thermodynamics, Kelivn-Plank statement, Clausius

• Equivalence of Kelvin-Plank and Clausius statements:

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9 Introduction to Refrigeration System 1

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