UNIT I
BASIC CONCEPTS – Basic concepts, Concept of continuum, Microscopic and Macroscopic
approach, Thermodynamic systems (closed, open, isolated),homogeneous & heterogeneous
systems control volume, property, point and path functions, Thermodynamic equilibrium,
State, Path and process, Reversible and Quasi-static process, Work, Modes of work, Zeroth
law, Concept of temperature and heat.
UNIT II
FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS- First law, Application to closed and open
systems, Internal energy, Enthalpy, Specific heat capacities (Cp & Cv), Steady flow process
mass balance and energy balance for a single steady flow with reference to various
engineering devices.
UNIT III
SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS – Second law – Kelvin, Planck and Clausius
statements, Heat engine, Refrigerator and Heat pump, Efficiency and COP, Thermodynamic
temperature scale, Reversibility and Irreversibility, Carnot cycle, Clausius Inequality,
Concept of entropy, Entropy of ideal gases, Principle of increase of entropy, Quality of
energy, Energy (Availability), Reversible work, Energy and Irreversibility for closed system
and control volume, Second law efficiency.

UNIT IV
IDEAL & REAL GASES – Properties of ideal and real gases, Avogadro‘s hypothesis and
gas laws, Vander Walls and other equations of state, Principle of corresponding states,
Compressibility factor, Generalized compressibility charts. Non- reactive ideal gas mixtures,
Mass and Mole fractions, Dalton‘s law of additive pressures, Amagat‘s law of additive
volumes, Properties of ideal gas mixtures
UNIT V
GENERAL THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY RELATIONS: Partial derivatives and
associated relations, Differential relations for U, H, G and A, Maxwell‘s relations, Clausius
Clapeyron equation, Joule Thomson coefficient, Air and Gas tables.
AIR STANDARD CYCLES: Carnot Cycle, Sterling Cycle, Ericson Cycle, Otto Cycle,
Diesel Cycle, Dual Cycle, their applications, comparison of Otto, Diesel and Dual cycles,
Second Law Analysis of Gas Power Cycles
TEXT BOOK:
1. Engineering Thermodynamics, P K Nag, Tata McGraw Hill, 6th Edition, 2013
2. Thermal Engineering, R.K.Rajput, , Lakshmi Publications, 7th Edition, 2015
3. Thermal Engineering, P.L.Balleny, Khanna Publications, 9th Edition.2009
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1. Thermodynamics – An Engineering Approach, Yunus A Cengel / Michael A Boles,
Tata Mc Graw Hill India, 7e,Special Indian Edition 2011.
2. Thermodynamics and Heat Engines, Yadav R., Vol 1, Central Publishing House, 2011.
3. Engineering Thermodynamics, J.B. Jones and R.E.Dugan.,Prentice Hall of India, 2010.
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