Engineering Thermodynamics

By Prof. D.P. Mishra | IIT Kanpur

Learners enrolled: 2438

This course is designed for undergraduate engineering students, interested in learning the fundamental aspects of engineering thermodynamics. The main emphasis is placed on precise and logical presentation of the basic concepts and principles, which are essential for the better understanding of engineering thermodynamics. Since this is an introductory course, care has been taken to present the materials in a gradual manner to instill confidence in the minds of the students. Attempts have been made to keep the derivation of fundamental equations and principles at an uncomplicated mathematical level. Several examples are provided during lectures for the student to assimilate and reinforce the ideas developed in this subject. Adequate emphasis is given in this course for exposing the students to realistic problems that are likely to be encountered in general engineering practices. Because, the fundamentals of thermodynamics are used extensively while designing all most all engineering systems. The methodical rather than rigid problems solving techniques are enumerated in details to encourage the students to develop a feel for importance of thermodynamics.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : B.Tech students of Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering and Mining Engineering.

PREREQUISITES : +2 Science

INDUSTRY SUPPORT : NILL

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Aerospace Engineering
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	14 Sep 2020
End Date :	04 Dec 2020
Enrollment Ends :	25 Sep 2020
Exam Date :	20 Dec 2020 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: SI Unit, Definitions & Concepts: System, Property, Energy, Thermodynamic Equilibrium, Work interaction & various modes of work, Heat, State Postulate; Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics, Temperature Scale.

Week 2: Thermodynamic Properties of Fluids: Pure substance, Phase of substances, Molecular models of matter, Phase change processes in pure substance, Graphical representation of phase change processes, Steam Table

Week 3: Simple compressible substance, Ideal gas Equation of State, van der Walls Equation of State; Law of corresponding states, Compressibility chart, Pressure-volume; Temperature-volume and Phase diagrams; Mollier diagram and Steam tables.

Week 4: First Law of Thermodynamics for Nonflow process: Application of I Law for elementary processes, I Law analysis of Non-flow processes; Use of steam tables & Mollier diagram,

Week 5: First Law of Thermodynamics for flow process: Application of I Law of Thermodynamics for Flow Process-Steady state, steady flow processes, Throttling process; Transient Flow Processes-Charging & discharging of tanks.

Week 6: I Law Application to Chemically Reacting Systems: Fuels & Combustion, Theoretical Air/Fuel ratio, Standard heat of Reaction and effect of temperature on standard heat of reaction, Adiabatic flame temperature.

Week 7: II Law Application to Chemically Reacting Systems: Fuels & Combustion, Theoretical Air/Fuel ratio, Standard heat of Reaction and effect of temperature on standard heat of reaction, Adiabatic flame temperature.

Week 8: Applications of II Law of Thermodynamics: Thermodynamic Temperature scale, Clausius inequality, Entropy, Calculations of entropy change, Principle of entropy increase, T-S diagram, II Law analysis of Control volume.

Week 9: Thermodynamic Potentials: Maxwell relations: Available energy, Availability; Second law efficiency. Thermodynamic relations, Jacobian methods, Clapeyron and Kirchoff equations, Phase rule.

Week 10: Power Cycles: Rankine cycle – Ideal, Reheat and Regenerative Rankine cycles.

Week 11: Gas Power Cycles: Gas Power Cycles; Otto cycle, Diesel cycle, Dual cycle and Brayton cycle.

Week 12: Refrigeration Cycles: Vapor compression refrigeration, Absorption refrigeration and Gas refrigeration Cycles.

Books and references

Text book: Engineering Thermodynamics, D P Mishra, Cengage Learning, New Delhi (2011).

Reference book:

Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, Y A Cengel & M A Boles, 6th Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill.
Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, R.E. Sonntag, C. Borgnkke, G.J. Van Wylen 6th Edition, John Wiley & Sons.

Instructor bio

Prof. D.P. Mishra

IIT Kanpur

Dr. D.P. Mishra is working as a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, Kanpur, India where he was instrumental in establishing a combustion laboratory. He is currently holding Indian Oil Golden Jubilee Professional Chair in IIT, Kanpur. He has served as Visiting Professor in 2002 at the Tokyo-Denki University, Japan. His areas of research interest include combustion, computational fluid dynamics, atomization, et.. He is recipient of the Young Scientist Award in 1991 from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India. He has been conferred the INSA-JSPS Fellowship in 2002. In recognition of his research work, Dr. Mishra received Sir Rajendranath Mookerjee Memorial award from The Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkata, India. Dr. Mishra has been a recipient of Samanta Chadrasekhar award for his contribution to the science and technology. For technological contribution for the common people, he has been conferred with Vikash Prerak Sanman in 2010. Currently he is serving as an Assistant Editor, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Elsevier, USA. Besides this, he is also serving as an editorial board member of Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Taylor & Francis, and International Journal of Turbo and Jet engines. Dr. Mishra has six Indian patents and around 200 research papers in referred Journals and in conference proceedings to his credit. He has authored a course titled Fundamentals of Combustion, published by Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi. Two other text books on Experimental Combustion and Engineering Thermodynamics have been published by Taylor and Francis, USA and Cengage India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi respectively. He is also serving as a managing trustee of International Foundation of Humanistic Education. He is also actively involved in social works in the field of education, natural farming, etc. He is instrumental in making all India level group, Awake Mother India which will try to rejuvenate our Mother land.

Course certificate

• The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

• The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).

• Date and Time of Exams: 20 December 2020, Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm

• Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

• The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.

• Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE:

• Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.

• Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

• Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75.

• If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

• Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kanpur. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc

• Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.