B.TECH.

(5th SEMESTER)
PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
PI-303 THERMAL ENGINEERING
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1. Steam Boilers: Introduction, Classification of boilers, Fire tube and water tube
boilers, Babcock-Wilcox Boilers, Brief description of boiler mountings and accessories,
Natural draught and artificial draught.
(3hrs)
2. Steam Nozzle: Function, Shapes of nozzles for different Mach Number, Steady flow
energy equation, Continuity equation, Nozzle efficiency, Critical pressure ratio
(3 hrs)
3. Steam Turbine: Introduction, Classification of steam turbines, Impulse turbine,
working principle, compounding, Description of velocity diagram, Impulse reaction
turbine, working principle, degree of reaction, Parsons turbine, Governing of turbines
(4 hrs)
4. Internal Combustion Engine: Introduction, Classification, cycle of operation in four
stroke and two stroke I.C. engine, Valve timings
(2hrs)
5. Air Standard Cycles: Assumptions made in air standard cycles, Otto cycle, Diesel
cycle, Brayton cycle, Dual cycle, Comparison between these cycles, Air standard
efficiency, specific work output, work ration and mean effective pressure (with simple
numerical problems), Deviation of actual cycle from ideal cycle
(2hrs)
6. Combustion in I.C. Engine: SI engine: Ignition limits, stages of combustion,
abnormal combustion, detonation, pre-ignition, Octane rating. CI engine: stages of
combustion, delay period, variables affecting delay period, knock, Cetane rating
(3 hrs)
7. Carburetion, Fuel injection and Ignition systems: Multi point fuel injection systems,
Fuel injection in CI engine, ignition system, its types, ignition timing, spark plug
(3 hrs)
8. Lubrication and cooling: Functions of lubricating system, properties and rating of
lubricating oils, necessity of engine cooling, Cooling systems, Coolants
(2 hrs)
9. Engine Performance: Simple description of Performance parameters, Indicated
power, brake power, mechanical efficiency, brake mean effective pressure, indicated
mean effective pressure, torque, brake specific fuel consumption, indicated specific fuel
consumption, thermal efficiency, heat balance, performance curves
(2 hrs)
10. Air Pollution and Control:Sources and classification of air pollutants, Effect on
human health, methods of emission controls
(1 hr)
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11. Refrigeration & Air conditioning: Introduction, Carnot refrigeration and heat
pump, units of refrigeration, COP of refrigerator, and heat pump, vapour refrigeration
system
(1 hr)
12. Air Refrigeration: Basic principle of operation of air refrigeration, Bell Coleman Air
refrigerator , Simple Vapour Compression Refrigeration System
(1hr)
Simple vapour compression refrigeration system, different compression processes,
limitation of vapour compression refrigeration system if used on reversed Carnot cycle,
representation of theoretical and actual cycle on T-S and p-H charts, effects of operating
conditions on the performance of the system
(2 hrs)
13. Introduction to air conditioning systems: Difference in air conditioning and
refrigeration, Psychrometric properties of moist air (wet bulb, dry bulb, dew point
temperature, relative and specific humidity)
(1 hr)
14. Psychrometry: Psychrometric charts, mixing of two air streams, sensible heating
and cooling, latent heating and cooling, humidification and de-humidification, cooling with
de-humidification, cooling with adiabatic humidification
(2hrs)
15. Air conditioning system: Classification, factors affecting air-conditioning systems,
winter and summer air-conditioning systems, unitary and central air-conditioning
systems, Room sensible heat factor, Effective room sensible heat factor
(3hrs)
Reference Books:
1. Ballaney, Thermal Engineering, Khanna Publisher.
2. R.Yadav, Steam and gas Turbine, CPH.
3. Mathur& Sharma, Internal Combustion Engines, Dhanpat Rai & Sons.
4. Ganesan, Internal Combustion Engine, TMH.
5. C.P.Arora, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, TMH.
6. Arora&Domkundwar, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning, Dhanpat Rai & Sons.

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