ME1100 Thermodynamics

Teaching Faculty Members

Dr. G Venkatarathnam gvenkat@iitm.ac.in
Dr. A Ramesh aramesh@iitm.ac.in
Dr. Shaligram Tiwari shaligt@iitm.ac.in
Dr. K Srinivasan ksri@iitm.ac.in
Dr. Dhiman Chatterjee dhiman@iitm.ac.in
Dr. Parag Ravindran paragr@iitm.ac.in
Dr. S Varun Kumar varuns@iitm.ac.in
Dr. Shyama Prasad Das spdas@iitm.ac.in

Two Sections and Four modules

Section A Section B
Module 1 Dr. G Venkatarathnam Dr. Parag Ravindran
Module 2 Dr. Shaligram Tiwari Dr. Dhiman Chatterjee
Module 3 Dr. K Srinivasan Dr. Shyama Prasad Das
Module 4 Dr. S Varun Kumar Dr. A Ramesh
• Lectures will be delivered by professors
• Tutorial classes will be conducted in small groups by Teaching Assistants
• Each module consists of approximately 12 hours class which includes
lectures, tutorials and a doubt clearing session at the end of each module
Evaluation
Assignments – 40 marks End Semester – 60 marks
• At the end of each module one assignment will be given which has to be
solved and submitted within one week.
• Total - four assignments (40 marks)
Teaching Assistants
MOHD TOUSIF me16d012@smail.iitm.ac.in
SHANMUGA SUNDARAM D me16d025@smail.iitm.ac.in
KASINATH PANDA me16d029@smail.iitm.ac.in
MOHD IBRAHIM me16d407@smail.iitm.ac.in
MUTHAIAH M me16d415@smail.iitm.ac.in
ASHUTOSH BHARTI me17d004@smail.iitm.ac.in
TIBINM THOMAS me17d042@smail.iitm.ac.in
ALAPATI JASWANTH KALYAN KUMAR me17d413@smail.iitm.ac.in
SACHIN KUMAR JAIN me18d015@smail.iitm.ac.in
NIRAJ KUMAR me18d033@smail.iitm.ac.in
PECHETTI DURGA me18d350@smail.iitm.ac.in
SAMBIT KUMAR BISWAL me18s035@smail.iitm.ac.in
RISHABH CHAURASIYA me18s051@smail.iitm.ac.in
VARUN VINAYAK DALVI me18s031@smail.iitm.ac.in
AMALNATH M me17d008@smail.iitm.ac.in
AJAY KUMAR JAISWAL me17d039@smail.iitm.ac.in
V VISWANADHA SURYA NARAYANA MURTHY me18d701@smail.iitm.ac.in
 ME1100 Thermodynamics
Fundamentals
System & Control volume
Property, State & Process
Exact & Inexact differentials
Work
Thermodynamic definition of work; examples
Displacement work
Path dependence of displacement work and illustrations for simple processes
Other forms of work - electrical, spring and shaft
Temperature
Definition of thermal equilibrium and Zeroth law
Temperature scales
Various Thermometers
Heat
Definition; examples of heat/work interaction in systems
First Law
Cyclic & Non-cyclic processes
Concept of total energy E
Demonstration that E is a property
Various modes of energy
Pure substance
Ideal Gases and ideal gas mixtures
Properties of two phase systems Entropy
Const. temperature and Const. pressure heating of water Clausius inequality
Definitions of saturated states Definition of entropy S
P-v-T surface Demonstration that entropy S is a property
Use of steam tables and R134a tables Evaluation of DS for solids, liquids, ideal gases and ideal
Saturation tables; Superheated tables gas mixtures undergoing various processes
Identification of states & determination of properties Determination of s from steam tables
First Law for Flow Processes Principle of increase of entropy
Derivation of general energy equation for a control volume Illustration of processes in T-s coordinates
Steady state steady flow processes including throttling Definition of Isentropic efficiency for compressors,
Examples of steady flow devices turbines and nozzles
Unsteady processes Thermodynamic cycles
Second law Basic Rankine cycle
Definitions of direct and reverse heat engines Basic Brayton cycle
Definitions of thermal efficiency and COP Basic vapor compression cycle
Kelvin-Planck and Clausius statements
Definition of reversible process
Internal and external irreversibilities
Carnot cycle
Absolute temperature scale
Reference books
1. Spalding, D. B. and Cole, E. H., 1976, Engineering Thermodynamics, Edward Arnold Publishers
Ltd., London.
2. Sonntag, R. E, Borgnakke, C. and Van Wylen, G. J., 2003, 6 th Edition, Fundamentals of
Thermodynamics, John Wiley and Sons.
3. Jones, J. B. and Duggan, R. E., 1996, Engineering Thermodynamics, Prentice-Hall of India
4. Moran, M. J. and Shapiro, H. N., 1999, Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, John Wiley
and Sons.
5. Nag, P. K., 1995, Engineering Thermodynamics, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co, Ltd
6. Babu, V., Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, Ane Books.