DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

COURSE OUTLINE
Academic Year, Semester: Winter semester 2021-2022
Course: Thermodynamics
Slot: A
Course Faculty: Dr. M Srinivas & Dr. Arun P
Hourly course plan
S.N DATE MODULE Topics planned Topics Mode of
o Covered Delivery
1 27/12/21 I Thermodynamics-definition, definition, WebEx
applications applications Meeting
system, surroundings, boundary,
universe
2 29/12/21 I types of systems, property, state, system,
change of state surroundings,
boundary,
universe
3 31/12/21 I path of change of state, process, state, change of
cycle, types of properties, types of state
processes, pure substance, phase,
homogeneous system,
heterogeneous system
4 3/1/22 I pressure, density, volume, specific pure substance,
volume, thermodynamic phase
equilibrium, state postulate, simple
compressible substance, two-
property rule
5 5/1/22 I macroscopic and microscopic state postulate
approaches, continuum,
characteristics of the system to be
studied, temperature and zeroth
law
6 7/1/22 I total energy of the system, internal temperature and
energy of the system zeroth law
7 10/1/22 I Energy interactions: work Different forms
interaction, displacement work, of energy
characteristics of work transfer
heat interaction, characteristics of
heat interaction, specific heat,
latent heat, heat vs work
8 12/1/22 I other types of work interactions- displacement
shaft work, paddle wheel work, work
electric work, flow work,
acceleration work, gravitational
work, spring work, first law of
thermodynamics
9 14/1/22 I First law of thermodynamics
applied to closed systems: Joule’s
 experiment, first law applied to a
cycle, first law applied to a process,
first law applied to a state change
10 17/1/22 I Control volume analysis: control
volume definition, Lagrangian and
Eulerian approaches applied to
control volume, conservation of
mass applied to control volumes
11 19/1/22 I conservation of energy applied to
control volumes, different steady
flow devices, tutorial
12 21/1/22 I Pure substances: definition, pure
substance which undergoes phase
change, phase equilibrium diagram
on p-v co-ordinates, various states
vapour dome, critical condition,
triple condition, phase equilibrium
diagram on T-v and p-T co
ordinates
13 24/1/22 Pure substances: importance of
saturation pressure and saturation
temperature, dryness fraction

27/1/202– First
1/2/ 2022 Test
Paper
14 2/2/22 I steam tables, interpolation of data

15 4/2/22 I steam tables, interpolation of data

16 7/2/22 pure substances in single phase,

properties of ideal gases, laws of
ideal gases, ideal gas equation, gas
constants, processes executed by
ideal gases, other equations of state,
17 9/2/22 I Pure substances: compressibility
factor, % error involved in the
analysis, principle of corresponding
states, generalised compressibility
chart, reduced properties
18 11/2/22 I Variable flow processes, specific
heats, tutorial
Second law of thermodynamics:
limitations of first law, outcomes of
second law, energy reservoirs,
cyclic devices,
19 14/2/22 II Second law of thermodynamics:
heat engine
20 16/2/22 II Second law of thermodynamics:
Kelvin Planck statement, PMM2,
refrigerators and heat pump
21 18/2/22 II Second law of thermodynamics:
refrigeration system, heat pump
system, performance factors,
Clausius statement, equivalence of
Kelvin Planck and Clausius
statements
22 21/2/22 Second law of thermodynamics:
reversible and irreversible
processes, causes of irreversibility,
types of irreversibilities
23 23/2/22 II Second law of thermodynamics:
Carnot's theorem
24 25/2/22 II Second law of thermodynamics:
Carnot cycle, tutorial
25 28/2/22 II Second law of thermodynamics:
Tutorial
26 2/3/22 II Entropy: two reversible adiabatic
does not intersect, conclusions,
replacement of a process, Clausius
theorem
4/3/22 –
9/3/22 Second Test Paper
27 11/3/22 II Entropy: characteristics,
28 14/3/22 II Entropy: transfer mechanisms,
entropy principle
29 16/3/22 II Entropy: balance with respect to
closed systems and open systems
30 21/3/22 II Entropy:TdS equations, change in
entropy for various processes
31 23/3/22 II Entropy: tutorial
32 25/3/22 III Exergy: exergy, reversible work,
useful work, irreversibility
33 28/3/22 Exergy: second law efficiency,
tutorial
34 30/3/22 III Property relations: exact
differential, TdS equations,
Maxwell relations
35 1/4/22 III Property relations: Maxwell
relations
36 4/4/22 III Property relations: Clapeyron
equation, Joule Thomson
coefficient
37 6/4/22 III Property relations: general
relations for dU, dH, dS, cp and cv
38 8/4/22 III Property relations: change in
entropy,
39 11/4/22 enthalpy and internal energy of
real gases
References:
1. Y. A. Cengel and M. A. Boles, Thermodynamics - An engineering approach, 4th ed., Tata McGraw
Hill, 2005.

COURSE EVALUATION POLICY

CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT (QUIZ): 45 MARKS

Before T I 15M
Before T II 15 M
Before E E 15M
INTERIM TEST I : 15 MARKS
INTERIM TEST II : 20 MARKS
END SEM : 20 MARKS