ELECTIVE - III

(MH716) – THERMAL SYSTEM DESIGN

Teaching Scheme
Examination Scheme Credit Structure
(Hours)
Lect Tut Prac Theory Sess. TW Prac Total Lect Tut Prac Total
3 0 2 60 40 25 25 150 3 0 1 4
A. OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE
 Ability to design and analyse problems in thermal engineering world, including those in real-life
contexts with better accuracy.
B. DETAILED SYLLABUS
1 BASIC CONSIDERATION IN DESIGN
Engineering Design, Formulation of the Design Problem, Steps in the Design Process, Conceptual
Design
2 DESIGN OF HEAT EXCHANGER
Review of heat exchanger basics, Basic design methodologies - Number of Transfer Units (NTU)
method and Logarithmic Mean Temperature Deference (LMTD) method, Design of double pipe
heat exchangers, Shell & tube type heat exchangers, Plate type Heat exchangers, Compact heat
exchangers, classification and design methods for Condensers and Evaporators
3 DESIGN OF REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING
Review of basics of Refrigeration and air conditioning, Choice of inside design condition, Outside
conditions and supply air condition, load calculation and applied Psychrometric, Selection of
compressor, condenser, expansion device and evaporator for refrigeration system design,
Design of air-conditioning system, Indoor air quality

C. LEARNING OUTCOMES
 This course builds the foundation for preparing students to work in the area of thermal
systems.
 A fundamental understanding of the steps in design consideration.
 An ability to design different types heat exchangers, condenser and evaporators.
 An ability to choose design conditions and able to calculate the load.
 An able to select different parts of refrigeration systems.

D. RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS
1. Thermodynamics: An Engineering approach; Y. A. Cengel; TMH publication
2. Design and optimization of Thermal system; Yogesh Jaluriya; CRC Press
3. Heat Exchanger: Selection, Rating and thermal design; S. Kakac; CRC press
4. Solar Energy; S. P. Sukhatme & J. K. Nayak; TMH Publication
5. Refrigeration and Air-conditioning; Manohar Prasad; New Age international publication

E. REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Design of thermal system; W. F. Stoecker; Mc Graw Hill Publication
2. Fundamental of heat exchanger design; R. K. Shah; John Wiley & Sons Inc.
3. Fundamental of Engineering Thermodynamics; M. J. Moran & H. N. Shapiro
4. Principle of refrigeration; R. J. Dossat; Pearson publication
F. LIST OF EXPERIMENTS TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THIS SUBJECT HEAD

1. Study of TEMA standards for heat exchanger.

2. Design of Tube in Tube Heat Exchanger.

3. Design of shell and tube heat exchanger.

4. Design of plate type heat exchanger.

5. Design of compact heat exchanger.

6. Study of different components for control and protection of Refrigeration and air-
conditioning system.
7. Analysis of Cold room cooling load calculation.
8. Design of refrigeration system for cold room.
9. Analysis of Heat load calculation for comfort air conditioning.
10. Design of air-conditioning and air-distribution system for comfort air conditioning.