KARUNYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCES

Depaertment of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

14ME2015 THERMAL ENGINEERING-I

TEACHING PLAN

Unit Lectur Book & Page Nos.

No. e Topic for reference Topic No.
No. (R at page bottom)

1 Introduction Syllabus

Unit
1

Classification of boilers, boiler R1 P.9.2

9.2
2 R2 p. 341 11.1-11.9
terms
R3 p. 416 10.2

3&4 Performance of steam R1 P.14.2-14.3 14.1 -14.3

generator - evaporator R2 p. 341 14.1-14.4
capacity, equivalent R3 p.432 10.2.11
evaporation, factor of
evaporation, boiler efficiency
 5 Heat losses in a boiler plant R1 P.14.3-14.5 14.4
R2 p.342 14.5

R1 P.14.5-14.18 14.5
6-9 Heat balance calculations R2 p.404,405 16.18
R3 p.432 10.2.11

R1 P.17.2 17.2
10 Steam nozzles R2 p.440 18.1
R3 p.379 9.1
Unit
2

Flow through nozzles - R1 P.17.3 17.3

11 R2 p.440 18.2
Introduction
R3 p.379 9.1.1

12 General relation for adiabatic

flow
 13 Effect of friction R1 P.17.9-17.10 17.4

14 &
Critical pressure ratio R1 P.17.4-17.9 17.3
15 R3 p.381 9.1.2

R2 p.448
16 Numericals - in steam nozzles
R3 p.294

Steam turbines - Advantages R1 P.18.1-18.2 18.1 & 18.2

17 R2 p.465 19.1-19.3
Unit of turbines
R3 p.438 10.4.1
3

R1 P.18.2-18.5 18.3
18 Impulse and reaction turbine R2 p.465 19.2,19.7-8
R3 p.439 10.4.2

19 & compounding of turbines R1 P.18.5-18.8 18.4

 R2 p.468 19.5
20
R3 p.439 10.4.2

21 & velocity diagrams for simple R1 P.18.8-18.14 18.5

R2 p.469 19.7.1
22 turbines
R3 P.439 10.4.2

23 & R2 p.510
Numericals - in steam turbines
25 R3 p.451

R2 P.677 24.1 & 24.2

Air compressor, classification,
26 R3 p.234 6.1,6.2
working principle
R4 p.779 18.1

Unit
4

27 Work of compression without R1 P.24.4-24.5 24.4

and with clearance R2 p.678 24.3.2
R3 p.235 6.3-6.5
R4 p.779 18.2
 Volumetric, Isothermal & R1 P.24.4-24.8 24.5 & 24.6
28 R3 p.241 6.4,6.6
Isentropic efficiencies
R4 p.784 18.4

Multistage air compressor and R1 P.24.8-24.10 24.8

29 R2 p.681 24.3.6
inter-cooling
R3 p.243 6.7

R1 P.24.10-24.13 24.9
Work in a multistage air R2 p.681 24.3.6
30
compressor R3 p.243 6.7
R4 p.786 18.5

Numericals - in air R3 p.249

31-35
compressors R4 p.797

36 Vapour compression 27.7

refrigeration cycle – working R1 P.27.7-27.10 26.3
principle R2 P.804 7.4
Unit R3 p.279 14.3
5 R4 p.617 3.2
 R5 p.36

R2 p.808 26.3.7
37 Super heat, sub-cooling R3 P.282-284 7.4.1
R4 P.617 14.3

R1 P.27.32-27.43
38- 42 Performance calculations
R4 p.619 14.31

Working principle of vapour

43 absorption system-ammonia-
water system R1 P.27.10-27.12 27.10
R2 p.811 26.11

R3 p.292 7.8-7.8.1
R4 p.627 14.4

44 water-lithium bromide system

Comparison between vapour R1 P.27.13-27.14 27.12

45 compression and absorption R2 p.816
systems R3 p.288 7.5
REFERENCE BOOKS (621.402 – KU Library reference)

R1.Kothandaraman,C.P, DomkundwarS, “A course in Thermal

Engineering”DhanpatRai&Sons

R2.Rajput, R.K. “Thermal Engineering”,Laxmi Publications (P) Ltd., 2009

R3. Rudramoorthy, R. “Thermal Engineering”, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2010

R4. Nag P.K. Engineering Thermodynamics, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2002

R5. Arora, C.P. “Refrigeration and Air-conditioning, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2002