MODULE CODE: ME2402

MODULE TITLE: APPLIED THERMODYNAMICS II

LEARNING ACTIVITIES &

WEEK TOPIC TEACHING / LEARNING PROCESS
ASSESSMENTS
Practical Gas Turbine Cycle
- Network output, Thermal efficiency, Work
Week 1 ratio & Isentropic efficiency
Gas Power In-class Assignment and / or
- Practical Gas Turbine Cycle with High
Cycle End Semester Exam
Pressure and Low Pressure Turbines
Modifications to Basic Cycle
Week 2
- Inter-cooling, Reheating & Heat exchangers
Introduction to Positive Displacement
Compressors,
Single Stage Reciprocating Air Compressors
- Indicated work done, shaft work, mechanical
Week 3 efficiency and input power
- Isothermal compression & isothermal
efficiency
Air In-class Assignment and / or
- Reciprocating compressors including
Compressors End Semester Exam
clearance
- Volumetric efficiency
Multi-Stage Air Compressors with Complete Inter-
Week 4 cooling, Ideal intermediate pressure, Minimum
work condition,
Energy Balance of Two-Stage Air Compressors

Introduction to Reciprocating IC Engines,

Four Stroke Cycle & Two Stroke Cycle,
Criteria of Performance
Internal - Indicated power, Brake power. Friction
Week 5 power & Mechanical efficiency In-class Assignment and / or
Combustion End Semester Exam
Engines - Brake mean effective pressure, Thermal
efficiency & Fuel consumption
- Volumetric efficiency
- Comparison of Real Cycles with the Air
Standard Cycle

Week 6 Introduction to Steam Power Plant,

Revision of Carnot Cycle, Rankine Cycle
Steam In-class Assignment and / or
Week 7 Power Cycle Rankine Cycle with superheated steam End Semester Exam

Week 8 Reheat Cycle and Regenerative Cycle

 Reversed Heat Engine
Week 9 Vapour Compression Refrigeration:
- Ideal cycle, Refrigerating load, Compressor
work and Coefficient of performance

Week 10 Modifications to the ideal cycle, Use of flash

chamber In-class Assignment and / or
Refrigeration End Semester Exam
Air Conditioning
- Mixture of Gases, Gas & Vapour Mixtures,
Week 11 Psychrometric Mixtures
- Specific Humidity, Relative Humidity and
Percentage Saturation
- Air Conditioning and Cooling Towers

Basic Methods of Heat Transfer, Fourier’s Law of

Week 12 Conduction, Newton’s Law of Cooling, Steady
Heat State Composite Wall. In-class Assignment and / or
Transfer End Semester Exam
Week 13 Electrical Analogue of Steady State Composite
Walls, Heat Flow through Cylinders & Spheres

Main Types of Heat Exchanges, Parallel-flow and

Counter-flow Recuperators, Logarithmic Mean
Week 14 Heat In-class Assignment and / or
Temperature Difference (LMTD), Cross-flow
Exchangers End Semester Exam
Recuperators and Arithmetic Mean Temperature
Difference (AMTD)