AE31001 THERMODYNAMICS AND AEROSPACE

PROPULSION SYSTEM Subject Teachers - PROF. S.

KARMAKAR/PROF. R. JOARDER

Course Content (Thermodynamics Part)

Module 1:
Review concepts of temperature, temperature scales, pressure, and absolute
and gage pressure. Basic concepts of thermodynamics such as system, state,
state postulate, equilibrium, process, and cycle.
Module 2:
Concept of energy and define its various forms, Define the concept of heat
and work
the first law of thermodynamics, energy balances, and mechanisms of
energy transfer to or from a system, Physical Insight to Internal Energy
Module 3:
concept of a pure substance, phases of a pure substance, Phase change
processes, property diagrams for phase-change processes (T-v, P-v, and P-T
diagrams), the ideal-gas equation of state, Ideal vs Real gas
Module 4:
ENERGY ANALYSIS OF CLOSED SYSTEMS, MASS AND ENERGY ANALYSIS
OF CONTROL VOLUMES

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Module 5:
the second law of thermodynamics, thermal energy reservoirs, reversible and
irreversible processes, heat engines, refrigerators, and heat pumps, Kelvin
Planck and Clausius statements of the second law of thermodynamics,
thermodynamic temperature scale, Carnot cycle, Concept of Entropy,
Concept of exergy
Module 6:
Gas power cycles, assumptions applicable to gas power cycles, Otto, Diesel
cycles,
Brayton cycle
Books:
1. Thermodynamics An engineering approach by Cengel and Boles
2. Fundmentals of Thermodynamics by Borgnakke and Sontag
3. Engineering Thermodynamics by P.K. Nag
Grading Policy
TA 20% (My part is 10% --HW + Attendance)
Mid-Sem Exam 30%
End-Sem Exam 50%,

Thermodynamics can be defined as the science of energy. The name

thermodynamics stems from the Greek words therme (heat) and
dynamis (power), which is most descriptive of the early efforts to
convert heat into power.
History of Thermodynamics
Although the principles of thermodynamics have been in existence
since
the creation of the universe, thermodynamics did not emerge as a
science
until the construction of the first successful atmospheric steam
engines in
England by Thomas Savery in 1697 and Thomas Newcomen in 1712.
These
engines were very slow and inefficient, but they opened the way for
the
development of a new science.
The first and second laws of thermodynamics emerged simultaneously
in
the 1850s, primarily out of the works of William Rankine, Rudolph
Clausius,

Classical and Statistical Thermodynamics

The macroscopic approach to the study of thermodynamics that
does not require a knowledge of the behavior of individual
particles is called classical thermodynamics. It provides a
direct and easy way to the solution of engineering problems. A
more elaborate approach, based on the average behavior of
large groups of individual particles, is called statistical
thermodynamics.
In this course We will restrict our discussion only within classical
thermodynamics
Application Areas of Thermodynamics
All activities in nature involve some interaction between energy
and matter;
thus, it is hard to imagine an area that does not relate to
thermodynamics in
some manner. Therefore, developing a good understanding of
basic principles
of thermodynamics has long been an essential part of
engineering education