Anna University
AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS
Third Semester
Important Topics
Mechanical Engineering
ME6301 ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS
UNIT I BASIC CONCEPTS AND FIRST LAW
Path and point functions.
System and their types.
Zeroth law of thermodynamics
Application to closed and open systems
UNIT II SECOND LAW AND AVAILABILITY ANALYSIS
Statements of second law and its corollaries
Applications of II Law
Expression for the energy of a closed system and open systems
Energy balance and entropy generation Irreversibility I and II law Efficiency
UNIT III PROPERTIES OF PURE SUBSTANCE AND STEAM POWER CYCLE
Use of Steam Table and Mollier Chart
Application of I and II law for pure substances.
Cycle Improvement Methods
UNIT IV IDEAL AND REAL GASES, THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS
Equations of state for ideal and real gases
Maxwell relations and Tds Equations
Phase Change Processes with Simple Calculations.
UNIT V GAS MIXTURES AND PSYCHROMETRY
Amagat’s Law
Property calculations of air vapour mixtures by using chart and expressions
Psychrometric process with its Applications