ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI
AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS
REGULATIONS – 2017
CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM

ME8391 Engineering Thermodynamics

UNIT I BASIC CONCEPTS AND FIRST LAW  

comparison of microscopic and macroscopic approach.

Thermodynamic Equilibrium State, path and process. Quasi-static, reversible and irreversible processes.

First law of thermodynamics application to closed and open systems

UNIT II SECOND LAW AND AVAILABILITY ANALYSIS 

Carnot cycle Reversed Carnot cycle, Performance.

Applications of II Law. High and low grade energy.

Energy and irreversibility.

Energy balance and entropy generation.

UNIT III PROPERTIES OF PURE SUBSTANCE AND STEAM POWER CYCLE 

 
p-v, p-T, T-v, T-s, h-s diagrams.

Use of Steam Table and Mollier Chart.

Reheat and Regenerative cycles, Economiser, preheater, Binary and Combined cycles.

UNIT IV IDEAL AND REAL GASES, THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS  

Equations of state for ideal and real gases

Generalised Compressibility Chart and its use

Maxwell relations, Tds Equations,

Clausius Clapeyron equation, Phase Change Processes. Simple Calculations.

UNIT V GAS MIXTURES AND PSYCHROMETRY  

Dalton’s and Amagat’s Law.

Psychrometric properties

adiabatic saturation, sensible heating and cooling, humidification, dehumidification, evaporative cooling and adiabatic mixing.