THERMODYNAMICS OF ENERGY SYSTEMS

Course Title: THERMODYNAMICS OF ENERGY SYSTEMS

Course No. : ER 202              No.  of Credits: 3

Syllabus:

Laws of thermodynamics, Application to processes (batch and steady-state) involving pure species, Concepts of availability and exergy, Property packages and computational tools for thermodynamic analysis, Equation of state, Maxwell’s relations, Chemical equilibria and ionization, Gibbs and Helmholtz functions, Psychrometrics, Power and refrigeration cycles, Rational efficiencies of heat engines, Waste heat recovery, Fuel cells, Nozzles and blade passages, Introduction to gas turbines.

References:

Fundamentals of Thermodynamics. Borgnakke, Sonntag. Wiley
Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics. Moran, Shapiro, Boettner, Bailey. Wiley
Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics. A Bejan. Wiley
Thermodynamics – An Engineering Approach. Cengel, Boles, Konoglu. McGraw Hill

Instructors

Prof. Pramod Kumar

Class Hours: TBA.