Engineering Thermodynamics

By Prof. V. Raghavan | IIT Madras

Learners enrolled: 1564 | Exam registration: 121

ABOUT THE COURSE:
Engineering Thermodynamics is the first level thermodynamics course for undergraduate students from ME, CH, AE, MM departments. This is a core course. This course will be helpful for the preparation of competitive exams such as GATE.
The objectives of this course are:
(i) To understand the concepts & laws of energy conversion involving heat and work interactions
(ii) To learn about the property changes occurring in substances during energy conversion processes
(iii) To be able to understand the working principles of energy conversion devices
(iv) To appreciate the limitations for energy conversion and estimate the maximum performance attainable in practical devices.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Under Graduate students

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Mechanical Engineering Chemical Engineering
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	22 Jul 2024
End Date :	11 Oct 2024
Enrollment Ends :	05 Aug 2024
Exam Registration Ends :	16 Aug 2024
Exam Date :	03 Nov 2024 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Basic concepts

Week 2: Tutorial - 1, Work and heat

Week 3: Tutorial - 2, First law of thermodynamics for systems

Week 4: First law of thermodynamics for systems, Tutorial - 3

Week 5: Pure substances, Tutorial - 4

Week 6: Tutorial - 5

Week 7: First law of thermodynamics for control volumes, Tutorial - 6

Week 8: Second law of thermodynamics

Week 9: Tutorial - 7

Week 10: Entropy

Week 11: Tutorial - 8

Week 12: Thermodynamic Cycles, Tutorial - 9

Books and references

1. Sonntag, R. E, Borgnakke, C. and Van Wylen, G. J., 2003, 6th Edition, Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, John Wiley and Sons.
2. Moran, M. J. and Shapiro, H. N., 1999, Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, John Wiley and Sons.
3. Babu, V., Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, ANE Books Pvt. Ltd. 2018.
4. Venkatesh, A. Basic Engineering Thermodynamics, Universities Press (India) Limited, 2007.

Instructor bio

Prof. V. Raghavan

IIT Madras

Prof. V. Raghavan obtained his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai, India. He did his post-doctoral research in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA He joined IITM in 2007 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is currently working as a professor. He teaches courses such as Thermodynamics, Applied Thermal Engineering, Fundamentals of Combustion, Theory of Fire Propagation, Combustion Technology, etc. His areas of research include evaporation and combustion of liquid fuel droplets, laminar flames, fire modeling, CFD for reacting flows, flame spread and liquid fuel pool combustion, and coal gasification.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 03 November 2024 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

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