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Engineering Thermodynamics

By Prof. D.P. Mishra   |   IIT Kanpur
Learners enrolled: 675   |  Exam registration: 63
ABOUT THE COURSE:
This course is designed for undergraduate engineering students, interested in learning the fundamental aspects of engineering thermodynamics. The main emphasis is placed on precise and logical presentation of the basic concepts and principles, which are essential for the better understanding of engineering thermodynamics. Since this is an introductory course, care has been taken to present the materials in a gradual manner to instill confidence in the minds of the students. Attempts have been made to keep the derivation of fundamental equations and principles at an uncomplicated mathematical level. Several examples are provided during lectures for the student to assimilate and reinforce the ideas developed in this subject. Adequate emphasis is given in this course for exposing the students to realistic problems that are likely to be encountered in general engineering practices. Because, the fundamentals of thermodynamics are used extensively while designing all most all engineering systems. The methodical rather than rigid problems solving techniques are enumerated in details to encourage the students to develop a feel for importance of thermodynamics.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : B.Tech students of Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering and Mining Engineering.

PREREQUISITES : +2 Science

Summary
Course Status : Ongoing
Course Type : Core
Language for course content : English
Duration : 12 weeks
Category :
  • Aerospace Engineering
Credit Points : 3
Level : Undergraduate
Start Date : 20 Jan 2025
End Date : 11 Apr 2025
Enrollment Ends : 03 Feb 2025
Exam Registration Ends : 28 Feb 2025
Exam Date : 03 May 2025 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: SI Unit, Definitions & Concepts: System, Property, Energy, Thermodynamic Equilibrium, Work interaction & various modes of work, Heat, State Postulate; Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics, Temperature Scale.

Week 2: Thermodynamic Properties of Fluids: Pure substance, Phase of substances, Molecular models of matter,  Phase change processes in pure substance, Graphical representation of phase change processes, Steam Table

Week 3: Simple compressible substance, Ideal gas Equation of State, van der Walls Equation of State; Law of corresponding states, Compressibility chart, Pressure-volume; Temperature-volume and  Phase diagrams; Mollier diagram and Steam tables.

Week 4:  First Law of Thermodynamics for  Nonflow process: Application of I Law for elementary processes, I Law analysis of Non-flow processes; Use of steam tables & Mollier diagram,

Week 5:  First Law of Thermodynamics for flow process: Application of I Law of Thermodynamics for Flow Process-Steady state, steady flow processes, Throttling process; Transient Flow Processes-Charging & discharging of tanks.

Week 6: I Law Application to Chemically Reacting Systems:  Fuels & Combustion, Theoretical Air/Fuel ratio, Standard heat of Reaction and effect of temperature on standard heat of reaction, Adiabatic flame temperature.

Week 7: II Law Application to Chemically Reacting Systems: Fuels & Combustion, Theoretical Air/Fuel ratio, Standard heat of Reaction and effect of temperature on standard heat of reaction, Adiabatic flame temperature.

Week 8: Applications of II Law of Thermodynamics: Thermodynamic Temperature scale, Clausius inequality, Entropy, Calculations of entropy change, Principle of entropy increase, T-S diagram, II Law analysis of Control volume.

Week 9: Thermodynamic Potentials: Maxwell relations: Available energy, Availability; Second law efficiency.  Thermodynamic relations, Jacobian methods, Clapeyron and Kirchoff equations, Phase rule.

Week 10: Power Cycles: Rankine cycle – Ideal, Reheat and Regenerative Rankine cycles.

Week 11: Gas Power Cycles: Gas Power Cycles; Otto cycle, Diesel cycle, Dual cycle and Brayton cycle.

Week 12: Refrigeration Cycles: Vapor compression refrigeration, Absorption refrigeration and Gas refrigeration Cycles.


Books and references

Text book: Engineering Thermodynamics, D P Mishra, Cengage Learning, New Delhi (2011).

Reference book:
  • Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, Y A Cengel & M A Boles,  6th Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill.
  • Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, R.E. Sonntag, C. Borgnkke, G.J. Van Wylen 6th Edition, John Wiley & Sons.

Instructor bio

Prof. D.P. Mishra

IIT Kanpur
Prof. Debi Prasad Mishra, a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Design Programme, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) and an adjunct Professor in Centre for Indian Knowledge System, IIT, Guwahati is currently working as the Director of NITTTR Kolkata. Currently he is also working as the chairman, BoG, Govt. College of Engineering, Kalahandi. His areas of interests are Propulsion, Combustion, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Atomization. He had held Indian Oil Golden Jubilee Professional Chair in IIT Kanpur. He has been conferred with several awards and recognitions. He has authored 5 textbooks and 9 edited books in the field of combustion and propulsion. He has published more than 260 research papers in International/National Journals and conferences. He has also five patents to his credit. He has undertaken more than 32 research and consultancy projects from various agencies, research labs and industries. He has developed 6 online courses under Swayam Platform, a national initiative of Govt. of India. Besides this, he has designed and developed a unique MOOC course, “Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology” on Swayam platform of NPTEL. Over last 10 years, he has delivered several invited lectures on ancient Indian science & technology and culture & tradition to more than 1.5 lakh people across India to revive and re-establish ancient scientific and technological culture of India. He has also delivered several invited lectures on ancient Indian spiritual knowledge system by several organizations across India. He has written several articles to popularize science and technology among common people and delivered several lectures and discussion on TV and radio related to Ancient Science and Technology and other different topics. He has penchant for designing and developing eco-friendly sustainable products and technologies. He does dabble in Odiya literature and has two books in Odiya language to his credit. He is well known as a motivational speaker and is very popular among youth circles.

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: May 3,2025 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

Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week.

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 Kanpur .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.

- NPTEL team


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