Thermal Engineering: Basic and Applied

By Prof. Pranab K. Mondal | IIT Guwahati

Learners enrolled: 380 | Exam registration: 24

ABOUT THE COURSE : This course focuses on different aspects of applied thermodynamics, which include fundamental analysis of steam power cycle starting from thermodynamics to its application in different practical processes, analysis of the Internal combustion engines, Gas turbine cycle, and the Refrigeration cycle. Thus, this course would provide an understanding on several aspects of thermal engineering from the basics to applied parts and would unveil several physical issues concerning with the fundamental analysis and operational principle.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Undergraduate students of Mechanical/power engg/Chemical engg/electrical engg. (5th semester onwards) and postgraduate students specializing in the thermal engg; industry personnel associated with power plant and automobile industries; faculty members associated with Mechanical/Chemical engg/ power engg

PREREQUISITES : Basic UG-level Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer and Basic Fluid Mechanics

INDUSTRY SUPPORT : Power plant, Automobile industries

Summary

Course Status :	Upcoming
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Mechanical Engineering
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	20 Jan 2025
End Date :	11 Apr 2025
Enrollment Ends :	27 Jan 2025
Exam Registration Ends :	14 Feb 2025
Exam Date :	04 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 : Review of Thermodynamics: First law and second law for control mass and control volume systems, combined first and second law applied to processes, Numerical problems.

Week 2 : Steam power engineering: Description of steam power plant, application of first and second laws to different devices of power plant; ideal cycle of power plant, Numerical problems.

Week 3 : Steam Power cycles: Rankine cycle and analysis, reheat cycle and analysis, Numerical problems.

Week 4 : Modified steam power cycles: Regenerative steam power cycles, analysis, ideal working fluid for the steam power cycle, Numerical problems.

Week 5 : Second law analysis of steam power cycle: multi-fluid cycle and analysis, second law analysis of steam power cycle, Numerical problems.

Week 6 : Boiler in steam power plant: Types of boiler, different cycles in boiler operation, boiler attachment, problems, Numerical problems.

Week 7 : Flow nozzles: Use of nozzles in steam power plant, flow analysis in nozzle, nozzle efficiency, Numerical problems.

Week 8 : Steam turbine: Steam turbine types, analysis of steam turbine using velocity triangles, types of condenser, cooling tower, Numerical problems.

Week 9 : Internal combustion engine: IC engines, classification, different parts, SI and CI engines, comparison of 2-stroke and 4-stroke engines, carburetor, MEP and fuels, Numerical problems.

Week 10 : Thermal analysis of IC engine: Thermodynamic analysis of SI and CI engines and their analysis, pressure-crank angle diagram, engine efficiencies, Numerical problems.

Week 11 : Gas Turbine cycle: Types of gas turbine engines, thermodynamic cycles, combined cycles, compressor, and multistage compression with intercooling, efficiencies, Numerical problems.

Week 12 : Refrigeration cycle: Vapor compression refrigeration cycle and its analysis, Numerical problems.

Books and references

[1] T. D. Eastop and A. McConkey, Applied Thermodynamics for Engineering Technologists, Pearson, (2003)
[2] Moran, M.J., Moran, H. N. Shapiro, D.D. Boettner, and M.B. Bailey, “Fundamentals of engineering thermodynamics”. John Wiley & Sons; (2010)
[3] M. M. El-Wakil, Power Plant Technology, McGraw Hill International, (1992)
[4] W. W. Pulkrabek, Engineering Fundamentals of the Internal Combustion Engine, PHI, (2002)
[5] H. I. H Saravanamuttoo, G. F. C. Rogers and H. Cohen, Gas Turbine Theory, Pearson, (2003)

Instructor bio

Prof. Pranab K. Mondal

IIT Guwahati

Prof. Pranab K. Mondal is an Associate Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati since May 2015. He received his undergraduate and postgraduate degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and completed his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2015. He worked as a Research Associate at IIT Khargpur for nearly one year before joining IIT Guwahati. He has taught several courses, including Fluid Mechanics, Applied Thermodynamics, Thermodynamics, Fundamentals of Microfluidics, Experimental Methods in Fluid Mechanics to both undergraduate and post graduate students at IIT Guwahati. Among his principal research interest, encompassing the broad area of Microfluidics has covered various facets of microscale multiphase transport, electrokinetics, microscale transport of heat and experimental microfluidics. He is currently working on droplet-based microfluidics, magnetofluidics, experimental investigations of capillary filling of bio-fluids. He has co-authored more than 140 referred journal and conference publications. He is a regular reviewer of many reputed international journals and also associated with several sponsored projects pertaining to microscale phenomena.

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 4, 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.

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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.

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