Thermal Engineering
Unit-I Gas Power Cycles 10
Terminology used in IC engine, Air standard analysis - Carnot cycle - Otto cycle - Diesel cycle -
Dual cycle - Lenoir and Stirling cycle IC Engines: Classification- Principle and working of four stroke
and two stroke petrol and diesel engines
Unit-II Combustion Engineering and Testing 10
Combustion process- Knocking, Detonation, Cetane and Octane numbers Combustion in SI and CI
engines, Testing of IC engines- Constant speed and variable speed tests, Methods of estimating
indicated power, brake power, volumetric efficiency, Heat balance test
Unit-III Air Compressors 10
Single stage reciprocating compressor- Working principle, Effect of clearance on volumetric
efficiency, Multistage reciprocating compressors: Working principle - Inter-cooler Performance of
multi-stage compressor. Rotary compressor: Vane compressor, Screw compressor and lobe
compressor
Unit-IV Psychrometry 10
Psychrometry and Psychrometric charts, Psychrometric process – Sensible heat exchange processes.
Latent heat exchange processes. Adiabatic mixing, Evaporative cooling.
Unit-V Air Conditioning 8
Requirements for comfort and industrial air-conditioning - Summer and winter air conditioning
systems, Air handling and distribution system.
Total hours 48
TEXT BOOKS:
1 Mahesh M. Rathore, “Thermal Engineering”, Mc Graw Hill Education private limited, Reprint
2016.
2 Kothandaraman.C.P, Domkundwar.S, AnandDomkundwar, “A Course in Thermal Engineering”,
Dhanpat Rai & Co. (P) Ltd., 2010
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1 Rudramoorthy R, Tata McGraw Hill Publishers Co. Ltd., New Delhi, 2011
2 Ganesan V, Internal Combustion Engine; Tata McGraw Hill Publishers Co. Ltd., New Delhi, 2012
3 Arora C.P. “Refrigeration and Air Conditioning” Tata McGraw Hill, 2008
Web References:
1 http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112104033/
2 http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112105128/
Heat and Mass Transfer
Unit-I Introduction 10
Mechanism of Heat Transfer – Conduction, Convection and Radiation, Fourier Law of Conduction.
Unit-II Conduction 10
General Differential equation of Heat Conduction- Cartesian and Cylindrical Coordinates, 1-D Steady
State Heat Conduction through Plane Wall, Cylinders and Spherical systems, Composite Systems
(Simple problems), Conduction with Internal Heat Generation, Extended Surfaces (Simple problems),
Unsteady Heat Conduction – Lumped Analysis – Use of Heisler’s Chart Forced and Natural
Unit-III Convection 10
Heat Transfer Coefficients – Boundary Layer Concept, External Flow – Flow over Plates, Cylinders
and Spheres, Internal Flow, Phase Change Heat Transfer: Nusselt's theory of condensation, Pool
boiling, Flow boiling, Regimes of boiling.
Unit-IV Heat Exchangers 10
Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient, Fouling Factors including conduction and convection resistances,
Heat Exchanger Analysis – LMTD & NTU methods Radiation: Laws of Radiation, Black and Grey
body radiation, shape factor algebra, Electrical Analogy, Radiation Shields.
Unit-V Mass transfer 8
Diffusion Mass Transfer – Fick’s Law of Diffusion, Steady state Molecular Diffusion, Convective
Mass Transfer – Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer Analogy.
TEXT BOOKS:
1 Yunus.A.Cengel, Afstin J.Ghajar, “Heat and Mass Transfer – Fundamentals and Applications”,
McGraw Hill, Fifth Edition, 2016.
2 Incropera, F. P. and De Witt, D. P., “Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer”, 5th Edition, John
Wiley and Sons, New York, 2011.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1 Sachdeva R C, “Fundamentals of Engineering Heat and Mass Transfer” New Age International,
2010
2 Nag P.K, “Heat and Mass Transfer”, McGraw-Hill, 2011.
3 Holman J.P “Heat and Mass Transfer”, McGraw-Hill, 2010.
4 Kothandaraman C.P “Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer” New Age International, New
Delhi, 2012
WebReferences
1 www.academia.edu/.../Frank_P_Incropera_Fundamentals_of_heat_and_mass_transfer
2 http://165.165.123.124:444/Mechanical%20Engineering%20%2825%29/Heat%20 and
%20Mass%20Transfer/
