Emphasis on the analysis and design of power & refrigeration/HP cycles and the application of the basic principles to engineering design problems with systems involving mixtures of ideal gases, psychrometrics, non-ideal gases, chemical reactions and combustion. In this module students will apply concepts of thermodynamics to solve engineering problems associated with power and refrigeration/HP cycles. The module also provides the opportunity for the students to practice engineering science and design related to the concepts of gas mixtures, psychrometrics, and chemical reactions. The students will demonstrate their knowledge of the material covered in this second module on thermodynamics through their mastery of the module objectives and carefully designed laboratory experiments.
- Gas power cycles: Ideal versus actual gas power cycles, Carnot / Otto / Diesel / Dual / Stirling / Ericsson / Brayton (Joule) cycles, Modified Brayton/Joule cycles (with Reheat, Regeneration & Intercooling), Ideal Jet-Propulsion cycles.
- Vapor Power Cycles: Ideal versus actual vapour power cycles, Carnot / Rankine cycles, Modified Rankine cycles (with Reheat, Regeneration & Cogeneration), Integrated/Combined cycles.
- Refrigeration & HP cycles: Ideal Refrigeration cycle, Actual Vapor-Compression Refrigeration Cycle, Cascade Refrigeration Systems, Multistage Compression Refrigeration Systems, Multipurpose Refrigeration Systems with a Single Compressor, Gas Refrigeration Cycles, Heat Pumps.
- Non-reacting Mixtures & Psychrometrics: Composition of a Gas Mixture: Mass and Mole Fractions, Properties of Gas Mixtures: Ideal and Real Gases, Air-Conditioning Processes (e.g. Simple Heating and Cooling, Heating with Humidification, Cooling with Dehumidification, Evaporative Cooling, Adiabatic Mixing of Airstreams) Mechanical and natural draft evaporative Cooling Towers.
- Reacting Mixtures: Fuels and Combustion, Theoretical and Actual Combustion Processes, Enthalpy of Formation and Combustion, 1st / 2nd Law Analysis of Reacting Systems, Adiabatic Flame Temperature, Entropy Change of Reacting Systems, Combustion efficiency
