Compression of air and gases : Reciprocating compressors and their cycles, work required, volumetric efficiency, FAD, compression
efficiency and compressor efficiency; multistage compression.
Air standard engine cycles : Otto, Diesel, Dual combustion, Brayton and Stirling cycles; Gas turbine cycles with intercooling, reheating
and regeneration; use of air tables.
Vapour cycles : Carnot cycle, Rankine cycle, work ratio, reheat and regenerative cycles used in steam power plants.
Reversed Carnot cycle: Vapour and air refrigeration cycles, absorption refrigeration cycles.
Binary vapour cycles. Cogeneration cycles.
Psychrometrics, calculation of properties of air-water vapour mixtures. Processes in pyshcrometric chart.
Combustion Analysis : Fuels, HIV and LTV, Air requirements, excess air, analysis of products of combustion. Enthalpy of formation,
adiabatic flame temperature, enthalpy of combustion, heat of reaction.
Second Law analysis of reacting systems.
Third law of thermodynamics.