ME3391 Engineering Thermodynamics Study Materials
Anna University – ME3391 Engineering Thermodynamics Regulation 2021 Syllabus, Notes, Important Questions, Question Paper with Answers, Previous Year Question Paper.
UNIT I BASICS, ZEROTH AND FIRST LAW ME3391 Engineering Thermodynamics
Review of Basics – Thermodynamic systems, Properties and processes Thermodynamic Equilibrium –
Displacement work – P-V diagram. Thermal equilibrium – Zeroth law – Concept of temperature and
Temperature Scales. First law – application to closed and open systems – steady and unsteady flow
processes.
UNIT II SECOND LAW AND ENTROPY ME3391 Engineering Thermodynamics
Heat Engine – Refrigerator – Heat pump. Statements of second law and their equivalence & corollaries. Carnot
cycle – Reversed Carnot cycle – Performance – Clausius inequality. Concept of entropy – T-s diagram – Tds
Equations – Entropy change for a pure substance.
UNIT III AVAILABILITY AND APPLICATIONS OF II LAW ME3391 Engineering Thermodynamics
Ideal gases undergoing different processes – principle of increase in entropy. Applications of II Law. Highand
low-grade energy. Availability and Irreversibility for open and closed system processes – I and II law
Efficiency
UNIT IV PROPERTIES OF PURE SUBSTANCES ME3391 Engineering Thermodynamics
Steam – formation and its thermodynamic properties – p-v, p-T, T-v, T-s, h-s diagrams. PVT surface.
Determination of dryness fraction. Calculation of work done and heat transfer in non-flow and flow processes
using Steam Table and Mollier Chart.
UNIT V GAS MIXTURES AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS ME3391 Engineering Thermodynamics
Properties of Ideal gas, real gas – comparison. Equations of state for ideal and real gases. vander Waal’s
relation – Reduced properties – Compressibility factor – Principle of Corresponding states – Generalized
Compressibility Chart. Maxwell relations – TdS Equations – heat capacities relations – Energy equation, Joule-
Thomson experiment – Clausius-Clapeyron equation.
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TEXTBOOKS: ME3391 Engineering Thermodynamics
1. Nag.P.K., “Engineering Thermodynamics”, 6th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill (2017), New Delhi.
2. Natarajan, E., “Engineering Thermodynamics: Fundamentals and Applications”, 2nd Edition (2014),
Anuragam Publications, Chennai.
REFERENCES: ME3391 Engineering Thermodynamics
1. Cengel, Y and M. Boles, Thermodynamics – An Engineering Approach, Tata McGraw Hill,9th Edition,
2019.
2. Chattopadhyay, P, “Engineering Thermodynamics”, 2nd Edition Oxford University Press, 2016.
3. Rathakrishnan, E., “Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics”, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall of India
Pvt. Ltd, 2006.
4. Claus Borgnakke and Richard E. Sonntag, “Fundamentals of Thermodynamics”, 10th Edition, Wiley
Eastern, 2019.
5. Venkatesh. A, “Basic Engineering Thermodynamics”, Universities Press (India) Limited, 2007
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