Syllabus
Thermodynamic system and state variables, zeroth law; equation of state, law of corresponding states; first law and its consequences, reversible, irreversible and quasi-static processes; second law: heat engines, concept of entropy and its statistical interpretation, entropy balance, maximum entropy and minimum energy; availability; properties of pure fluids, Maxwell’s relations, evaluation of thermodynamic properties; thermodynamic properties of gas mixtures.
Text Books
1. Borgnakke, C. and R. E. Sonntag, Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, 7 th ed., John Wiley (2009).
References
- Zemansky, M. W. and R. H. Dittman, Heat and thermodynamics, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill (1997).
- Balmer, R. T., Modern Engineering Thermodynamics, Academic Press (2010).
- Moran, M. J., Shapiro, H. N., Boettner, D. D., and Bailey, M. B., Principles of Engineering Thermodynamics (SI Version), 8th ed., Wiley (2015).
- Cengel, Y. A. and Boles, M. A., Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, 8th ed., McGraw-Hill (2014).
- Annamalai, K., I. K. Puri, and M. A. Jog, Advanced Thermodynamics Engineering, CRC Press (2010).