Distance - Applied Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer (07-Mec-A1) 2012

Topics

• Vapour cycles for power and refrigeration; cycle modifications including reheat, regeneration
• Applied Thermodynamics: Review of fundamental laws and their applications to closed and open systems
• Gas turbine cycles, including modifications such as regeneration and intercooling; effects of component efficiency on performance
• Gas cycles; spark ignition and compression ignition cycles
• Natural- and forced-convection problems
• Heat Transfer: Conduction in one and two-dimensional systems; steady state and transient regimes
• Thermal design of heat exchangers
• Radiation heat exchange between black, gray, and real surfaces