Basic Thermodynamics (GATE/PSU)

공학 및 GATE / PSU 학생을위한 기본 열역학 학습 노트

Basic Thermodynamics handwritten notes for engineering students & GATE /PSU aspirants. Which have good explanation with pictorial representation and numerical with problem solutions.

Basic Thermodynamics covered following topics which are indexed below :

Basic Concepts:

Continuum, macroscopic approach, thermodynamic system (closed and open or control

volume); thermodynamic properties and equilibrium; state of a system, state diagram,

path and process; different modes of work; Zeroth law of thermodynamics; concept of

temperature; heat.

First Law of Thermodynamics:

Energy, enthalpy, specific heats, first law applied to systems and control volumes,

steady and unsteady flow analysis.

Second Law of Thermodynamics:

Kelvin-Planck and Clausius statements, reversible and irreversible processes, Carnot

theorems, thermodynamic temperature scale, Clausius inequality and concept of

entropy, principle of increase of entropy; availability and irreversibility.

Properties of Pure Substances:

Thermodynamic properties of pure substances in solid, liquid and vapor phases, P-V-T

behaviour of simple compressible substances, phase rule, thermodynamic property

tables and charts, ideal and real gases, equations of state, compressibility chart.

Thermodynamic Relations:

T-ds relations, Maxwell equations, Joule-Thomson coefficient, coefficient of volume

expansion, adiabatic and isothermal compressibilities, Clapeyron equation.

Thermodynamic cycles:

Carnot vapor power cycle, Ideal Rankine cycle, Rankine Reheat cycle, Air standard Otto

cycle, Air standard Diesel cycle, Air-standard Brayton cycle, Vapor-compression

refrigeration cycle.

Ideal Gas Mixtures:

Dalton's and Amagat's laws, calculations of properties, air-water vapor mixtures and

simple thermodynamic processes involving them.

These are topics for Basic Thermodynamics which are covered in app.