EMT 301: ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS II
Credit Hours: 3 Prerequisite Course: Engineering Thermodynamics I
Contact Hours: 45
Course Purpose
The aim of this unit is to enable the student to:
Understand the principle of operation of various cycles,i.e ideal gas cycles. Otto, Joule, etc and
describe the principle of operation gas turbine cycle.
Expected Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course unit, the student should be able to:
1. Apply principle of Second law of thermodynamics to derive equations air standard
gas cycles
2. Apply different methods to improve thermal efficiency for ideal gas/ air cycles.
3. Evaluate the temperatures and Pressures at various stages in steam engine and gas turbine
cycles.
Course Content
Air standard cycles: Carnot, Otto, Diesel, Dual, Atkinson and Joule (Brayton) cycles.
Temperature – entropy (T-s), Pressure- volume diagrams of the air cycles, thermal efficiency of the
air cycles.
Thermal and mechanical efficiencies of reciprocating spark ignition (S.I), compression ignition(C.I)
and Rotary engines, engine trials for indicated, brake and friction powers, mechanical and thermal
efficiencies, energy balance.
Reciprocating air compressors: Isothermal work, Free Air Delivery (FAD), Multi-staging, energy
balance and inter-cooling. Steam power cycles: Carnot, Rankine and modified Rankine, Ericsson
cycles. Reheat, regenerative, cogeneration, steam and reaction turbines stages, efficiency, pressure
compounding, pressure-volume, temperature- saturation, h-s diagrams; super saturation, degree of
super cooling.
Use of Mollier charts (h-s charts) to solve steam problems. Steam power plant and layout, steam
engines, steam condensers and air pre-heaters.
Gas power cycles: Gas turbines, Gas turbine cycle, open and closed gas turbines, regeneration,
reheating, inter cooling; ideal jet propulsion cycles, water injection; thermal and mechanical
efficiencies. Nozzles: Divergent and convergent types, Critical pressure ratio, sonic velocity, choked
nozzle; over, under, supersaturated and equilibrium expansions.
Mode of Delivery
Lectures, Tutorials,group discussions and assignments
Instructional Materials/ Equipment
- Lecture rooms
- LCD Projector
- Emission Analyzer
- Steam engine model
- Thermodynamics lab.
Course Assessment
Continuous Assessment Test: 30%.
End of Semester Examination : 70%
Total 100%
Core Reading materials
1. Yunus Cengel, (2014), Thermodynamics: An engineering approach, (8 th ed.), Mc-Graw Hill
education
2. Michael J Moran, (2014), Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, (8 th ed.), Wiley
3. Steam tables by Rogers and Mayhew, HS. Charts.
Recommended Reference Books
1. Peter Atkins, (2010), The Laws of Thermodynamics, (1 st ed.), Oxford University Press
Reference Journals
1. International Journal of Dynamics of Fluids
2. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
