ESO201A - Thermodynamics

Definitions & concepts: SI Units; System; Property; Energy; Thermodynamic Equilibrium; Work, State Postulate; Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics; Temperature Scale, Thermodynamic Properties of Fluids: Mathematical, Tabular and Graphical representation of data; Ideal gas Van der Waals Equation of state; Compressibility chart; Thermodynamic Diagrams including Mollier diagram; Steam Tables, First law of Thermodynamics & its applications to Non flow processes, Applications of First Law of Thermodynamics of Flow Processes; Steady state Steady flow and Transient flow processes, Applications of First Law of Thermodynamics to Chemically Reacting Systems Second Law of Thermodynamics & its Applications, Thermodynamic Potentials, Max wells Relations; Thermodynamic Relations and Availability, Power Cycles, Refrigeration Cycles; SI Units, Definitions & Concepts: System, Property, Energy, Thermodynamic Equilibrium, Work interaction &various modes of work, Heat, State Postulate, Zeroeth Law of Thermodynamics, Temperature Scale, IPTS. Thermodynamic Properties of Fluids: Pure substance. Phase, Simple compressible substance, Ideal gas Equation of state, van der Waals Equation of State; Law of corresponding states, Compressibility chart, Pressure volume; Temperature volume and Phase diagrams; Mollier diagram and Steam tables.