Basic Mechanical Engineering

Textbook/ Reference Materials: A Text Book of Thermal Engineering, By R.S. Khurmi &
J.K.Gupta. S Chand & Co. Two colour edition 1978( Reprint 2003). ISBN 81-219-1337-3
Topics with Red Lettered Fonts are the syllabus up to Midterm
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.48. Laws of Thermodynamics
1.49. Zeroth law of Thermodynamics
1.50. First law of Thermodynamics
1.52. Second law of Thermodynamics
Chapter 6: Thermodynamic Air Cycles
6.1
6.2. Assumptions in Thermodynamic cycles
6.4. Reversible cycle
6.5. Irreversible cycle
6.9
6.16. Otto cycle
6.17. Diesel cycle
Example 6.10-6.20
Exercise# 9-18
Chapter 7: Formation and Properties of Steam
7.1
7.2
7.3. Temperature vs. Total Heat Graph during steam formation
7.4. Important Terms for Steam
7.5. Steam Tables and their Uses
7.6 Superheated steam
7.7
Example 7.1 - 7.7
Exercise#1-4
Chapter 8: Entropy of Steam
8.1. Introduction
8.3. Entropy Increase during Evaporation
8.4. Entropy of Wet and Dry Steam
8.6. Temperature-Entropy (T-s) Diagram for Water and Steam
8.7. Isothermal Lines on T-s Diagram

8.8. Isentropic Lines on T-s Diagram

8.9. Enthalpy-Entropy (h-s) Diagram for Water and Steam or Mollier Chart
8.10. Dryness Fraction Lines on h-s Diagram
8.11. Constant Volume Lines on h-s Diagram
8.12. Constant Pressure Lines on h-s Diagram
8.13. Isothermal Lines on h-s Diagram
8.14. Isentropic Lines on h-s Diagram
8.15. Throttling Lines on h-s Diagram
Example: 8.4-8.5
Exercise # 6
Chapter 10: Thermodynamic Vapour Cycles
10.1
10.2. Carnot cycle with steam as working substance
10.3.
10.4. Rankine Cycle
Example 10.3 - 10.5
10.6. Rankine Cycle with superheated steam
Exercise# 2,3,4,6, 9-12
Chapter 13:
13.1. Introduction
13.2. Important Terms for Steam Boilers
13.5. Classifications of Steam Boilers
13.16. Comparison between Water Tube and Fire Tube Boilers
Chapter 14: Boiler Mountings and Accessories
14.2. Boiler Mountings
14.3. Water Level Indicator
14.4. Pressure Gauge
14.5. Safety Valves
14.10. Steam Stop Valve
14.11. Blow off Cock
14.12. Feed Check Valve
14.13. Fusible Plug
14.14. Boiler Accessories
14.15. Feed Pump
14.16. Superheater
14.17. Economiser
14.18. Air Preheater

Chapter 15: Performance of Steam Boilers

15.1
15.2. Equivalent Evaporation
15.3. Boiler Efficiency
Example 15.1-15.5
Exercise# 1- 6
Chapter 25: Modern Steam Turbines
25.2. Reheating of steam
25.3. Advantages of Reheating of Steam
25.4. Reheat Cycle
Example 25.2
25.8. Regenerative cycle
25.9. Bleeding
25.10. Regenerative cycle with single feed water heater
Example 25.5
25.11. Regenerative cycle with two feed water heater
Exercise#6
Chapter 26: Internal Combustion Engines
26.1. Introduction
26.3. Classification of I.C. Engines
26.4. Main Components of I.C. Engines
26.5. Sequence of Operations in a cycle
26.9. Four-stroke cycle petrol engine
26.10
26.12. Four-stroke cycle diesel engine
26.13
26.16
Chapter 28: Reciprocating Air Compressors
28.1. Introduction
28.3. Technical Terms
28.4. Working of Single Stage Reciprocating Air Compressor
28.6. Workdone by a of Single Stage Reciprocating Air Compressor without clearance volume
28.7. Power required to drive a of Single Stage Reciprocating Air Compressor
Example 28.1, 3
Exercise#1, 2

Chapter 32: Gas Turbine

32.1
32.2
32.3
32.4
32.5
32.8
32.9
Example 1, 2, 6
Chapter 34: Introduction to Heat Transfer
34.1. Introduction
34.2. Methods of Heat Transfer
34.3. Newtons law of Cooling
34.4. Fouriers Law of Heat Conduction
34.5. Heat Conduction by Conduction through a slab
34.6 Thermal Conductivity
34.7 Temperature Gradient
34.11 Overall Coefficient of heat transfer
Chapter 35: Air Refrigeration Cycles
35.1. Introduction
35.3. Units of Refrigeration
35.4. Coefficient of Performance of a Refrigerator
35.5. Difference between a Heat engine, refrigerator and heat pump
Example 35.2, 35.7
Chapter 36: Vapour Compression Refrigeration Systems
36.6. Theoretical Vapour Compression Cycle with Dry Saturated Vapour after Compression
Example 36.1, 36.2
36.12. Vapour Absorption Refrigeration System
Exercise#3, 4
Chapter 37: Psychrometry
37.1. Introduction
37.2. Psychrometric Terms
37.7. Psychrometric Chart
Example 37.6-37.7
37.8. Psychrometric Processes

37.9. Sensible cooling

37.10. Sensible heating
37.11. Humidification and Dehumidification
37.13. Cooling and Dehumidification
37.14. Heating and Humidification
Exercise#
Chapter 38: Air Conditioning Systems
38.1. Introduction
38.2. Factors affecting comfort air conditioning
38.4. Equipments used in air conditioning system
38.8. Winter air conditioning system
38.9. Summer air conditioning system
Example 38.1-38.6
Exercise# 1-6

Introduction to Fluid Mechanics

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Textbook/ Reference Materials: Heat Engineering. By V.P.Vasandani, D.S. Kumar.

Metropolitan Book Co.(Pvt.) Ltd. Reprint 2001
Chapter 19: Gas-Vapour Mixtures, Psychrometry and Air-conditioning
19.12. Cooling Towers
Problem# 19.07
Textbook/ Reference Materials: A Text Book of Hydraulic Machine. By R.S./Khurmi.
S.Chand & Co. Reprint 2001
Chapter 13: Flow through Simple Pipes
Example 13.5
Reference Books : Engineering Thermodynamics by M.J. Moran & H.N. Shapiro. John
Wiley and Sons.2000.