K.S.

RANGASAMY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, TIRUCHENGODE – 637215

DEPARTMENT OF MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING
0815203C, APPLIED THERMODYNAMICS AND HEAT TRANSFER
2010 – 2011 IV SEM / II YEAR
COMPREHENSION – KEY WORDS

Unit – 1 Unit – 2 Unit – 3

Thermodynamics Air Compressor Steam
Characteristic Gas Single Stage and Multi
Wet Steam
Equation Stage
Clearance Space &
System Dry Saturated Steam
Volume
Boundary Work done Super Heated Steam
Universe Volumetric Efficiency Steam Table
Property Single & Double Acting Steam Chart
Cycle Polytrophic Compression Rankine Cycle
Equilibrium TDC Rankine Efficiency
Heat BDC Relative Efficiency
Work Isothermal Compression Fire Tube Boiler
Point Function Isentropic compression Water Tube Boiler
Path Function Intercooling Thermal Power Plant
Zeroth Law Compression ratio Locomotive Boiler
First Law – Closed
System Speed of the engine Babcock Boiler
(Cyclic Process)
First Law – Closed
System Air – Fuel Ratio Wilcox and Benson Boiler
(Non-Flow Process)
Constant volume (or)
Air Standard Efficiency Ton of Refrigeration
Iso – choric Process
Constant Pressure (or)
Relative Efficiency Refrigerator
Iso – Baric Process
Constant Temperature
Vapour Compression
Process (or) Iso – Mean Effective Pressure
Refrigeration Cycle
Thermal Process
Reversible adiabatic or Co-efficient of
Cylinder Bore
Isentropic Process Performance
Polytrophic Process Stroke Refrigerant Table
First Law – Open System
Swept Volume Refrigerant Chart
(or) Control Volume
Energy Otto Cycle Liquid sub-cooling
Steady Flow Energy
Diesel Cycle Domestic refrigerator
Equation
Second Law Dual Cycle Air Conditioner
Heat Engine Brayton Cycle Moisture
Heat Pump Four Stroke Engine Absolute Humidity
Entropy Two Stroke Engine Relative Humidity
T-S Diagram Petrol or SI Engine Summer Air-conditioning
Specific Heat Diesel or CI Engine Winter Air-Conditioning
Carnot Cycle P-V Diagram Refrigerant
Unit – 4 Unit – 5
Heat Transfer Natural Convection
Conduction Forced Convection
Convection Black Body
Radiation Gray Body
Fourier Law Reynolds Number
Temperature Gradient Grashof Number
Thermal Conductivity Prandtl Number
Thermal Resistance Nusselt Number
Overall Heat Transfer Staton Number
Coefficient
Critical Radius of Newton’s Law of
Insulation convection
Critical Thickness of Internal Flow
Insulation
Fins External Flow
Steady State Heat Bulk Mean Temperature
Transfer
Unsteady Stare Heat Laminar Flow
Transfer
Slab Turbulent Flow
Hollow Cylinder Emissive Power
Composite wall Monochromatic Emissive
Power
Composite Pipes Absorption and
Absorptivity
Uniform Straight Fin Reflection and
Reflectivity
Tapered Straight Fin Transmission and
Transmissivity
Splines Planck’s Distribution Law
Annular Fin Wien’s Displacement
Law
Pin Fins Stefan-Boltzmann Law
Insulation Maximum Emissive
Power
Cylinder Emissivity
Newton’s Law of Cooling Kirchoff’s law of
Radiation
Fin Efficiency Intensity of radiation
Fin Effectiveness Lambert’s Cosine law
Cooling Shape factor
Extended Surface Radiation Shield

STAFF INCHARGE HOD / MCT

(Dr.A.Murugesam Ph.D., & Mr. M.Bharathiraja) (Dr.A.Murugesan)