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COURSE STRUCTURE AND SYLLABUS

FOR M.TECH IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

(SPECIALIZATION: THERMAL ENGINEERING)

SEMESTER I

Sl.

No. Course no. Subject L - T - P

Credit

Hrs.

1. AMC 51101 Adv. Numerical Methods and Applied Statistics 4 – 0 – 0 08

2. MCC 51112 Advanced Fluid Mechanics 3 – 1 – 0 07

3. MCC 51113 Measurements in Thermal Engineering 3 – 1 – 0 07

4. MCC 51114 Advanced Thermodynamics 3 – 1 – 0 07

5. ELECTIVE(ANY ONE) 3 – 0 – 0 06

a. MCE 51109 Renewable Energy

b. MCE 51110 Gas Turbines and Jet Propulsion

c. MCE 51111 Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning

d. MME 51102 Finite Element Method

e. MCE 51112 Aerodynamics

f. MCE 51113 Thermal Behaviour of Advanced Materials

PRACTICALS AND OTHERS

6. MCC 51202 Thermal Engineering Laboratory 0 – 0 – 3 03

7 AMC 51201 Adv. Numerical Methods and Applied Statistics 0 – 0 – 2 02

TOTAL 16 - 3 - 5 40

SEMESTER II

Sl.

No. Course no. Subject L - T – P

Credit

Hrs.

1. MCC 52111 Computational Fluid Dynamics 3 – 1 – 0 07

2. MCC52112 Optimization Theory 3 – 0 – 0 06

3. MCC 52113 Advanced Steam Power Plant 3 – 0 – 0 06

4. MCC 52114 Advanced Heat Transfer 3 – 1 – 0 07

5. ELECTIVE(ANY ONE) 3 – 0 – 0 06

a. MCE 52114 Heat Exchanger Design

b. MCE 52115 Waste Heat Utilization

c. MCE 52116 Cryogenic Engineering

d. MCE 52117 Turbomachinery

e. MCE 52118 Combustion and Emission in I.C.Engines

PRACTICALS AND OTHERS

6. MCC 52211 CFD Lab 0 – 0 – 3 03

7. MCC 52501 Comprehensive viva-voce 0 – 0 – 0 (02)

TOTAL 15 - 2 -3 37

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SEMESTER III

Sl.

No. Course No. Subject L-T-P

Credit

Hours

1. MCC 53905 Interim Dissertation and Viva-Voce 0 – 0 – 0 20

2. MCC 53401 Seminar 0 – 0 – 4 04

3. MCC 53602 Teaching Assignment Evaluation/ Laboratory

Development Work etc. 0 – 0 – 0 06

TOTAL 30

SEMESTER IV

Sl.

No. Course No. Subject L-T-P

Credit

Hours

1 MCC 54905 Dissertation and Viva-Voce 0 – 0 – 0 25

2 MCC 54002 Teaching Assignment Evaluation/ Laboratory

Development Work etc.

0 – 0 – 0 06

3. MCC 53401 Seminar 0 – 0 – 4 04

TOTAL 35

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SYLLABUS

SEMESTER – I

AMC 51101 ADVANCED NUMERICAL METHODS AND APPLIED STATISTICS (4 – 0 – 0)

Section-A (Advanced Numerical Methods)

Review of solution of system of linear simultaneous equation; Solution of tri‐diagonal

system; III conditioned system and iterative method to improve accuracy of an ill

conditioned system; Evaluation of double and triple integrals by numerical method and its

application; Solution of non‐linear simultaneous equations; Numerical solution of integral

equations ; Advanced method of interpolation; Spline interpolation; Numerical solution of

simultaneous first order ordinary differential equations and higher order O.D.E; Initial and

boundary value problems; Numerical solution of partial differential equations; Laplace and

Poisson equation; Heat conduction and wave equations; Writing computer programs of the

above methods.

Section­B (Applied Statistics)

Review of binomial, negative binomial, Poisson, normal and log normal distributions; Tests

for significance for mean, variance, correlation and regression coefficients; χ2‐ test for

goodness of fit; Attributes and contingency table; F‐test; Test of proportions; Tests of

significance under large sample approximations; Non‐ parametric tests; Wald‐Wolfowitz

run test; Test of randomness; Median Test; Sign test; Mann‐Whiteney Wilcoxon U‐test;

Time series analysis; Introduction to reliability and Life testing experiments in engineering

problems; One way and two way analysis of variance; Completely Randomized

Design(CRD); Randomized Block Design(RBD); Latin Square Design(LSD).

Text/References:

1. S.S.Shastry , Introductory Methods of Numerical Analysis, PHI, 2000.

2. M.K.Jain, Numerical Solutions of Differential Equations –Wiley Eastern,

N.Delhi.

MCC 51112 ADVANCED FLUID MECHANICS (3 – 1 – 0)

Incompressible Flow, Introduction to fluid mechanics, Boundary Layer Theory, Formulation

of Navier-Stokes Equations in different coordinate systems, Prandtl Boundary Layer

Equation, Integral equation, Exact solutions, Analytical solution of N-S equations, Flow over

a curved boundaries, Boundary layer separation and Control, Theory of turbulence, wall and

free turbulence, Reynold’s equation, mixing length theory, universal velocity profiles,

Turbulence modeling, Fluid Flow about immersed body, Aerodynamic Lift and Drag,

Friction and pressure drag, streamline and bluff bodies, Angle of attack and Stalling,

Compressible Flow, Thermodynamic relations of Perfect gases, Stagnation properties,

Isentropic flow with variable area duct, Flow with normal shock waves, Supersonic wind

tunnels, Flow with oblique shock waves, oblique shock relations from normal shock

equations, Mack waves, Flow in constant area ducts with friction and flow with heat transfer.

Text/References:

1. H.Schlichting, Boundary Layer Theory, Springer, 8th revised edition, 2001.

2. S.W.Yuan, Foundation of Fluid Mechanics, PHI, S.I unit edition, 1988.

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3. Fox and Mc Donald , Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, J. Wiley & Sons, 4th

edition, 1995.

4. Muralidhar and Biswas, Advanced Fluid Mechanics, Alpha Science International

Ltd, 2nd edition, 2005.

5. F.M. White, Viscous Fluid Flow, McGraw Hill, New York, 2nd edition.2012.

6. V.Babu, Fundamentals of Incompressible Fluid Flow, Ane’s Student Publ, 2010.

7. V.Babu, Fundamentals of Gas Dynamics, Ane Books Pvt. Ltd., 2011.

8. S.M. Yahay, Compressible Flow, New Age International(p) Ltd., 2nd edition.

1998.

MCC51113 MEASUREMENTS IN THERMAL ENGINEERING (3 – 1 – 0)

Basic concepts of measurements, Different types of errors in measurements,Statistics in

Measurements, Principle of least square in measurements, Standard deviation, variance,

Uncertainty in measurements, Influence coefficients, Linear regression, Least square fit,

Goodness of fit, Correlation coefficient, Index of correlation, Error band, Multiple linear

regression, Parity plot, Temperature measurements (Thermometry): Fundamental process of

measurements, Thermometric thermometer(thermocouples), Thermoelectricity, Seebeck

effect, Peltier effect, Thomson effect, Laws of Thermoelectric circuits, Common

thermocouple pairs used in practice, Thermocouple junction in series, Measurement of

temperature of a moving fluid using a thermo well, Temperature measurement in the solid,

Maesurement of Transient temperature, Resistance Thermometer, Measurements of

temperature in Thermal radiation, Spectroscopic determination of gas temperature.

Measurements of Heat Flux, Interferometry, Differential Interferometer, Pressure

Measurements: Different pressure measurements, Vacuum measurements, Pirani gauge,

Ionization gauge, Dynamic response of a U-tube manometer. Flow and velocity

Measurements, Different methods of incompressible and compressible flow measurements,

Pitot static tube, Hot wire anemometer, Ultrasonic method, Doppler effect, Vortex Shedding

Flow meter, Laser Doppler velocity meter.Viscosity Measurement: Capillary method, Torque

method, Saybolt viscometer, Pollution monitoring, Gas chromatography, NDIR analyzer.

Text/References:

1. J.P.Holman, Experimental Methods for Engineers, McGraw Hill, 2001.

2. S.P.Venkateshan , Measurements in Thermal Engineering, Ane Books Pvt.Ltd.,

3. S.M.Yahaya, Compressible Flow, New Age International(p) Ltd., 2nd edition.

1998.

MCC51114 ADVANCED THERMODYNAMICS (3 – 1 – 0)

Thermodynamic Relations, Introduction, The Maxwell’s relations, The Gibbs and Helmholtz

relations, The Clapeyron Equation, General relations involving enthalpy, internal energy and

entropy, Co-efficient of volumetric expansion, Isothermal compressibility,Non Reactive Gas

Mixtures: Introduction - basic definitions for gas mixtures – PVT relationship for mixtures of

ideal gases - entropy change due to mixing. Reactive Gas Mixtures: Introduction- fuels and

combustion, theoretical and actual combustion processes, enthalpy of formation and enthalpy

of reaction, adiabatic flame temperature , first and second law analysis of reacting systems.

Exergy, Introduction Availability and Exergy of systems and processes. Second-law

efficiency, Kinetic Theory of an Ideal Gas: Introduction- equation of state of an ideal gas,

collision frequency and mean free path, velocity and speed distribution function.

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Text/References: 1. Sonnatag, Borgnakke and Van Wyllan, Fundamentals of Thermodynamics,

J.Wiley and Sons, New York,2003.

2. Yunus Cengel and Boles, Thermodynamics :An Engineering Approach, TMH, 7th

edition, 2008.

3. E .Rathakrishnan, Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, PHI Publishers, 2nd edition.

4. P.K.Nag, Engineering Thermodynamics, McGraw Hill Education,5th edition,

2013.

5. J.P.Holman , Thermodynamics, McGraw Hill, 3rd edition, 1995.

ELECTIVE PAPERS (Any one)

MCE 51109 RENEWABLE ENERGY (3 – 0 – 0)

Need of sources of renewable energy, Introduction to different sources of renewable energy,

e.g., Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Bio-mass, Geothermal Energy, Ocean energy, Solar Energy

and Applications , Basic concepts, , Flat plate and concentrating collectors, applications such

as Air Heater, water heaters, thermal energy storages, photo: voltaic cell, Wind Energy,

Sources and potentials, horizontal and vertical axis windmills, performance characteristics,

Augmentation of wind power, Betz criteria, Bio-Mass: Principles of Bio-mass conversion,

Anaerobic/Aerobic digestion, types of Bio-gas digesters, Combustion characteristics of bio-

gas and its different utilizations, Geothermal Energy: Resources, methods of harnessing

energy, Ocean Energy: Principles utilization, thermodynamic cycles, tidal and wave energy,

potential and conversion technique.

Text/References:

1. John A. Duffie and William A. Beckman, Solar Engineering forThermal Process,

Wiley and Sons, 2013.

2. Tiwari and Ghoshal, Renewable Energy Sources, Narosa Publication, 2007.

3. K.Mittal, Non-conventional energy systems, Wheeler Publ House, 2003.

4. S.P.Sukhatme, Solar Energy- Principles of Thermal Collection and Storage,

TMH, 2005.

5. H.P. Garg, Solar Energy, TMH, 1997.

6. D.P.Kothari and K.C.Singhal, Renewable Energy Sources and emerging

technologies, PHI Learning private Ltd., 2nd edition, 2012.

MCE 51110 GAS TURBINES AND JET PROPULSION (3 – 0 – 0)

Introduction , Centrifugal fans Blowers and Compressors, Brayton cycle, regeneration and

reheating cycle analysis., Axial flow fans and compressors, Elementary theory, degree of

reaction, three dimensional flow, simple design methods, blade design, calculation of stage

performance, overall performance and compressibility effects. Performance characteristics.

Axial flow turbines: elementary theory, vortex theory, choice of blade profile, pitch and

chord estimation of stage performance, he cooled turbine, Combustion system: Form of

combustion, important factors affecting combustion chamber design, combustion processes,

combustion chamber performance, practical problem., Simple gas turbines: Components,

characteristic, pressure losses, methods of improving part load performance, behaviour of gas

turbines, Gas turbine rotors and stresses, Jet Propulsion -introduction - Early aircraft engines

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-Types of aircraft engines - Reciprocating internal combustion engines - Gas turbine engines

- Turbo jet engine - Turbo fan engine - Turbo-prop engine. Aircraft propulsion theory: thrust,

thrust power, propulsive and overall efficiencies.

Text/References:

1. Cohen and Rogers, Gas Turbines Theory, Wesley Longman, 1996. 2. J.F. Lee, Theory and design of stream and gas turbine, McGraw Hill, 1954.

3. V. Ganesan, Gas Turbine, Tata McGraw Hill, 3rd edition, 2010.

4. R. Yadav, Steam & Gas Turbines and Power Plant Engineering, Central

Publishing House, 2004..

MCE51111 REFRIGERATION AND AIR-CONDITIONING (3 – 0– 0)

Basics, Introduction-Necessity and applications, unit of refrigeration, Heat Engine,

Refrigerator and Heat Pump-C.O.P and Types of Refrigeration, Aircraft Refrigeration

System: Necessity of Aircraft Refrigeration – Advantages of Air cycle for Aircraft

Refrigeration – Classification of Aircraft Refrigeration Systems –Simple air craft Bootstrap–

Regenerative air refrigeration systems, Vapour Compression Refrigeration: Performance of

Vapour Compression System - Sub cooling and Superheating - Actual VCR cycle - Multi

stage or Compound Compression - Multi Evaporator system - Cascade Systems,Vapour

Absorption Refrigeration System: Description and working of simple and actual Aqua-

Ammonia system - Maximum COP - Li-Br Water system - Three fluid absorption system -

Applications, Refrigerants: A survey of Refrigerants-Nomenclature, Desirable properties-

Classification of Refrigerants – Alternate refrigerants – Ozone depletion potential and Global

Warming Potential, Steam Jet Refrigeration System: Working and Analysis, Applications,

merits and demerits, Non-Conventional Refrigeration Methods: Principle and operation of (i)

Thermoelectric refrigerator (ii) Vortex tube or Hilsch tube (iii) Pulse Tube (iv) Adiabatic

demagnetization, Introduction to Air Conditioning: Psychometric properties and processes,

Construction of psychometric chart -Requirements of Comfort Air conditioning –

Thermodynamics of human body, Summer, Winter and Year round air conditioning systems-

Cooling load estimation. Design of Air conditioning systems, All fresh air, Re-circulated air

with and without bypass- factor- ADP, RSHF, GSHF and ESHF for different systems

Text/References:

1. C.P.Arora, Refrigeration and air conditioning, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2000.

2. Wilbert F. Stoecker and Jerold W. Jones, Refrigeration and air conditioning,

McGraw-Hill, 1986.

3. Roy J. Dossat, Principles of refrigeration, Prentice Hall, 2001.

4. Arora and Domkundwar, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning, Dhanpat Rai & Co.

5. Manohar Prasad, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, New Age International,2003

6. Anantha Narayana, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning , Tata McGraw-Hill,1986

MME 51102 FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (3 – 0 – 0)

Principle of Variational Calculus, Methods of Finite Element Analysis, Stiffness method,

Potential Energy and Rayleigh –Ritz Method, Galerkin FE formulation, Element formulation,

and Coordinate transformation, Isoparametric formulation, Applications, Problems on

structural and Solid Mechanics, Plane stress and plane stress problems, 3-D problems,

Torsion, bending of plates and shells, FE formulations for vibrations, heat transfer and fluid

flow problems., Associated flow charts and computer programming.

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Text/References:

1. T.R.Chandrupatta and A.D.Belegundu, Introduction to Finite Element in

Engineering,, PHI, 2nd Edition, 2001

2. J.N. Reddy, An Introduction to the Finite Element Method, 2005

3. O.C. Zieniewicz,The Finite Element Method,McGraw Hill, 3rd Ed,1997

4. S.S.Rao, The Finite Element Method in Engineering , Eimsford, Peramon, 2nd Ed,

1989.

5. C.S. Desai and J.F. Abel, Introduction to the Finite Element Method: A Numerical

Method for Engineering Analysis , 1972.

MCE 51112 AERODYNAMICS (3 – 0 – 0)

Aerodynamic forces and moments; continuity, momentum and energy equations; Inviscid

incompressible flow – incompressible flow in a low speed wind tunnel, source and doublet

flows, nonlifting flow over a circular cylinder, Kutta-Joukowski theorem; Incompressible

flow over airfoils and finite wings – Kutta condition, Kelvin’s circulation theorem, Biot-

Savart law, Helmholtz vortex theorem, Prandtl’s classical lifting line theory; Thin aerofoil

theory; Three dimensional source and doublet; Inviscid compressible flow – normal and

oblique shocks, expansion waves, supersonic wind tunnels; Elements of hypersonic flow,

Newtonian theory; Equations of viscous flow; Laminar and turbulent boundary layers; Panel

methods in aerodynamics

Text/References:

1. J.D. Jr.Anderson, Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, McGraw Hill

2. J.J. Bertin, Aerodynamics for Engineers, Pearson Education, 2002.

3. E.L. Houghton and N.B. Carruthers, Aerodynamics for Engg. Students, Arnold

Pub., 1988.

4. A.M. Kuethe, and C.Y. Chow, Foundations of Aerodynamics, Wiley, 1998.

5. L.J. Clancy, Aerodynamics, Himalayan Books, 1996

MCE 51113 THERMAL BEHAVIOUR OF ADVANCED MATERIALS (3 – 0 – 0)

Basic Information about the Material, Elastic behavior of materials, concept of engineering

and true stress and true strain, tensile property, yield point phenomenon & elastic modulus.

Heat Treatment Processes, Strengthening Mechanisms of Materials, Basics of Thermal,

Optical, Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Materials, Concepts of Creep, Fatigue,

Fracture and Corrosion, Introduction to Ceramics, Composites, Shape Memory Alloys,

Metglasses, and Nanostructured Materials, Thermal Behaviour of Composites,Thermal

expansion and thermal stresses: Thermal stresses and strains, Thermal expansivities, Thermal

cycling of unidirectional composites, Thermal cycling of laminates, Creep: Basics of matrix

and fibre behaviour, Axial creep of long-fibre composites, Transverse creep and

discontinuously reinforced composites,Thermal Conduction: Heat treatment mechanisms,

Conductivity of composites, Internal thermal resistance.

Text/References:

1. T. E. Reed-Hill & R Abbaschian, Physical Metallurgy Principles, Thomson.

2. L.H. Van Vlack, Elements of Materials science & Engineering, Addison Wesley

Pub. Company,

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3. Hull and Clyne, An Introduction to Composite Materials, Cambridge University

Press,

4. Diwan and Bhradwaj, Nano Composites, Pentagon Press, New Delhi.

5. William D Callister Jr, Materials Science and Engineering, John Wiley & Sons,

Inc.

6. G.E. Dieter, Mechanical Metallurgy, McGraw-Hill, London.

7. V.Raghvan, Materials Science and Engineering, Prentice Hall of India.

PRACTICALS AND OTHERS

MCC 51202 THERMAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY (0 – 0 – 3)

List of Experiments:

1. Experiment on Plate Heat Exchanger

2. Experiment on Cross –Flow Heat Exchanger

3. Experiment on Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer System

4. Experiment on Solar Air Heater

5. Experiment on VCR Engine

6. Experiment on Computerized 4-S ,4 Cylinder Petrol Engine

7. Experiment on Exhaust Gas Analyzer and Engine Smoke Meter

8. Heat Transfer coefficient in forced convection

9. Heat Transfer coefficient in natural convection

10. Temperature distribution in fin

AMC 51201 ADV. NUMERICAL METHODS AND APPLIED STATISTICS (0 – 0 – 2)

PART-1(Advanced Numerical Methods): Solution of tri diagonal systems, solution of

simultaneous non-linear equations by iteration and Newton Raphson Method, Evaluation of

double integrals, solution of initial value problems, solution of B.V.P. by finite difference

method, solution of Laplace and Poisson equations, solution of heat conduction equation,

solution of wave equation.

Part-2(Applied Statistics): Test of significance for one and two-population case, tests of

regression and coefficients, tests of proportion, non-parametric tests, time series analysis,

reliability and life testing experiments, completely Randomized Design, Randomized Block

Design and Latin Square Design.

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SEMESTER – II

MCC 52111 COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (3 – 1 – 0)

Introduction to CFD, Finite Difference, Finite Volume and Finite Element Methods. Finite

Difference Method, Discretization, Backward, forward and Central differencing schemes,

application of FDM to 1-D and 2-D heat conduction, Matrix inversion, Point by point

iteration, line by line iterative method, FDM applications for convective diffusion problems,

Upwind differencing scheme, artificial diffusion, application of FDM to transient heat

conduction, Explicit, implicit and semi-implicit method, concepts of consistency, stability

and convergence analysis, Finite Volume Method: Basic concept, flux balance, FVM for

solving heat conduction problems, FVM formulation for convective diffusion, Compressible

flow modeling, Introduction to commercial software such as ANSYS-Fluent.

Text /References:

1. S.V. Patankar, Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, McGraw Hill, New

York,1980.

2. Y. Jaluria, Computational Heat Transfer, Taylor & Francis, 2nd edition, 2003.

3. John C. Tannehill, Dale A. Anderson,and Richard H. Pletcher, Computational Fluid

Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Taylor and Francis, 1997.

4. W.F. Ames, Numerical Method for Partial Differential Equation, Academic Press, 3rd

edition, 1992.

5. S.P. Venkateshan and P. Swaminathan, Computational Methods in Engineering, Ane

Publication, 2013.

6. H.K.Versteeg and W.Malalasekra, An Introduction to Computational Fluid

Dynamics: The Finite Volume Method, Pearson Education Ltd., 2007.

7. K. Muralidhar and T. Sundarrajan, Computational Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer,

Narosa Publishing House, 2011.

8. A.D.Gosman, W.M.Pun, A.K.Runchal, D.B.Spalding and M.Wolfshtein, Heat and

Mass Transfer in Recirculating Flow, Academic Press, 1969.

MMC52112 OPTIMIZATION THEORY (3 – 0 – 0)

Basic Concepts, optimal problem formulation. Single variable optimization algorithms: brac

keting, region elimination, point estimation, and gradient based methods, root finding,

Multivariable optimization algorithms: unidirectional search, direct search methods,

simplex search and gradient based methods. Constrained optimization algorithms :

penalty function method, method of multipliers, sensitivity analysis, direct search for

constrained minimization, linearized search techniques, feasible direction method,

generalized reduced gradient method, and gradient projection method. Nontraditional optimiz

ation algorithms: Genetic algorithms, simulated annealing, and global optimization Computer

programming practice for general design applications.

Text /References:

1. S.S. Rao, Engineering Optimization: Theory and Practice,New Age International

Publishers, 2006.

2. S.Bradley, A.Hax, T.Magnanti, Applied mathematical programming. Addison

Wesley, 1977.

3. Rardin L. Ronald, Optimization in operations research, Prentice Hall. 1997.

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4. Strang and Gilbert, Introduction to applied mathematics, Wellesley-Cambridge

press, 1986.

5. K.Deb, Optimization for engineering design: algorithms and examples. Prentice

Hall of India, New Delhi. 1996.

6. C.Balaji, Essentials of Thermal System Design and Optimization, Ane Books Pvt.

Ltd., 2011.

MCC 52113 Advanced Steam Power Plants (3 – 0 – 0)

Thermal Power Plant Engineering,

Energy sources and scenario – Power Plant Cycles – Reheat – Regenerative, Supercritical -

Coupled and combined – Cogeneration Plants, Exergy analysis of power plant cycles, Coal,

its properties, combustion, Analysis and sizing of Power Plant Components: Steam generator,

Condenser, Cooling tower and other heat exchangers, Power plant economics, energy audit.

Recent trends in power production.

Text /References:

1. R.W. Haywood, Analysis of Engineering Cycles, Pergamon Press, 1975

2. A.W. Culp, Principles of Energy Conversion, McGraw Hill, 1979.

3. M.M. Elwakil, Power Plant Technology, McGraw Hill, 1984.

4. T.D. Eastop and A.McConkey, Applied Thermodynamics, ELBS, 1986.

5. P.K.Nag, Power Plant Engineering, Tata McGraw Hill, 2000

6. J.Weisman, and R.Eckart, Modern Power Plant Engineering, Prentice Hall, 1985

MCC52114 ADVANCED HEAT TRANSFER (3 – 1 – 0)

Review of basic heat transfer, Introduction to Conduction, convection and radiation heat

transfer, 1-D Steady State Heat Conduction, Fins with variable cross-section, generalized

equation for fins, Fins of parabolic and triangular profiles, Transient in lumped systems,

Multi-Dimensional Conduction, Analytical and numerical methods for solving multi-

dimensional problems, Graphical method, Conduction shape factor, Analogical method,

Relaxation Technique, Finite Difference method, Convective Heat Transfer, Momentum and

Energy Integral Equation, Thermal and hydrodynamic boundary layer thickness, Heat

transfer in a circular pipe in laminar flow when constant heat flux and constant wall

temperature to the wall of the pipe, convection correlations for turbulent flow in tubes, Flow

over cylinders and spheres, Flow across tube bundles/banks, Natural convection, Heat

transfer from a vertical plate using the Integral method, Free convection in enclosed spaces,

Mixed convection, Introduction to Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer,Thermal

radiation, Review of basics of surface radiation, non gray body, radiation shape factor,

Hottel’s Crossed String Method for finding shape factor, Radiosity and irradiation

formulation, radiation shield and Gas radiation, Heat Exchangers, Review of basic concepts,

Tubular and plate type heat exchanger, Overall heat transfer coefficient, LMTD, correction

factor, Effectiveness, Introduction to design of heat exchangers.

Text /References:

1. M.N. Ozisik, Basic Heat Transfer, Mc-Graw Hill, Inernational edition, 1988

2. J.P. Holman, Heat Transfer, McGraw Hill, 10th edition, 2010

3. F. Incropera, and D. J. Dewitt, Introduction to Heat Transfer –Wiley & Sons

Inc., 6th edition, 2010.

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4. F. Kreith, Principles of Heat Transfer, Harper & Row, New York, 4th edition,

1986.

5. Gupta and Prakash, Engineering Heat Transfer, New chand & Bros, 4th edition

6. A. Bejan, Convective Heat Transfer, J. Wiley & Sons, 2nd edition, 1995.

7. S.P. Venkateshan, Heat Transfer, Ane Publication, 2009.

8. P.S.Ghoshdastidar, Heat Transfer, Oxford, Univ press, 2nd edition, 2012.

9. Domkundwar and Arora, A Course in Heat and Mass Transfer, Dhanpat Rai &

Sons, 7th edition 2008.

ELECTIVE PAPERS (Any one)

MCE 52114 HEAT EXCHANGER DESIGN (3 – 0 – 0)

Introduction to Heat Exchangers, Classification of Heat Exchangers, Direct transfer type,

Storage type, Direct contact type, Tubular, Plate and Extended surface H.Es, Basic Thermal

and Hydraulic Relations in Heat Exchangers Design, Basic Principles of Thermal Design,

The effectiveness-NTU Method, Thermal Hydraulic correlations for H.E Design, Shell side

flow correlation, The tube side correlations, Thermal Design of Shell and Tube H.Es: Ideal

tube banks, Kern’s Method, Tinker Model, Divided Flow Method, Design considerations,

Effects of fouling, Design of Condensers and Evaporators, Types and choice of a condenser/

evaporators, Operational problems, Heat Transfer coefficient and Pressure drop calculations,

Design procedure, Thermal Design of Compact Heat Exchangers, Flow arrangements and

Surface Geometries, Heat Transfer and Friction factor data, Calculation Procedure of

Compact H.E, Special Type of Heat Exchangers, Heat pipe heat exchangers, application

areas, Design criteria, Rod Baffle H.E, New Tube Bundle Baffling Concept, Regenerators,

Flow induced vibrations in H.E, Tube vibration, Vibration Damage patterns, Regions of tube

failures, Flow induced vibration mechanism, Vortex shedding, Turbulent Buffeting, fluid

elastic whirling, acoustic vibrations, natural frequencies of tubes, Design considerations,

Heat Exchanger Materials and their manufacturing techniques.

Text/References:

1. A. P. Fraas and M.N.Ozisik, Heat exchanger Design, Wiley New York. 1989.

2. J.P.Gupta Fundamentals of heat exchanger and pressure vessel technology,

Hemisphere publishing company, Washington. 1986.

3. W.M. Kays, Compact Heat Exchanger, McGraw- Hill, New York. 1964.

4. D. Q. Kern, Extended Surface Heat Exchangers, McGraw- Hill, New York.1950.

5. G. Walker, Industrial Heat Exchangers-A Basic Guide, McGraw- Hill, New

York. 1973.

6. F.G. Shinakey, Process control systems, McGraw- Hill, New York.1979.

7. Tubular exchange manufacturers’ Association, TEMA standards, 1982.

8. D.Q. Kern, Process Heat Transfer, McGraw- Hill, New York.1950.

9. S K Das, Process Heat Transfer, Narosa Publishing House, 2005.

MCE 52115 WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION (3 – 0 – 0)

Introduction to different sources of waste heat, industrial waste heat, Methods of utilizing

waste heat: Cogeneration, gas turbine, steam turbine, MHD-Steam power, Different types of

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energy storage systems, solar energy storage systems, Waste heat refrigeration and air-

conditioning systems and heat pump systems, Utilization of waste heat in organic Rankine

cycle engines, Different types of thermal insulation and its properties, Waste Heat recovery

systems: Heat Exchangers, gas to gas, gas to liquid and liquid to liquid heat recovery

systems, Waste heat boilers, Fluidized bed waste heat recovery systems, Heat Pipes, Working

principles, different systems and applications.

Text/References:

1. Robert Goldstick and Albert Thumann, The waste heat recovery handbook,

Fairmont Press, 1983.

2. P.K. Nag, Power Plant Engineering, Tata McGraw Hill, 2008.

3. R. Yadav, Steam & Gas Turbines and Power Plant Engineering, Central

Publishing House, 2004.

4. S.P. Sukhatme, Solar Energy, Tata McGraw Hill, 2nd edition, 2005.

5. D.Q. Kern, Process Heat Transfer, McGraw- Hill, New York. 1950.

MCE 52116 CRYOGENIC ENGINEERING (3 – 0 – 0)

Cryogenic Systems, Introduction, Insight on Cryogenics, Properties of Cryogenic fluids,

Material properties at Cryogenic Temperatures, Carnot Liquefaction Cycle, F.O.M. and

Yield of Liquefaction Cycles. Inversion Curve - Joule Thomson Effect, Liquefaction Cycles,

Linde Hampson Cycle, Precooled Linde Hampson Cycle, Claudes Cycle, Dual Cycle,

Helium Regrigerated Hydrogen Liquefaction Systems. Crtical components in Liquefaction

Systems, Cryogenic Refrigerators: J.T.Cryocoolers, Stirling Cycle Refrigerators,

G.M.Cryocoolers, Pulse Tube Refrigerators, Regenerators used in Cryogenic Refrigerators,

Magnetic Refrigerators, Applications: Applications of Cryogenics in Space Programmes,

Superconductivity, Cryo Metallurgy, Medical applications, Cryogenic heat transfer:

applications, Material Properties at cryogenic temperatures, specific heats and thermal

conductivity of solid, liquid and gases, Cryogenic insulations, gas-filled and evacuated

powders and fibrous materials, microsphere and multi-layer insulations.

Text /References:

1. R.B. Scott, Cryogenic Engineering, Van Nostrand and Co., 1962

2. Herald Weinstock, Cryogenic Technology, 1969

3. Robert W.Vance, Cryogenic Technology, Johnwiley & Sons, Inc., New York,

London,

4. Klaus D.Timmerhaus and Thomas M.Flynn, Cryogenic Process Engineering,

Plenum Press, 1989

5. Randall F.Barron, Cryogenic Systems, McGraw Hill, 1985

MCE 52117 TURBOMACHINERY (3 – 0 – 0)

Introduction, Classification of turbo machinery. Application of Time Temperature diagram –

theorem in turbo machinery. Incompressible fluid flow in turbomachines – Effects of

Reynolds Number and Mach number. Energy transfer between a fluid and a rotor - Euler

turbine equation – components of energy transfer – impulse and Reaction – Efficiencies,

Radial flow pumps and compressors – head capacity relationship – Axial flow pumps and

compressors – Degree of reaction dimensionless parameters – Efficiency and utilization

factor in Turbo Machinery, Thermodynamics of Turbo machine processes – Compression

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and expansion efficiencies – Stage efficiency – Infinitesimal stage and finite stage

efficiencies, Flow of fluids in Turbo machines – flow and pressure distribution over an airfoil

section – Effect of compressibility cavitations – Blade terminology- Cascades of blades –

fluid deviation – Energy transfer of blades – Degree of reaction and blade spacing – Radial

pressure gradient – Free vortex flow – losses in turbo machines, Centrifugal pumps and

compressors – Inlet section – Cavitation – flow in the impeller channel – flow in the

discharge casing pump and compressor characteristic, Radial flow turbines – inward flow

turbines for compressible fluids – inward flow hydraulic – velocity and flow coefficients –

gas turbine blading – Kaplan turbine – pelton wheels.

Text /References:

1. Lee, Theory and Design of Steam and Gas Turbine, McGraw Hill, 1954

2. S.M.Yahya, Turbines, Compressions & Fans, Tata McGraw Hill. 1983.

3. J.Lal, Hydraulic Machines, Metropolitan Books Co. Ltd, N.Delhi, 1956.

MCE52118 COMBUSTION AND EMISSION IN I C ENGINES (3 – 0 – 0)

Introduction, Engine classifications - Engine components - S.I. Engine operation – C.I.

Engine operation – Relative merits and demerits , Engine performance parameters, Fuels,

Desirable properties – SI engine fuels – CI engine fuels - Alternative fuels – Alcohols - CNG

– LPG – Hydrogen - Biodiesels – Biogas - Dual fuel operation, Combustion in SI Engines:

Introduction – Thermodynamic Analysis - Stages of combustion in SI Engine - Flame front

propagation– Factors influencing flame speed - Rate of pressure rise – Analysis of cylinder

pressure data – Heat release analysis - Cyclic variations in combustion, partial burning and

misfire – Abnormal combustion and knocking – Effects of detonation - Effect of engine

variables on detonation – SI Engine combustion chamber design principles – Types of

combustion chambers, Combustion in CI Engines: Introduction – Stages of combustion in CI

Engine – Ignition delay – Factors effecting ignition delay – Knocking in CI Engine – Factors

affecting knowing - Types of Diesel Combustion systems – Direct injection systems -

Indirect injection systems, comparison of combustion Systems - Combustion in direct

injection multi spray – Analysis of cylinder pressure data - Heat release analysis, Emission,

Pollution Norms- Types of pollutants, Measurement of Emissions, Exhaust gas treatment.

Text/References:

1. John. B.Heywood, Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals, McGraw Hill,

1988.

2. E.F. Obert, Internal Combustion Engine and Air Pollution, Harper and Row

Publishers, 1973.

3. V.L. Maleeve, Internal Combustion Engines, McGraw Hill Book Company, 1945.

4. Colin R.Ferguson and Allan T.Kirkpatrick, Internal Combustion Engines, Wiley

publishers, 2000.

5. Mathur & Sharma, Internal Combustion Engines, Dhanpatrai Publishers. 2006.

6. V.Ganesan, Internal Combustion Engines, Tata McGraw Hill, 2003.

7. H.N.Gupta, Fundamentals of Internal Combustion Engines, PHI, New Delhi,

2006.

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MCC 52211 COMPUTATIONAL FLUID MECHANICS LAB (0 – 0 – 3)

Pre-processing, solver and post processing, Grid generation, Boundary condition

implementation, Solution of Conduction and convection problem, Solution of N-S equations.

Code development, CFD Software utilization for solving flow and Hear Transfer problems.