ME579

ME579 [Advanced Thermodynamics]  -  1st Semester 2021-22

Course Outline (To be added soon)

Course content: Review of first and second law of thermodynamics, Maxwell equations, Joule-Thompson experiment, irreversibility and availability, exergy analysis, phase transition, types of equilibrium and stability, multi-component and multi-phase systems, equations of state, chemical thermodynamics, combustion. Third law of thermodynamics, Kinetic theory of gases- introduction, basic assumption, molecular flux, equation of state for an ideal gas, collisions with a moving wall, principle of equipartition of energy, classical theory of specific heat capacity. Transport phenomena-intermolecular forces, The van der Waals equation of state, collision cross section, mean free path, Statistical thermodynamics- introduction, energy states and energy levels, macro and microscales, thermodynamic probability, B-E, F-D, M-D statistics, distribution function, partition energy, statistical interpretation of entropy, application of statistics to gases-mono-atomic ideal gas.

Useful books:

• F. W. Sears and G. L. Salinger, Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory and Statistical Thermodynamics, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, 3rd edition, 1998.

• M. J. Moran, and H. N. Shapiro, Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, 6th edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2010.

• Thomas Engel and Philip Reid, Thermodynamics, Statistical thermodynamics, and Kinetics, Pearson, 2006.

• H. B. Callen, Thermodynamics and Thermostatistics, 2nd edition, Wiley, 1985.

• F. Reif, Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics, McGraw-Hill, 1965.

• Lucien Gilles Benguigui, Statistical Mechanics for Beginners, World Scientific, 2010.

• R. P. Feynman, R. B. Leighton, M. Sands, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Pearson, 1965.

• R. K. Pathria, Statistical Mechanics, 2nd edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001.

• A. Bejan, Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics, 3rd edition, John Wiley and sons, 2006.

• M. W. Zemansky and R. H. Dittman, Heat and Thermodynamics, 7th edition, McGraw Hill International Editions, 2007.

• K. Annamalai, I. K. Puri, M. A. Jog, Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics, 2nd edition, CRC Press, 2011.

Useful links:

• 3D Phase Diagram (PVT Surface) for water. (Link).

ME579 [Advanced Thermodynamics]  -  1st Semester 2019-20

Course Outline (link to PDF file - draft version uploaded on 01-Aug-2019)

Moodle Link: Details of this course are also given on the moodle (intranet link) website. Here's the link