Basic Thermodynamics (GATE/PSU

Description

Basic Thermodynamics handwritten notes for engineering students & GATE /PSU aspirants. Which have good explanation with pictorial representation and numerical with problem solutions.

Basic Thermodynamics covered following topics which are indexed below :

Basic Concepts:
Continuum, macroscopic approach, thermodynamic system (closed and open or control
volume); thermodynamic properties and equilibrium; state of a system, state diagram,
path and process; different modes of work; Zeroth law of thermodynamics; concept of
temperature; heat.
First Law of Thermodynamics:
Energy, enthalpy, specific heats, first law applied to systems and control volumes,
steady and unsteady flow analysis.
Second Law of Thermodynamics:
Kelvin-Planck and Clausius statements, reversible and irreversible processes, Carnot
theorems, thermodynamic temperature scale, Clausius inequality and concept of
entropy, principle of increase of entropy; availability and irreversibility.
Properties of Pure Substances:
Thermodynamic properties of pure substances in solid, liquid and vapor phases, P-V-T
behaviour of simple compressible substances, phase rule, thermodynamic property
tables and charts, ideal and real gases, equations of state, compressibility chart.
Thermodynamic Relations:
T-ds relations, Maxwell equations, Joule-Thomson coefficient, coefficient of volume
expansion, adiabatic and isothermal compressibilities, Clapeyron equation.
Thermodynamic cycles:
Carnot vapor power cycle, Ideal Rankine cycle, Rankine Reheat cycle, Air standard Otto
cycle, Air standard Diesel cycle, Air-standard Brayton cycle, Vapor-compression
refrigeration cycle.
Ideal Gas Mixtures:
Dalton's and Amagat's laws, calculations of properties, air-water vapor mixtures and
simple thermodynamic processes involving them.

These are topics for Basic Thermodynamics which are covered in app.