B.E. (Automobile Engineering) Thermodynamics Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

The University has moved this degree onto NEP 2020 one year at a time. The first and second years are NEP 2020 syllabi; the third and fourth years are still examined on the REV-2019 'C' Scheme, which is what the University sets for them this year.

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Syllabus for Thermodynamics

Semester 3 · Second Year AE · 3 credits

Module 0: Prerequisite

Thermodynamics system and types, Microscopic and Macroscopic approach, System, Boundary and Surrounding, Thermodynamic properties, Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics, First law of thermodynamics, Internal Energy, Concept of Enthalpy and Entropy

Module I: Basic Concepts :

Introduction and Basic Concepts of Thermodynamics : Thermodynamic state, path, process and cycle, Point and Path functions, Quasi-static process & Equilibrium, Characteristic gas equation, Heat and Work. Concept of PdV work. First Law of Thermodynamics: Statement & Equation, First law for Cyclic process (Joule’s experiment), Perpetual Motion Machine of the First Kind, Application of first law to non-flow systems (Ideal gas processes with numerical) First law applied to flow system: Concept of flow process and flow energy, Concept of the steady flow process, Energy balance in a steady flow, Application of steady flow energy equation to nozzle, turbine, compressor, pump, boiler, condenser, heat exchanger, throttling device. Steady flow work, Significance of – VdP work, Relation between flow and non-flow work

Module II: Second Law of Thermodynamics :

Second Law of Thermodynamics: Limitation of the first law of thermodynamics, Thermal reservoir, Concept of heat engine, Heat pump and Refrigerator, Statement of the second law of thermodynamics, Reversible and irreversible Process, Causes of irreversibility, Perpetual Motion Machine of the second kind, Carnot cycle, Carnot theorem. Entropy: Clausius theorem, Entropy is property of a system, Temperature-Entropy diagram, Clausius inequality, Increase of entropy principle, T ds relations, Entropy change During a process.

Module III: Availability:

Availability: High grade and low-grade energy, Available and Unavailable energy, Dead State, Useful work, Irreversibility, Availability of closed system& steady flow process, Helmholtz & Gibbs function (Only Theory) Thermodynamic Relations: Maxwell relations, Clausis-Clapeyron Equation, Mayer relation, Joule-Thomson coefficient (Only Theory)

Module IV: Properties of Pure Substance:

Properties of Pure Substance: Advantages and applications of steam, Phase change process of water, Saturation pressure and temperature, Terminology associated with steam, Different types of steam. Property diagram: T-v diagram, p-v diagram, p-T diagram, Critical and triple point, T-s and an h-s diagram for water, Calculation of various properties of wet, dry and superheated steam using the steam table and Mollier chart. Vapour Power cycle: Principal components of a simple steam power plant, Carnot cycle and its limitations as a vapour cycle, Rankine cycle with different turbine inlet conditions, Mean temperature of heat addition, Reheat Rankine Cycle.

Module V: Gas Power cycles: Gas Power cycles:

Nomenclature of a reciprocating engine, Mean effective pressure, Assumptions for Air Standard Cycle, Otto cycle, Diesel Cycle and Dual cycle, Comparison of Otto and Diesel cycle for same compression ratio, Brayton Cycle. Sterling Cycle, Ericsson Cycle, Lenoir cycle, and Atkinson cycle (Only theory).

Module VI: Compressible Fluid flow: Reactive Systems

Compressible Fluid flow: Propagation of sound waves through compressible fluids, Sonic velocity and Mach number; Stagnation properties, Application of continuity, momentum and energy equations for steady-state conditions; Steady flow through the nozzle, Isentropic flow through ducts of varying cross-sectional area, Effect of varying back pressure on nozzle performance, Critical pressure ratio (Only Theory) Reactive Systems: Combustion, theoretical and actual combustion processes, enthalpy of formation and enthalpy of combustion, Adiabatic flame temperature, first law analysis of reactive system (Only Theory)

Text Books

1 Thermodynamics by P K Nag, 6thEdition, TMH
2 Thermodynamics by Onkar Singh, 4th Edition New Age International
3 Thermodynamics by C P Arora,1st Edition TMH
1 Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach by Yunus A. Cengel and Michael A. Boles, 9thedition, TMH
2 Basic Engineering Thermodynamics by Rayner Joel, 5thedition, Longman Publishers
3 Engineering Thermodynamics by P Chattopadhyay, 2ndedition, Oxford University PressIndia
4 Engineering Thermodynamics Through Examples by Y V C Rao, Universities Press (India) Pvt Ltd
5 Fundamentals of Thermodynamics by Moran &Shapiro, Eighth Edition, Wiley
6 Fundamentals of Classical Thermodynamics by Van Wylen G.H. & Sonntag R.E., 9th Edition John Wiley& Sons
7 Thermodynamics by W.C. Reynolds, McGraw-Hill &Co
8 Thermodynamics by J P Holman, 4th Edition McGraw-Hill & Co

Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Automobile Engineering) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2025-26. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.

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