1. Properties of gases and gas mixtures: Avogadro’s law, equation of state, Vander Waal’s equation, reduced properties, law of corresponding states, compressibility chart, internal energy; enthalpy and specific heat of a gas mixtures (Chapter - 1) 2. Psychrometry: Dalton’s law of partial pressure, Properties of moist air, temperature and humidity measuring instruments, psychrometric chart, psychrometric processes such as sensible heating and cooling, heating and humidification cooling and dehumidification, chemical dehumidification, adiabatic saturation (Chapter - 2) 3. Refrigerant and Refrigeration cycles: Classification, nomenclature and desirable properties of refrigerant, secondary refrigerants, ODP and GWP, Compound compression with intercooler, flash gas removal and flash intercooler, Desirable characteristics of refrigerant absorbent pair for vapor absorption cycle, Simple H2O -NH3 cycle, LiBr2 – H2O cycle and its working (Chapter - 3) 4. Fuel Air and Actual Cycles: Assumptions for fuel–air cycles, reasons for variation of specific heats of gases, change of internal energy and enthalpy during a process with variable specific heats, isentropic expansion with variable specific heats, effect of variable specific heats on Otto, Diesel and Dual cycle, dissociation, comparison of air standard and fuel air cycles, effect of operating variables, comparison of air standard and actual cycles, effect of time loss, heat loss and exhaust loss in petrol and diesel engines, (Chapter - 4) 5. IC engine performance and Emissions 6. Fundamentals of compressible flow 7. Reciprocating Compressors
