PRE-REQUISITE STUDIES

TUTORIAL 1 - LIQUIDS, VAPOURS AND GASES BASIC THERMODYNAMIC TERMINOLOGY AND SYMBOLS ENERGY FORMS GAS LAWS SPECIFIC HEATS PROPERTIES OF LIQUIDS AND VAPOURS THE USE OF THERMODYNAMIC TABLES PROPERTY DIAGRAMS

  OUTCOME 1

TUTORIAL 2 - THERMODYNAMIC PROCESSES THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS HEAT AND WORK TRANSFER CLOSED AND OPEN SYSTEMS NON FLOW AND STEADY FLOW ENERGY EQUATIONS POLYTROPIC EXPANSIONS AND COMPRESSIONS CONSTANT PREs, TEMP AND VOL PROCESSES. ADIABATIC PROCESSES THE WORK LAWS FOR VARIOUS PROCESSES

OUTCOME 2

TUTORIAL 3 - HEAT ENGINE THEORY THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS MODEL HEAT ENGINE DEFINITION OF ENTROPY ISENTROPIC PROCESS ISENTROPIC EXPANSION OF STEAM THE CARNOT PRINCIPLE THE CARNOT CYCLE

TUTORIAL 4 - IDEAL ENGINE CYCLES SPARK IGNITION - THE OTTO CYCLE THE CARNOT CYCLE COMPR'N IGNITION - THE DUAL COMBUSTION CYCLE COMPRESSION IGNITION - THE DIESEL CYCLE GAS TURBINES - THE JOULE CYCLE

TUTORIAL 5 - ENGINE TESTING AND PERFORMANCE AIR FUEL RATIO CALORIFIC VALUES FUEL POWER BRAKE POWER INDICATED POWER MEAN EFFECTIVE PRESSURE THERMAL EFFICIENCY MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY TURBOCHARGING SUPERCHARGING INTER-COOLING WASTE HEAT RECOVERY COMBINED HEATING AND POWER

OUTCOME 3

TUTORIAL 6 - AIR COMPRESSORS PROPERTIES OF COMPRESSED AIR HAZARDS AND SAFETY ASPECTS OF COMPRESSORS TYPES OF COMPRESSORS THEORY OF RECIPROCATING COMPRESSORS INDICATED AND ISOTHERMAL POWERS ISOTHERMAL EFICIENCY COOLING SYSTEMS PROPERTIES OF ATMOSPHERIC AIR

OUTCOME 4

TUTORIAL 7 - BASIC THEORY OF TURBINES DIAGRAM POWER BRIEF HISTORY OF TURBINES IMPULSE AND REACTION THEORY VECTOR DIAGRAMS STEAM TURBINE PICTURES

TUTORIAL 8 - STEAM POWER CYCLES CARNOT STEAM CYCLE RANKINE CYCLE BACK PRESSURE TURBINE PASS OUT TURBINE REHEATER FEED HEATER

TUTORIAL 9 - GAS TURBINE POWER CYCLES FREE TURBINES REHEATER INTERCOOLER EXHAUST HEAT EXCHANGER

TUTORIAL 10 - THE EFFECT OF FRICTION ON TURBINE EXPANSIONS EFFECT OF FRICTION ON COMPRESSION PROCESSES ISENTROPIC EFFICIENCY EFFECT ON STEAM CYCLE EFFICIENCY EFFECT ON GAS TURBINE EFFICENCY

MODEL ASSIGNMENTS ASSIGNMENT 1 OUTCOME 1 ASSIGNMENT 2 OUTCOME 1 ASSIGNMENT 1 OUTCOME 2 ASSIGNMENT 1 OUTCOME 3 ASSIGNMENT 1 OUTCOME 4 ASSESSMENT SCHEME

SOLUTIONS TO SELF ASSESSMENT EXERCISES SOLUTIONS TUTORIAL 1 SOLUTIONS TUTORIAL 2 SOLUTIONS TUTORIAL 3 SOLUTIONS TUTORIAL 4 SOLUTIONS TUTORIAL 5 SOLUTIONS TUTORIAL 6 SOLUTIONS TUTORIAL 7 SOLUTIONS TUTORIAL 8 SOLUTIONS TUTORIAL 9 SOLUTIONS TUTORIAL 10