Engineering Thermodynamics for University exams and GATE

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Who should enroll in this course?

Lecture 2: Introduction to Thermodynamics

Lecture 3: Macroscopic and Microscopic point of view

Lecture 4: What is Thermodynamic Equilibrium?

Lecture 5: Concept of Quasi Static process

Lecture 6: More about Quasi Static process

Lecture 7: Kelvin-Planck's and Clausius statements of Second Law of Thermodynamics

Lecture 8: Equivalence between Kelvin Planck and Clausius statement

Lecture 9: Violation of Clausius statement leads to violation of Kelvin-Planck statement

Lecture 10: What is a reversible process?

Lecture 11: What makes process irreversible

Lecture 12: Concept of reversible heat transfer

Lecture 13: Irreversibility and Second Law ( Free Expansion)

Lecture 14: Irreversibility and Second Law (Heat Transfer across finite Temperature Differen

Lecture 15: Introduction to Carnot Engine

Lecture 16: Working of Carnot Engine

Lecture 17: Additional explanation of the working of Carnot Engine

Lecture 18: . Carnot theorem

Lecture 19: Proof of Carnot Theorem

Lecture 20: Carnot Refrigerator and Carnot Heat Pump

Lecture 21: Reversible Adiabatic lines cannot intersect

Lecture 22: First Step to prove Clausius Theorem

Lecture 23: Proof of Clausius Theorem

Lecture 24: Entropy as property

Lecture 25: Understanding Entropy through microscopic point of view

Lecture 26: Entropy change during reversible and irreversible process

Lecture 27: Expressions for Entropy change Part 1

Lecture 28: Expressions for Entropy change Part 2

Lecture 29: Inequality of Clausius (Part1)

Lecture 30: Inequality of Clausius for an impossible cycle (Part 2)

Lecture 31: Principle of Increase of Entropy

Lecture 32: Examples of Entropy Principle

Lecture 33: Free expansion and Entropy Principle

Lecture 34: Second Law and Quality of Energy

Lecture 35: What is Available Energy

Lecture 36: Available energy from a finite Energy source

Lecture 37: Decrease in Available Energy due to Heat Transfer across finite Temp

Lecture 38: More on Decrease in Available energy due to irreversible heat transfer

Lecture 39: Decrease in Available Energy when the source it with finite heat ca

Lecture 40: Expression for Available Energy of a closed system

Lecture 41: Available Energy of an open system

Lecture 42: Concept of second law efficiency

Lecture 43: Introduction to Properties of Steam

Lecture 44: Relation between saturation temperature and pressure

Lecture 45: Formation of steam at constant pressure

Lecture 46: Steam formation at different pressures

Lecture 47: Principle of determination of dryness fraction