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Module 1- Air Standard Cycles:

• Carnot cycle, Otto, Diesel, Dual cycles.
• P-v and T-s diagrams: Description, efficiencies, and mean effective pressures.
• Comparison of Otto and Diesel cycles.

I.C. Engines:

• Classification of IC engines.
• Combustion of SI (Spark Ignition) and CI (Compression Ignition) engines.
• Detonation and factors affecting detonation.
• Performance analysis of IC engines, heat balance, Morse test.

Module 2- Gas Power Cycles:

• Gas turbine (Brayton) cycle: Description and analysis.
• Regenerative, intercooling, and reheating in gas turbine cycles.

Jet Propulsion Cycles:

• Turbojet, Turboprop, Turbofan, Ram Jet, Rocket, Pulse Jet, Ram Rocket.

Module 3- Vapour Power Cycles:

• Carnot vapour power cycle: Drawbacks as a reference cycle.
• Simple Rankine cycle: Description, T-S diagram, analysis for performance.
• Comparison of Carnot and Rankine cycles.
• Effects of pressure and temperature on Rankine cycle performance.

Actual Vapour Power Cycles:

• Regenerative vapour power cycle with open and closed feed water heaters.
• Reheat Rankine cycle.

Module 4 - Refrigeration Cycles:

• Vapour compression refrigeration system: Description, analysis, refrigerating effect.
• Capacity, power required, units of refrigeration, COP, Refrigerants and their desirable properties, alternative refrigerants.
• Vapour absorption refrigeration system.

Psychrometrics and Air-conditioning Systems:

• Psychrometric properties of air (review).
• Psychrometric chart.
• Analyzing air-conditioning processes: Heating, cooling, dehumidification, humidification, evaporative cooling.
• Adiabatic mixing of two moist air streams.

Module 5-  Reciprocating Compressors:

• Operation of a single-stage reciprocating compressor.
• Work input through p-v diagram and steady-state steady-flow analysis.
• Effect of clearance and volumetric efficiency.
• Adiabatic, isothermal, and mechanical efficiencies.
• Multi-stage compressor, saving in work, optimum intermediate pressure, inter-cooling, minimum work for compression.