IIT Kharagpur - Concepts of Thermodynamics

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Concepts of Thermodynamics
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Overview

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Duration	12 weeks
Total fee	Free
Mode of learning	Online
Official Website	Explore Free Course
Credential	Certificate

Concepts of Thermodynamics
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Highlights

Earn a certificate from IIT Kharagpur

Concepts of Thermodynamics
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Course details

Who should do this course?

For B.Tech students of all disciplines and teachers of undergraduate thermodynamics

What are the course deliverables?

First law of thermodynamics for open systems ? II
Second law of thermodynamics
Entropy transfer for closed systems
Entropy transfer for open systems
Irreversibility and exergy
Thermodynamic Cycles: Air Standard Cycles, Vapour PowerCycles

More about this course

Thermodynamics is the basic building block of all of modern day industries (power generation, iron and steel, food processing etc.) and human convenience (refrigeration, engines, air conditioning etc.)
Understanding and applying various ideas of thermodynamics is therefore at the heart of progress in science and engineering
The course aims at building strong fundamentals of work and heat interactions for various systems
Through various examples, the ideas of several industrial components and power/refrigeration cycles are furtherelucidated by addressing the problems from first principles
The ideas areextended to real systems where exergy or equivalently, the availability ofa state is analyzed to give a feel of real problems to the students
Uniqueness of this course is a delicate balance between fundamental concepts and applications, in a manner consistent with the recently proposed AICTE Model

Concepts of Thermodynamics
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Curriculum

Week 1 : Fundamental definitions and concepts in thermodynamics

Week 2 : Properties of pure substances

Week 3 : Work and heat

Week 4 : First law of thermodynamics for closed systems

Week 5 : First law of thermodynamics for open systems ? I

Week 6 : First law of thermodynamics for open systems ? II

Week 7 : Second law of thermodynamics

Week 8 : Entropy transfer for closed systems

Week 9 : Entropy transfer for open systems

Week 10 : Irreversibility and exergy

Week 11 : Thermodynamic Cycles: Air Standard Cycles, Vapour PowerCycles

Week 12 : Thermodynamic Cycles: Vapour Power Cycles (contd),Refrigeration Cycles

Concepts of Thermodynamics
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Faculty details

Prof. Suman Chakraborty

Dr. Suman Chakraborty is currently a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department as well as an Institute Chair Professor of the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, and the Head of the School of Medical Science and Technology