Understanding Real-World Thermodynamics Applications

This course covers the practical application of thermodynamics in various real-world scenarios. It delves into the process of heating liquid water in an insulated chamber by mixing it with saturated steam, explaining how to calculate the temperature of the saturated steam, the exergy destruction during the mixing process, and the second efficiency. The course also explores the concept of entropy balance and the calculation of the rate of exergy change. Furthermore, it discusses the properties of an ideal gas mixture and its application in an adiabatic turbine, including the calculation of the mass fraction of different gases in a mixture, the rate of change in availability, irreversibility, and the second law efficiency. Lastly, the course focuses on the thermodynamics of an insulator vertical piston cylinder device, explaining the process of steam entering the cylinder, leading to vaporization until all the liquid in the cylinder is vaporized

This course has been developed by Prof. V. Raghavan from IIT Madras for NPTEL. It is now accessible through Ansys Innovation Space courtesy of the partnership between Ansys and NPTEL, under the CC BY-SA license. For more details, visit https://nptel.ac.in/courses/112106419.