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TUTORIAL 1 - BASIC CONCEPTS ENERGY FORMS GAS LAWS SPECIFIC HEATS PROPERTIES OF LIQUIDS AND VAPOURS
TUTORIAL 2 - FINDING PROPERTIES of LIQUIDS and VAPOURS WATER, EVAPORATION, WET, DRY and SUPERHEATED STEAM THE USE OF THERMODYNAMIC TABLES SATURATION CURVE
TUTORIAL 3 - THERMODYNAMIC SYSTEMS THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS HEAT AND WORK TRANSFER CLOSED AND OPEN SYSTEMS NON FLOW AND STEADY FLOW ENERGY EQUATIONS
TUTORIAL 4 - POLYTROPIC PROCESSES CNSTANT VOLUME, PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE ADIABATIC PROCESS SPECIFIC HEATS AND GAS CONSTANT VAPOUR PROCESSES WORK LAWS FOR CLOSED SYSTEMS
TUTORIAL 5 - HEAT ENGINE THEORY and SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS REVERSIBILITY THE CARNOT CYCLE THE CARNOT PRINCIPLE DEFINITION OF ENTROPY ENTROPY CHANGES FOR A PERFECT GAS ISENTROPIC EXPANSION OF STEAM ENTROPY DIAGRAMS FOR STEAM ISENTROPIC EFFICIENCY
TUTORIAL 6 - RECIPROCATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINES SPARK IGNITION ENGINES ENGINE PERFORMANCE TESTING TURBO and SUPER CHARGERS 4 STROKE AND 2 STROKE PRESSURE - VOLUME DIAGRAMS FUEL POER, BRAKE POWER and INDICATED POWER BRAKE, INDICATED THERMAL and MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY
TUTORIAL 7 - IDEAL ENGINE CYCLES HOT AIR CYCLES - STIRLING CYCLE THE CARNOT CYCLE SPARK IGNITION - THE OTTO CYCLE COMPR'N IGNITION - THE DUAL COMBUSTION CYCLE COMPRESSION IGNITION - THE DIESEL CYCLE GAS TURBINES - THE JOULE CYCLE
TUTORIAL 8 - RECIPROCATING COMPRESSORS/EXPANDERS Types of compressors Atmospheric Air Free Air Delivery Compressor Layout Theoretical Cycle - Reciprocating Compressor Isothermal Efficiency Volumetric Efficiency Indicated Power Multiple Stage Compression Cooling Systems Polytropic Efficiency
MODEL ASSIGNMENTS ASSIGNMENT 1 OUTCOME 1 ASSIGNMENT 2 OUTCOME 1 ASSIGNMENT 1 OUTCOME 2 ASSIGNMENT 1 OUTCOME 3 ASSIGNMENT 1 OUTCOME 4 ASSESSMENT SCHEME
TUTORIAL 9 - TURBINE THEORY Turbine Designs Impulse and Reaction Blade Vectgor Diagrams Multiple Stages Diagram Power Efficiencies Blade Height
TUTORIAL 10 - TURBO COMPRESSORS Axial Flow Designs Blade Vector Diagrams Polytropic/Small Stage Efficiency Efficiencies
TUTORIAL 11 - STEAM TURBINE POWER CYCLES Carnot and Rankine Cycles Rankine Cycle with Friction Revision of Entropy and Isentropic Processes Back Pressure Turbines Pass Out Turbines Regenerative Feed-Heating Re-Heating
TUTORIAL 12 - GAS TURBINE POWER CYCLES Revision of Compression and Expansion Processes. Basic (Joule) Cycle The Effect of Friction on the Cycle Variants of the Basic Cycle Free Turbines in Parallel and in Series Intercoolers and Re-heaters Exhaust Gas heat Exchangers Ignition and Combustion
TUTORIAL 13 - HEAT PUMPS AND REFRIGERATION Types and Properties of Refrigerants Basic vapour Compression Cycle Coefficient of Performance Advanced Systems Compressor Theory Absorbtion Cycles
TUTORIAL 14 - GAS MIXTURES Partial Pressures Relative and Absolute Humidity Applications to Air Conditioning Applications to Cooling Towers Applications to Steam Condensers Psychrometric Charts
TUTORIAL 15 - COMBUSTION OF FUELS Combustion Equations Solid. Liquid and Gaseous Fuels Combustion by Mass Combustion by Volume Products of Combustion Excess Air Relationship betwen Air and Products Produced Energy released by Reaction of Combustion Dissociation
TUTORIAL 16 - COMPRESSIBLE FLOW Steady Adiabatic Flow in Pipes Staedy Isentropic flow Pitot Static Tubes Venturi Meters and Nozzles Choked Flow Convergent - Divergent Nozzles Isentropic Efficiency for Nozzles
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