The Thermodynamics programme offers the candidate in-depth knowledge of thermodynamics and the first and second laws of thermodynamics in detail. The course will deal with the topics like state and concepts and definitions with the system, boundary, and steady-state. The course covers topics like conservation of mass for open and closed systems and thermodynamics of engineered equipment.
The programme also offers the candidate a proper understanding of psychrometry and its applications and the conditioning of humidification, cooling towers, evaporative cooling, air, and applications air conditioning, etc. The Thermodynamics training course also deals with the equivalence ratio and stoichiometry.
The Thermodynamics online course instructor is a well-experienced faculty member of IIT Delhi professor S. R. Kale to guide the candidate. The course is free of cost and candidates will be provided with an E-certificate after qualifying the certification criteria. The candidate can access the course at their time requirements. It is an online course by Swayam. The certificate will be having the logos of IIT Madras and NPTEL.
The student has to pay Thermodynamics Fees an amount of Rs. 1,000 to fill in the exam form.
The candidates can register for free in this programme.
Thermodynamics Fees details -
Fee structure
Amount in Rs.
Course Fees
Free
Exam Fee
Rs. 1,000
Eligibility Criteria
Education
The candidate must have taken science either PCM or PCB in their 12th standard and they must have a basic knowledge of differential calculus that will be compulsory.
Certification Qualifying Details
To get qualified for the Thermodynamics Certificatification, the candidate needs to score an average of 25% of assignment score and with that 75% in the examination. Candidates have to pay a fee amount to appear for a final end term proctored examination.
What you will learn
Knowledge of physics
The applicant in this course will be able to learn and understand the below-discussed topics after the completion of the Thermodynamics certification syllabus:
They will learn the in closed and open systems for ideal gas and vapour states of Carnot’s cycle realization.
The students will understand the conditioning of cooling towers, air and applications, air-conditioning, evaporative cooling, etc.
They will become familiar with the flow-through pipes, ducts, throttling, nozzle, diffuser, turbine, etc.
They will learn the phase equilibrium of single- and multi-component systems.
The students will understand the first law of thermodynamics.
They will understand the conservation of mass for closed and open systems.
The student will learn the 2nd law for closed and open systems.
Who it is for
The Thermodynamics by Swayam can be taken by the following candidates:
Any undergraduate students from mechanical or aero engineering can take this course.
The candidates who are preparing for the GATE examination can also take this course.
The candidates who have a relevant interest and have done their 12th from PCM or PCB stream can also take this programme.
Admission Details
The students have to follow these below-mentioned steps to take admission in the Thermodynamics Online Course:
Step1. Click on the link mentioned below to visit the official course website https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc25_me78/preview
Please note: The registrations are closed at the moment. The candidates can apply once the application window opens.
The Syllabus
Concepts & definitions
Heat
Work
Equilibrium
Reversible process
Steady state
System
Boundary
Control mass
Control volume
State
Properties
Conservation of mass for closed and open systems
First law of Thermodynamics
Internal energy
Enthalpy
First Law of Thermodynamics
1st law for closed and open systems
SSSF and USUF processes
Second Law
Clausius inequality Entropy
2nd law for closed and open systems
Carnot’s cycle
Thermodynamic behavior of a pure substance
Solid, liquid and vapour phases
Thermodynamic properties of a pure substance
Property relations
Carnot’s cycle realization – in closed and open systems for ideal gas and vapour states
Practical limitations
Modifications to realize it
Thermodynamics of engineered equipment: turbine, compressor, pump, heat exchanger, diffuser, nozzle, throttling, flow through pipes/ducts, etc
Practical cycles and processes
Rankine cycle and its modifications
Ideal gas cycles
Heat engine and heat pump/refrigeration cycles (VCR and VAM)
Mixtures of ideal gases
Physical behaviour of non-reacting mixtures of ideal gases
Gas-vapor mixtures and their thermodynamic properties
Psychrometry and its applications
Specific and relative humidity
Dew point
Saturation and wet bulb temperature
Psychrometric chart
Conditioning of air and applications (air-conditioning, evaporative cooling, cooling towers, humidification, etc
Mixtures of ideal gases
Reacting systems
1-step reactions
Stoichiometry
Equivalence ratio
Enthalpy of formation
Conservation of mass
1st law analysis
Heat of reaction and properties
Adiabatic flame temperature
Work of reaction
Enthalpy of formation
2nd law analysis
Application to combustion
Fuel cells
Introduction to multi-step reactions and minor species
Phase and chemical equilibrium
Phase equilibrium of single- and multi-component systems