Thermal Engineering Gas Dynamics

Simple notes of thermal engineering for mechanical engineering.It almost cover important topics with their graphics chapter wise

Chapter 1 Steam generators

1. Steam generators classification

2. conventional boilers

3. high-pressure boilers-lamont

4. loeffler and velox steam generators

5. performance and rating of boilers

6. equivalent evaporation

7. heat balance sheet

8. combustion in boilers

9. super critical boilers

10. fuel and ash handling

11. boiler draught

Chapter 2 Phase Change Cycles

1. Vapor Carnot cycle and its limitation

2. Rankin cycle

3. efficiency of ranking cycle

4. modified Rankin cycle

5. Reheat Rankine cycle

6. perfect regenerative cycle

7. Ideal and actual regenerative cycle

8. open and closed type of feed water heaters

9. regenerative-reheat cycle

Chapter 3 Gas dynamics

1. speed of sound

2. mach cone

3. stagnation properties

4. one-dimensional isentropic flow of ideal gases