| Thermal Engineering:A Textbook of Practicals | |
| Authors: P. V. Ram Kumar | ISBN:
978-81-8487-032-9 |
About the book This textbook consists of Practicals in Thermal Engineering, I.C. Engines and Heat Transfer. Model Calculations have been provided for each experiment. Viva-voce questions with answers are also included in the last chapter to help students to understand the basic fundamentals of thermal engineering. The book will be helpful for B.E. Mechanical Engineering students as it cover for three semesters of the course. Allied branches like Production Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology and Polymer Science and Chemical Engineering also have thermal lab in their curricul | |
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Table of content Preface / Practical/Experiments in I.C. Engine/Thermodynamics/Thermal Engineering: Load Test on Four Stroke Single Cylinder Diesel Engine / Heat Balance Test on Four Stroke Single Cylinder Diesel Engine / Load Test on Four Stroke Twin Cylinder Diesel Engine / Heat Balance Test on Four Stroke Twin Cylinder Diesel Engine / Retardation Test on Twin Cylinder Four Stroke Diesel Engine / Performance Test on Reciprocating Air Compressor / Performance Test on Air Blower / Performance Test on Vapour Compression Refrigeration System / Performance Test on Air Conditioning Test Rig / Heat Balance Test on Boiler / Separating and Throttling Calorimeter for Testing of Dryness Fraction of Steam / Performance Test on Steam Turbine and Condenser / Practicals/Experiment in Heat Transfer: Thermal Conductivity of Insulating Powder / The Thermal Conductivity of Liquid / Emissivity Measurement Apparatus / Heat Transfer through Composite Wall / Heat Transfer in Forced Convection Apparatus / Heat Transfer in Natural Convection Apparatus / Pin-Fin Apparatus for Forced Convection / Heat Transfer in Parallel Flow Heat Exchanger / Heat Transfer in Counter Flow Heat Exchanger / Practicals/Experiment in Fluid Mechanics and Machines: Flow through Convergent Diverging Duct (Bernoulli Equation) / Flow through Venturimeter / Flow through V-Notch / Darcy Friction Factor ‘f’ / Study Impact of Jet Nozzle on Vanes / Performance Test on a Pelton Wheel Turbine / Performance Test on Francis Turbine / Performance Test of Kaplan Turbine / Performance Test on Centrifugal Pump / Descriptive Type Short Question and Answer: Discriptive Type Short Question and Answer / Index. Audience Undergraduate Students in Mechanical Engineering | |
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