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Gas Turbines and Jet Engines
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| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 1000 | yes | IIT Bhubaneswar |
The Syllabus
Introduction to gas turbines
- What is a gas turbine?
- Working principle of a gas turbine
- Overview of components
- Applications of gas turbine
Learning Outcome
- Demonstration of working of a gas turbine
Industrial Gas turbine design & performance
- Brayton cycle
- Brayton cycle parameters – efficiency & work output
- Calculation of performance characteristics
Learning Outcome
- Calculate performance characteristics of simple ideal gas turbines
Regeneration & reheating
- Brayton cycle with regeneration
- Brayton cycle with reheating
- Combined regeneration & reheating
- Calculation of performance characteristics
Learning Outcome
- Calculate performance characteristics of gas turbines with reheat & regeneration
Intercooling in gas turbines
- Intercooled gas turbines
- Combination of reheating, intercooling & regeneration
- Comparison of performance characteristics
- Optimum design parameters
Learning Outcome
- Perform comparison of performance characteristics of intercooled, reheat, and regenerative gas turbines
Real gas turbine cycles
- Effect of irreversibility – isentropic efficiency
- Effect of kinetic energy – calculation of stagnation properties
- Other deviations – pressure losses, combustion losses, changes in mass flow rate, mechanical losses, variation of specific heat, regenerator effectiveness
Learning Outcome
- Analyze real industrial gas turbine systems
Basics of jet engine
- What is a jet engine?
- How is it related to industrial gas turbines?
- Evolution of jet engines
- Components and assembly
- Types of jet engines
Learning Outcome
- Differentiate turbojets, turbofans, turboprops, and ramjets & scramjets
Design & performance of turbojet engine
- Thermodynamic processes
- Propulsive thrust, thrust power & propulsive power, propulsive efficiency, thermal efficiency
Learning Outcome
- Calculate thrust & efficiency of turbojets
Design & performance of turbojet engine (continued)
- Analysis of diffuser
- Analysis of nozzles
- Choked & unchoked nozzles
- Afterburners
- Calculation of performance characteristics
Learning Outcome
- Analyze turbojet engines, perform thrust calculations for choked and unchoked nozzles & calculate performance characteristics.
Design & performance of turbofan engine
- Turbofan processes
- Analysis of fan; Bypass ratio & Fan pressure ratio
- High by-pass & low bypass turbofan
- Determination of performance characteristics
Learning Outcome
- Analyze turbofan engines
Design & performance of turbofan engine (continued)
- Unmixed & mixed flow turbofan calculations
- Determination of performance characteristics
Learning Outcome
- Do performance calculations for unmixed & mixed flow turbofan engines
Design & performance of turboprop engine
- Turboprop processes & thrust calculation
- Optimum design parameters for maximum thrust
- Determination of performance characteristics
Learning Outcome
- Analyze turboprop engines
Ramjet & scramjet engines
- Thermodynamic cycle
- Design calculations
- Supersonic combustion
Learning Outcome
- Analyze ramjet engines
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