Vapour power cycles,Mastering steam tables & Mollier diagram

Name: Vapour power cycles,Mastering steam tables & Mollier diagram
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Learn to read, interpret, and apply steam tables and the Mollier diagram with confidence to Rankine cycles.

Created byDr. Chethana G D, PhD

Last updated 4/2026

English

What you'll learn

Understand terminologies used in pure substance
Learn to read steam tables
Learn to read mollier chart
solve complex problems on steam power plant cycles using steam tables and mollier chart

Course content

1 section • 14 lectures • 4h 22m total length

Introduction and content of the course2:54
This lecture introduces the course and explains its purpose, structure, and expected outcomes. Learners will understand why the course is important, how it is organized, and how it will help them apply concepts in practical engineering problems.
Introduction to pure substance24:55
Definition of pure substance
Importance of phase change
Definitions of phase change process
Pressure and boiling temperature relation
Introduction to steam tables
Introduction to pure substance-233:00
PV diagram of water

PV diagram of puresubstance other than water

Vapour dome

Critical point

Triple point

Saturation states
Introduction to pure substance-314:41
Sensible heating
Latent heat of fusion & vapourization
Saturated liquid
Saturated vapour
Critical poimt
Triple point
P-T diagram
T-S diagram
h-s diagram / Mollier diagram14:21
h-s diagram/ Mollier diagram
Dryness fraction
Introduction to steam tables-122:12
Data handbook tables
Pressure based table
Temperature based table
Superheated table
Introduction to steam tables-213:14
Wet steam
Properties of wet steam
Solving numericals using data handbook-116:45
Numericals Using Steam tables :Learning to Read Properties – I
Solving numerical using data handbook-221:46
Numericals Using Steam tables :Learning to Read Properties – II
Solving numericals using Mollier chart-118:48
Numericals Using Mollier Chart: Learning to Read Properties – I
Solving numericals using Mollier chart -214:45
Numericals Using Mollier Chart: Learning to Read Properties – II
Application of Steam Tables and Mollier Chart in the Rankine Cycle-128:13
Rankine Cycle Problem Solved Using Mollier Chart and Data Handbook – I
Application of Steam Tables and Mollier Chart in the Rankine Cycle-221:57
Rankine Cycle Problem Solved Using Mollier Chart and Data Handbook – II
Solving Rankine cycle problem using online tools for getting steam properties15:17
Online steam property calculators are used to obtain thermodynamic properties such as enthalpy, entropy, and specific volume. One numerical problem on the Rankine cycle was solved using an online steam property website to determine properties at different states and evaluate cycle performance.
Quiz

Requirements

Basic understanding of terms used in thermodynamics

Description

This course is specially designed to make the concept of pure substance easy. The course covers the various phases—solid, liquid, and vapour—and the phase transitions such as melting, vaporisation, condensation, and sublimation. Special attention is given to understanding the saturation conditions, where two phases coexist in equilibrium. Learners will study important reference points such as the critical point, triple point, and boiling/freezing points under standard pressure conditions.

Lectures include a thorough explanation of the concept of pure substance, PV, PT, TS charts, terminologies used in data handbooks, reading the Mollier chart, and solving numerical problems using the data handbook and Mollier chart.

Understanding the concepts mentioned above will enable the application of these concepts to Rankine cycle or steam power plant cycles and their subsequent solution. The course equips students with the skills to evaluate thermodynamic properties such as pressure, temperature, specific volume, enthalpy, and entropy using data tables and Mollier charts. Emphasis is placed on real-world applications in power cycles, refrigeration, and process systems.

Includes 13 fully solved problems.

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

Identify and describe different phases of a pure substance.
Analyse phase-change processes using property diagrams.
Determine thermodynamic properties from tables and charts.
Apply the concept of pure substances in basic thermodynamic cycles.

Who this course is for:

Undergraduate students, post graduate students, engineers from steam power plants