Chapter 1 Fuels and Combustion: Characteristics of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, Laws of combustion and reactions, Gravimetric and volumetric analysis, Air-fuel ratio, Exhaust gas analysis, Orsat apparatus. Calorific values of fuel, Bomb calorimeter, Numericals. Steam: Formation of steam at constant pressure, Variation in steam properties during phase change, Steam tables and their uses, Enthalpy – entropy (Mollier) diagram, Carnot and Rankine vapour cycles, Rankine cycle with reheat and regeneration, Numericals.