This module aims to equip the student with the ability to apply heat transfer principles and analytic methodologies to the solution of common heat transfer problems encountered in practical situations.
Steady state conduction: Plane and composite walls; radial systems; fins and extended surfaces with convection, analytical methods and numerical methods.
Transient Conduction: The Biot number and lumped capacitance analysis; plane and radial systems with convection; multi-dimensional effects.
Forced Convection: Boundary layers and boundary layer similarity; dimensionless groups and associated relationships; empirically derived equations for external and internal flow.
Natural convection: Physical description; Grashoff and Rayleigh numbers; application to different geometries
Boiling & condensation: Boiling heat transfer; pool and flow boiling; film condensation; condensation heat transfer.
Radiation: Blackbody radiation; radiation properties; black, diffuse and grey surfaces; radiation between surfaces.
Exchangers: Types of heat exchanger; overall heat transfer coefficient; heat exchanger analysis; log mean temperature difference method; effectiveness – NTU method; heat exchanger selection. Simplified pinch point analysis for process integration.
