Description

Theory
2

Theory/Practice
2

Instructors

Fernando Aristides Castro

Contents

1. Introduction (1 week)
 

2. Conduction (4 weeks)
2.1. Basic equations.
2.2. One-dimensional, steady-state conduction.
2.2.1 Plane wall and radial systems without heat generation
2.2.2 Plane wall and radial systems with heat generation
2.3. Transient conduction.
2.3.1 The lumped capacitance method
2.3.2 Spatial effects
2.3.3 Plane wall with convection
2.3.4 Radial systems with convection
 

3. Convection (3,5 weeks)
3.1 Forced Convection
3.1.1. Basic equations.
3.1.2. External flow
3.1.3. Internal flow
3.2 Natural convection
3.2.1 Fundamental equations
3.2.2 Empirical correlations for external flows
3.2.3 Paralel plates and enclosures
 

4. Heat exchangers (2.5 weeks)
4.1 Classification.
4.2 Overall coefficient of heat transfer, U
4.3 Method of logarithmic mean temperature difference.
4.4 NTU Method. Efficiency.
 

5. Radiation (4 weeks)
5.1. Basic equations.
5.2. Processes and properties
5.3. Radiation exchange between surfaces

Learning Outcomes

(A) Initiate the students on the fundamentals of heat transfer.
(B) The student should be abble to calculate the classic cases of the different modes of heat transfer - conduction, convection and radiation.
(C) The student should understand and know how to calculate the heat flux resulting from mono-dimensional stationary and non-stationary diffusive processes, in simple geometries (flat plate, cylinders and spheres).
(D) The student should understand and know how to calculate the heat flows in simple processes of heat transfer by forced convection or natural convection.
(E) The student should know the principles of calculation and dimensioning of heat exchangers.
(F) The student should understand and know how to calculate the radiation heat transfer, namely the one that occurs between apaque an diffuse gray surfaces.