ME-318 HEAT & MASS TRANSFER
CREDIT HOURS
Theory = 3
Practical = 0
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)
| S. No. | CLOs | PLO | Taxonomy |
| 1 | Apply heat transfer models and analogies on various thermal systems | PLO-2 |
Coginitive |
| 2 | Design heat exchangers using standard practices | PLO-3 | Coginitive Level 5* |
| 3 | Prepare a report and presentation on performance of thermal systems available in any industrial facility while incorporating project management techniques | PLO-11 | Coginitive Level 3* |
COURSE CONTENT
- Conduction: Steady state conduction; one-dimensional heat transfer analysis, general heat diffusion equation for three dimensional geometries for Cartesian, cylindrical and spherical co-ordinates, multi-layered wall, thermal networks, overall heat transfer coefficient & Thermal analysis with internal heat sources. Heat transfer from extended surfaces (fins). Transient conduction & lumped capacitance method.
- Radiation: Radiation intensity, black body radiation, Planck distribution, spectral emissive power, Wein’s Displacement law, Stefan Boltzmann law, band emission, emission from real surfaces, surface characteristics, Kirchoff’s law View Factor, radiation exchange between black and real surfaces, radiation network
- Convection: Basic concepts, momentum and thermal boundary layers; dimensional analysis; theoretical analysis for flat plates; laminar and turbulent flow.
Forced convection with laminar and turbulent flow over flat plates and inside tubes and ducts; empirical correlations. Free convection; similarity parameter, boundary layer, convective coefficients in plates; empirical correlations. Heat transfer with phase change, boiling and condensation. - Heat Exchangers: Classification and preliminary design of heat exchangers, LMTD and NTU methods.
- Mass transfer: Mass transfer operations; mass transfer through diffusion and mass transfer coefficients; empirical correlations; analogy between momentum, heat and mass transfer; simultaneous heat and mass transfer.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
(01) Fundamentals of Heat & Mass Transfer by Theodore L. Bergman, Adrienne S. Lavine, Frank P. Incropera and David P. Dewitt
*For details of Taxonomy Levels CLICK HERE!
