Heat Transfer Syllabus

Heat Transfer Syllabus

  1. Introduction to Heat Transfer

    • Basic concepts and modes of heat transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation
    • Thermal conductivity, diffusivity, and heat transfer coefficients

  2. Conduction

    • Fourier’s law of heat conduction
    • Steady-state conduction in one-dimensional systems
    • Thermal resistance and insulation
    • Heat conduction in composite walls
    • Transient heat conduction
    • Lumped capacitance method

  3. Convection

    • Newton’s law of cooling
    • Forced and natural convection
    • Boundary layer theory
    • Dimensionless numbers in convection (Reynolds, Prandtl, Nusselt)
    • Empirical correlations for convective heat transfer
    • Heat transfer in laminar and turbulent flows

  4. Radiation

    • Basic concepts of thermal radiation
    • Stefan-Boltzmann law
    • Blackbody radiation
    • View factors and radiative exchange between surfaces
    • Radiation shields and enclosures

  5. Heat Exchangers

    • Types of heat exchangers (shell-and-tube, plate, finned-tube)
    • Log mean temperature difference (LMTD) method
    • Effectiveness-NTU method
    • Design and analysis of heat exchangers

  6. Boiling and Condensation

    • Pool boiling and flow boiling
    • Boiling heat transfer mechanisms
    • Condensation on surfaces
    • Filmwise and dropwise condensation

  7. Mass Transfer

    • Similarities between heat and mass transfer
    • Fick’s laws of diffusion
    • Convective mass transfer
    • Mass transfer coefficients

Laboratory Work

  • Experiments related to the above topics
  • Use of heat transfer equipment and instruments
  • Data analysis and report writing

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