PCH233 SELECTED TOPICS IN HEAT TRANSFER |
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Course Objective:
To learn
the basics
and advanced concepts of heat transfer and design methodologies involved in
various types of heat transfer devices.
Shell-and-Tube Heat
Exchangers:
Classification, Design methodology, TEMA standards, Mechanical turbulators.
Plate Heat Exchangers: Introduction,
Classification, Types of corrugations, Advantages over conventional heat
exchangers, Design methodology.
Reactor Heating and
Cooling Systems:
Time required for heating and cooling of agitated batch reactors, Helical
cooling coils, Jacketed vessels.
Cross Flow Compact
Heat Exchangers:
Classification, Types of fins, Tube-fin and plate-fin heat exchangers,
Limitations, Design methodology.
Advanced Thermal
Systems: Heat
Pipes: Classification, Applications, Limitations, Design methodology, Micro channels:
Applications, Advantages, Nanofluids in thermal
systems.
Computational Fluid
Dynamics:
Applications of CFD in heat transfer systems design.
Course
learning outcomes (CLOs):
The
students will be able to:
1. understand
various types of heat transfer processes and devices
2. select
and analyze the heat transfer device
3. solve
the problems of heat transfer related to nano-fluids,
micro-channels and heat pipes
4. use
software tools for solving heat transfer problems
Recommended Books:
1.
Saunders
E.A.D., Heat Exchangers: Selection, Design and Construction, Longman Scientific
and Technical (1988).
2.
Kakaç,
S., and Liu, H., Heat Exchangers: Selection, Rating, and Thermal Design, CRC
Press (2002).
3.
Sinnott,
R.K., Coulson, J.M., and Richardson, J.F., Chemical Engineering
Design, Butterworth-Heinemann (2005).
4.
Shah,
R.K., Subbarao, E.C., andMashelkar,
R.A., Heat Transfer Equipment Design, Taylor & Francis (1988).
5.
Das,
S.K., Choi, S.U., Yu, W., and Pradeep,
T., Nanofluids: Science and Technology, Wiley &
Sons (2007).
6.
Anderson,
D.A., Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics, Cambridge University Press
(2005).