UZB 232 - Heat Transfer

Course Objectives

To explain the physical origins of heat transfer.
To enable students to identify important modes of heat transfer in a given situation, and
make appropriate assumptions.
To Improve students’ ability of solving the heat transfer problems analytically and
numerically.

Course Description

Brief history. Introduction to Heat transfer. Conservation of Energy. Conduction Heat Transfer. Steady conduction. Transient conduction. The Critical Thickness of insulation. Numerical Methods. Introduction to convection. The concept of thermal boundary layer. Forced convection
Heat exchangers. Radiation heat transfer: Blackbody radiation. Gray surfaces. Stefan-Boltzmann law. Electrical analogy. View factor. Radiant heat transfer between gray surfaces.