KMM 321E - Heat Transfer

Course Objectives

1. To introduce the meaning of the terminology and physical principles of heat transfer.
2. To train students to identify and describe appropriate transport phenomena (fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer) for any process or system involving heat transfer (in engineering and everyday life).
3. To show students how to use required inputs for computing heat transfer rates and/or material (solid, liquid, gas) temperatures.
4. To show students how to develop representative models of real processes and systems and draw conclusions concerning process/systems design or performance from the related analyses.
5. To provide experience to work in teams.

Course Description

Basic concepts of thermodynamics and heat transfer. Heat conduction equation. Steady heat conduction. Transient heat conduction. Forced convection. Natural convection. Boiling and Condensation. Heat Exchangers.