FYSS6460 Heat Transfer Processes (7 cr)

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Study level:

Advanced studies

Grading scale:

0-5

Language:

English

Responsible organisation:

Department of Physics

Curriculum periods:

2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020

Description

Content

Fundamental modes of heat transfer; rate equations for conduction, convection and radiation; thermal properties of matter; The Heat Diffusion Equation, boundary and initial conditions; solving one- and two-dimensional, steady state and transient conduction problems; numerical techniques for solving conduction problems; convection mass transfer and external flow; thermal radiation processes and properties; radiation exchange between surfaces

Completion methods

Assignments, demonstrations, examination

Assessment details

The final grade is based on assignments (40 %) and examinations (60 %). To pass the course, students need at least 50 % of the total course points as well as at least 20 % of the total points for assignments and at least 30 % of the total points for examinations.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, students will be able to recall and compare fundamental modes of heat transfer and explain their physical origins and infer the relevant heat transfer phenomena given a physical situation. Students will be able to explain how the heat equation and Fourier’s law may be used to obtain temperature distribution and the corresponding fluxes in matter and construct the heat equation by applying the conservation of energy principle to a differential control volume. They will be able to solve one- and two-dimensional conduction problems using exact solutions, approximate methods or numerical techniques. They will be able to explain how in mass transfer by convection, gross fluid motion combines with diffusion as well as investigate convection mass transfer that occurs at the surface of a volatile solid or liquid due to motion of a gas over the surface to determine the convection coefficients. They will be able to recall the means by which thermal radiation is generated, the specific nature of the radiation and the manner in which it interacts with matter, and compute radiative exchange between two or more surfaces.

Additional information

Given on spring semester, every two years starting spring 2019.

Description of prerequisites

Students enrolling for this course are expected to be able to recall the laws of thermodynamics, to apply the conservation of energy principle to a thermodynamics system. They are also expected to recall how to solve ordinary differential equations as well as the Laplace equation. Students are also expected to be familiar with a numerical computing environment such as MATLAB.

Literature

F.P. Incropera et al., Principles of Heat and Mass Transfer (7th ed., international student version), ISBN: 978-0-470-64615-1; ISBN: 978-0-470-64615-1

Completion methods

Method 1

Select all marked parts

Parts of the completion methods

Unpublished assessment item