Course code: wb1321

Course name: Heat and Mass Transfer

This concerns a Course

ECTS credit points: 3

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology

Section of Fluid mechanics

Lecturer(s): prof.dr.ir F.T.M. Nieuwstadt

Tel.:  015 - 27 81005 / 82904

Catalog data:

Course year:

BSc 2^nd year

Course language:

Dutch

In case of Dutch: Please contact the lecturer about an English alternative, whenever needed.

Semester:

1B

Hours per week:

4

Other hours:

Assessment:

Written exam

Assessment period:

1B / 2A

(see academic calendar)

Prerequisites (course codes):

wb1127, wb1220

Follow up (course codes):

wb1428, wb1427-03, wb1424A

Detailed description of topics:

The following topics are discussed

     - Stationary heat transfer, law, of Fourier, cooling fins, Biot number, electric analogon

     - Instationary heat transfer, Fourier number, boundary conditions

     - Forced convection in pipe and boundary layer flows, Prandtl number

     - Free convection

     - Radiation, view factors, radiation exchange between gray bodies, spectral distribution

     - Flow around bodies, drag due to pressure, lift, instationarity

     - Heat transfer in combination with condensation or evaporation

     - Nucleation and film boiling

     - Mass transfer, law of Fick

     - Turbomachinery, compressors

Course material:

• Heat and Mass Transfer (A.E. Mills) latest edition, Prentice Hall
• Fluid Mechanics (F.H. White), latest edition, McGraw-Hill (this book is available from Leeghwater and it is also used in  courses wb1127 and wb1220)

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Remarks assessment, entry requirements, etc.:

Learning goals:

Ability to solve heat and mass transfer problems in various technological problems

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