UNIT I - CONDUCTION
General Differential equation – Cartesian, Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates – One Dimensional Steady State Heat Conduction –– plane and Composite Systems – Conduction with Internal Heat Generation – Extended Surfaces – Unsteady Heat Conduction – Lumped Analysis – Semi Infinite and Infinite Solids –Use of Heisler’s charts – Methods of enhanced thermal conduction
UNIT II - CONVECTION
Conservation Equations, Boundary Layer Concept – Forced Convection: External Flow – Flow over Plates, Cylinders Spheres and Bank of tubes. Internal Flow – Entrance effects. Free Convection – Flow over Vertical Plate, Horizontal Plate, Inclined Plate, Cylinders and Spheres. Mixed Convection
UNIT III - PHASE CHANGE HEAT TRANSFER AND HEAT EXCHANGERS
Nusselt’s theory of condensation- Regimes of Pool boiling and Flow boiling - Correlations in boiling and condensation. Heat Exchanger Types – TEMA Standards - Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient – Fouling Factors. LMTD and NTU methods. Fundamentals of Heat Pipes and its applications
UNIT IV - RADIATION
Introduction to Thermal Radiation - Radiation laws and Radiative properties - Black Body and Gray body Radiation - Radiosity - View Factor Relations. Electrical Analogy. Radiation Shields
UNIT V - MASS TRANSFER
Basic Concepts – Diffusion Mass Transfer – Fick’s Law of Diffusion – Steady state and Transient Diffusion - Stefan flow –Convective Mass Transfer – Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer Analogy – Convective Mass Transfer Correlations