Thermal fluids
Thermal fluids or Thermofluids is a branch of science and engineering divided into four sections:
Heat transfer
Thermodynamics
Fluid mechanics
Combustion
The term consists of two words: "thermal", meaning heat, and "fluids", which refers to liquids, gases and vapors. Pressure, volume, and density all play an important role in thermal fluids. Temperature, flow rate, phase transition and chemical reactions may also be important in a thermal fluids context.
Heat Transfer
Heat transfer is a discipline of thermal engineering that concerns the transfer of thermal energy from one physical system to another. Heat transfer is classified into various mechanisms, such as heat conduction, convection, thermal radiation, and phase-change transfer. Engineers also consider the transfer of mass of differing chemical species, either cold or hot, to achieve heat transfer. The use of heat transfer fluids (HTF) is growing globally both in terms of value and potential usage.
Sections include :
Energy transfer by heat, work and mass
