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1 Introduction To Heat Transfer

This document outlines a course on heat transfer operations and introduces the fundamental concepts and modes of heat transfer, including conduction, convection, and radiation. It provides an overview of topics to be covered like the general heat conduction equation, convective heat transfer laws, heat transfer with phase change, heat exchangers, and radiation heat transfer. Reference texts are also listed.

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1 Introduction To Heat Transfer

This document outlines a course on heat transfer operations and introduces the fundamental concepts and modes of heat transfer, including conduction, convection, and radiation. It provides an overview of topics to be covered like the general heat conduction equation, convective heat transfer laws, heat transfer with phase change, heat exchangers, and radiation heat transfer. Reference texts are also listed.

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HEAT TRANSFER

OPERATIONS
Introduction to Heat Transfer
Conduction, Convection, Radiation

Dr. Muhammad Rizwan


Assistant Professor
COMSATS

COURSE OUTLINE

Introduction to fundamental concepts and modes of heat transfer.


General heat conduction equation, one dimension steady state conduction
in rectangular coordinates

Convection heat transfer and related laws, Free convection and forced
convection

Heat transfer with phase change (Condensation, boiling, and evaporation)

Heat exchangers Some aspects of process design principles of double pipe


and shell and tube heat exchangers. Related calculations

Radiation heat transfer basic concepts, black and gray body radiation

Problems related to conduction, convection and radiation

REFERENCE TEXT
1.

Coulson & Richardsons. Chemical Engineering Vol.1 6 Ed.,


Butterworth Heinmenn Ltd., 1996.

2.

Cengel Y. A. Heat Transfer A practical approach, 2nd Ed,


McGraw Hill, 1988.

3.

Kern D. Q. Process Heat Transfer Tata McGraw Hill Edition, 1997.

4.

Incropera F. P.; DeWitt D. P. Fundamentals of Heat and Mass transfer


John Wiley & Sons. 2007.

5.

McCabe W. L.; Smith J. C. and Harriett P. Unit Operations of


Chemical Engineering, 6th edition, McGraw Hill, 2001.

INTRODUCTION TO HEAT
TRANSFER:

Heat is a form of energy

Temperature difference is the driving force

The science that deals with the determination of the rates


of such energy transfer due to the temperature difference
is called HEAT TRASFER.

Determining the rates of heat transfer and the variation of temperature is the
subject of heat transfer.

Mechanisms of heat transfer

THERMODYNAMICS AND HEAT


TRANSFER:

Thermodynamics analysis simply tells how much heat must


be transferred to realize a specified change of state to satisfy
the conservation of energy principle.

Determining the rates of heat transfer and the variation of


temperature is the subject of heat transfer.

Thermodynamics deals with the equilibrium states and


changes from one equilibrium state to another, whereas heat
transfer deals with systems that lack thermal equilibrium

APPLICATION AREAS OF HEAT


TRANSFER:

Heat transfer is commonly encountered in engineering systems and other


aspects of life.

The optimal insulation thickness in the walls and roofs of the houses, on hot
water or steam pipes is again determined on the basis of a heat transfer
analysis with economic consideration.

ENGINEERING HEAT TRANSFER:

Heat transfer equipments which are designed primarily on the basis of heat
transfer analysis include:

Heat exchangers

Boilers

Condensers

Radiators

Furnaces

Refrigerators

Solar collectors

Heat transfer problems encountered in practice can be considered in two


groups:

Rating problems

Sizing problems

IMPORTANT TERMS:

Specific heat (Cp)

Heat transfer (Q) and work (W)

Heat Transfer rate

Heat flux

ENERGY TRANSFER:

BASIC MODES OF HEAT TRANSFER

Conduction

Convection

Radiation

All modes require the existence of a temperature difference

CONDUCTION:

Can be in solids, liquids or gases due to a temperature difference


which is a driving force.

Distinct characteristic of conduction is, the molecules or particles of the


medium are not displaced from their original positions.

Possible means of heat energy transfer can be:

Molecular vibrations (General solids and metals)

Drift of free electrons (Metals)

Collisions (Gases)

The rate of heat conduction through a medium depends on:

Geometry of the medium

Thickness

The material of the medium

Temperature difference across the medium

FOURIERS LAW OF HEAT CONDUCTION

Hence, the rate of heat conduction is proportional to


the temperature difference across the layer and the
heat transfer area, but is inversely proportional to the
thickness of the layer.

Called Fouriers law of heat conduction after J.


Fourier, 1822

Where k is called the thermal conductivity of


material and it tells about the capability of
material to transfer heat.

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