Heat Transfer Module Topics No. of No. Hours 1 Introduction 2 1.1 Modes of heat transfer 1.1.1 Conduction 1.1.2 Convection 1.1.3 Radiation 1.2 Material properties of importance in heat transfer 1.2.2 Thermal conductivity 1.2.2 Specific heat capacity 2 Conduction: One Dimensional 6 2.1 Steady state conduction through constant area 2.2 Thermal contact resistance 2.3 Steady state heat conduction through a variable area 2.3.1 Cylinder 2.3.2 Sphere 2.4 Heat conduction in bodies with heat sources 3 Convective Heat transfer: One Dimensional 6 3.1 Principle of heat flow in fluids and concept of heat transfer coefficient 3.2 Individual and overall heat transfer coefficient 3.2.1 Heat transfer between fluids separated by a flat solid wall 3.2.2 Heat transfer between fluids separated by a cylindrical wall 3.3 Enhanced heat transfer: concept of fins 3.3.1 Analytical solution of different cases 3.3.2 Fin efficiency 3.4 Thermal insulation 4 Forced Convective Heat Transfer 6 4.1 Principle of convection 4.2 Forced convection mechanism: Flow over a flat horizontal plate 4.3 Flow through a pipe or tube 4.3.1 Turbulent flow 4.3.2 Laminar flow 4.3.3 Flow through a non-circular duct 4.3.4 Flow over a flat plate 4.3.5 Flow over cylinders and spheres 4.3.5.1 Flow across a cylinder 4.3.5.2 Flow across a sphere 4.3.5.3 Flow across a bank of tubes 4.4 Momentum and heat transfer analogies 4.4.1 Reynolds analogy 4.4.2 The Chilton-Colburn analogy 4.4.3 The Prandtl analogy 4.4.4 The Van Karman analogy 5 Heat Transfer by Natural Convection 3 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Empirical correlations for natural-convective heat transfer 5.2.1 Natural convection around a flat vertical 5.2.2 Natural convection around a horizontal cylinder 5.2.3 Natural convection around a horizontal flat surface 5.2.4 Natural convection around sphere
Heat Transfer Module No. Topics No. of Hours 1 Introduction 1.1 Modes of heat transfer 1.1.1 Conduction 1.1.2 Convection 1.1.3 Radiation 1.2 Material properties of importance in heat transfer 1.2.2 Thermal conductivity 1.2.2 Specific heat capacity 2 2 Conduction: One Dimensional 2.1 Steady state conduction through constant area 2.2 Thermal contact resistance 2.3 Steady state heat conduction through a variable area 2.3.1 Cylinder 2.3.2 Sphere 2.4 Heat conduction in bodies with heat sources 6 3 Convective Heat transfer: One Dimensional 3.1 Principle of heat flow in fluids and concept of heat transfer coefficient 3.2 Individual and overall heat transfer coefficient 3.2.1 Heat transfer between fluids separated by a flat solid wall 3.2.2 Heat transfer between fluids separated by a cylindrical wall 3.3 Enhanced heat transfer: concept of fins 3.3.1 Analytical solution of different cases 3.3.2 Fin efficiency 3.4 Thermal insulation 6 4 Forced Convective Heat Transfer 4.1 Principle of convection 4.2 Forced convection mechanism: Flow over a flat horizontal plate 4.3 Flow through a pipe or tube 4.3.1 Turbulent flow 4.3.2 Laminar flow 4.3.3 Flow through a non-circular duct 4.3.4 Flow over a flat plate 4.3.5 Flow over cylinders and spheres 4.3.5.1 Flow across a cylinder 4.3.5.2 Flow across a sphere 4.3.5.3 Flow across a bank of tubes 4.4 Momentum and heat transfer analogies 4.4.1 Reynolds analogy 4.4.2 The Chilton-Colburn analogy 4.4.3 The Prandtl analogy 4.4.4 The Van Karman analogy 6 5 Heat Transfer by Natural Convection 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Empirical correlations for natural-convective heat transfer 5.2.1 Natural convection around a flat vertical 5.2.2 Natural convection around a horizontal cylinder 5.2.3 Natural convection around a horizontal flat surface 5.2.4 Natural convection around sphere 3
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