Heat Transfer
Code: 102440 ECTS Credits: 4| Degree | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Chemical Engineering | OB | 3 |
Contact
- Name:
- Adriana Artola Casacuberta
- Email:
- adriana.artola@uab.cat
Teaching groups languages
You can view this information at the end of this document.
Prerequisites
It is recommended to have passed the following subjects:
- Basic Operations of Chemical Engineering
- Applied thermodynamics
Objectives and Contextualisation
The objective of the subject is the study of the principles of heat transmission and its application to the calculation and design of heat exchangers and evaporators.
Competences
- Demonstrate knowledge of the different reaction, separation and processing operations for materials, and transport and circulation of fluids involved in the industrial processes of chemical engineering.
- Develop personal attitude.
- Develop thinking habits.
- Objectively compare and select different technical options for chemical processes.
- Work in a team.
Learning Outcomes
- Develop a capacity for analysis, synthesis and prospection.
- Develop curiosity and creativity.
- Develop scientific thinking.
- Identify the fluid circulation operations involved in the design of heat transmission systems.
- Objectively compare and select the different technical options for heat transmission systems.
- Work cooperatively.
Content
THEME 1: Introduction to Heat Transfer
Energy of a system: total energy, heat energy and mechanical energy.
Transmission mechanisms: conduction, convection and radiation
Heat energy transmission and Chemical Engineering
THEME 2: Heat transfer by conduction in solids
Steady state conduction
Estimation of properties: thermal conductivity and diffusivity
Resistances in series
Radial conduction
THEME 3: Convection heat transfer
Individual heat transfer coefficient and dimensionless modules
Determination of individual coefficients
Heat transfer in a fluid without phase change
Heat transfer in a fluid with phase change: condensation of vapors, boiling of liquids.
THEME 4: Fundamentals of heat exchangers
Fluid-fluid heat transfer through a wall
Overall heat transfer coefficient
Fouling factors
Design equations of concentric tube hat exchangers
THEME 5: Description and design of heat exchangers
Classification and description of heat exchanger configurations
General methods of heat exchanger calculations
Design by the Kern method
THEME 6: Description and design of evaporators
Classification, description and operation of evaporators
Single effect evaporators
Multiple effect evaporators
Activities and Methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Tutories | 38 | 1.52 | 5, 3, 1, 2, 4, 6 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Homeworks | 20 | 0.8 | 5, 3, 4 |
| Literature search | 4 | 0.16 | 5, 3, 4 |
| Solving practical exercises | 24 | 0.96 | 5, 3, 4, 6 |
| Study | 10 | 0.4 | 5, 3, 6 |
This subject has been deprogrammed from the teaching calendar when the new Chemical Engineering degree came into operation. Tutoring sessions at the request of students will replace unscheduled teaching
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Assessment
Continous Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat Exchanger design Homework | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5, 1, 2, 4, 6 |
| Partial 1 | 37,5 | 2 | 0.08 | 5, 3, 1, 2, 4 |
| Partial 2 | 37,5 | 2 | 0.08 | 5, 3, 1, 2, 4 |
| Short length test | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5, 3, 4 |
Please, refer to the catalan version of the Heat Transfer Syllabius for further details
Bibliography
Procesos de transferencia de calor
D. Q. Kern, Compañía Editorial Continental.
Chemical Engineering. Volume 6. Design.
J. M. Coulson. J.F. Richardson. Editorial Pergamon Press.
Flujo de fluidos. Intercambio de calor.
O. Levenspiel. Editorial Reverté.
A Heat Transfer textbook
John H. Lienhard IV; John H. Lienhard V. Editorial PHLogiston Press.
The properties of gases and liquids
R.C. Reid, J.M. Prausnitz, B.C. Polling, 4th Edition. McGraw-Hill.
Modelling in Transport Phenomena
I.Tosun, Editorial Elsevier, 2002
Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles
C.J. Geankoplis, Editorial Prentice Hall.
The Chemical Engineering Guide to Heat Transfer
Volume I: Plant Principles.
Volume 2: Equipment.
Editorial McGraw-Hill.
Perry’s Chemical Engineering Handbook
Perry, R. H. Editorial McGraw-Hill.
Software
The software used will be:
- Browsers: Any is valid and will be used mainly for querying property databases and description of heat exchangers
- MS Excel: for the use of the exchanger design spreadsheet
Groups and Languages
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