Introduction-ME 346

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Midsem: 30% (7th Sept. 12th Sept.)
Test 2: 7.5%
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Introduction-ME 346
Books: No specific books. Several
excellent books available in the
library. Instruction material largely
comes from:
Textbook of Heat Transfer:
Sukhatme
Fundamentals of Heat and Mass
Transfer: Incropera and Dewitt
Tutorial problems largely come from
second text book above

 Tutorials: Typically once a week.

Questions will be uploaded on
moodle and then solved in class. At
the end a question will be given for
solving which will have to be
submitted and will be graded.
Tutorials will be graded by TAs. Will
account for 5% of grade.
Used paper will be supplied for you
to work on, to the extent possible.

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Introduction-ME 346
Objectives:
Understand the physics of the
problem and be able to formulate and
solve simple problems in heat transfer
Conceptualize real problems. Solve a
simplified version of the problem,
relate to known problems and get a
feel for the solution and then look at
the real problem

Course Outline- Conduction

Introduction, heat diffusion equation,
1-D steady state conduction
Cartesian and radial systems,
internal energy generation, extended
surfaces, 2-D steady state
conduction, transient conduction
lumped capacitance and spatial
effects.

Course Outline- Radiation

Basic concepts, Emission
characteristics and laws of blackbody radiation, Radiation incident on
a surface, Solid angle and radiation
intensity, Heat exchange by radiation
between black surfaces, Shape
factor, Radiant heat exchange in an
enclosure having black surfaces,
Radiant heat exchange in an
enclosure having diffuse gray

Course Outline- Special

Topics
Heat Exchangers:
Applications, Co- and counter-flow,
Fouling factor, Effectiveness-NTU
method, Design considerations.
Two-phase flows:
Introduction to boiling and
condensation, pool boiling modes
and correlations, introduction to
forced convective boiling.

Course Outline- Convection

Introduction - forced and free convection,
Derivation of governing equations,
Prandtl number, Boundary layer hydrodynamic and thermal, laminar and
turbulent, solution procedures, relation
between fluid friction and heat transfer,
Entry length, Thermal analysis of laminar
flow in circular tube, Turbulent flow in
circular tube, Heat Exchangers, Natural
convection from vertical plate, Useful
correlations.

General Introduction-1
Transfer of energy from more
energetic particles to less energetic
particles. Does not require any bulk
motion of molecules.
In gases and liquids: conduction is
due to the collisions and diffusion of
molecules during their random
motion.
In solid: energy transfer due to the
combination of vibration of the

General Introduction-2
Rate equation to compute amount of heat
energy transferred per unit time.
Fouriers law

dT
q k
dn
''
n

(1.1)

K is thermal conductivity (W/m.K) and n

is the direction normal to the direction of
lines of constant temperature. If direction
is not normal then a component exists
along the isotherm which is not possible.

General Introduction-3
Transfer of energy due to bulk
motion of the fluid in addition to the
random molecular motion.
Newtons law of cooling
(1.2)
q h(Ts Tb )
Where h, is heat transfer coefficient
(W/m2.K), Ts is the surface
temperature and Tb is some
reference temperature. Direction of
''

General Introduction-4
Energy transfer due to electromagnetic waves.
A useful expression for radiation
calculations: 4
4
q (Ts Tsurr )

(1.3)

Where , is emissivity of the surface.

is Stefan-Boltzmann constant (=
5.67x10-8
W/m2.K4), Ts is a surface
temperature and Tsurr is an appropriate
surrounding temperature