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Simulation of Thermal Processes

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 635-0951/02
Abbreviation MTP
Course title Simulation of Thermal Processes
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Thermal Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Adéla Macháčková, Ph.D.

Osnova předmětu

Theory of similarity and modelling. Similarity of phenomena. Basic criteria of similarity in the area of heat, mass and momentum transfer. Criterion equations. Dimensional analysis, p-theory, Huntley method. Method of converting equations into dimensionless form. Method of the similarity transformation. Modelling - types of models. Mathematical modelling, isomorphic equations. Hydrothermal, electro-thermal analogy. Physical modelling. Approximate modelling, partial and complete auto-similarity. Numerical modelling. 1D modelling of thermal systems. 3D models. Finite volume method. Finite element method. Methods for determining boundary conditions. Inverse problem of heat conduction. Examples of modelling of specific processes. Heat removal by cooling the hot surface with water nozzles. Heating and cooling of steel in a crucible furnace. Solidification and cooling of steel during continuous casting. Cooling material during heat treatment. Heat losses in distribution networks.

Povinná literatura

RHINE, J. M., TUCKER, R. J. Modelling of Gas–Fired Furnaces and Boilers and other Industrial Heating. London and New York : British Gas with association McGraw–Hill Book Company, 1991. 444 s.
Handbook of Thermal Process Modeling of Steels. Edited by Cemil Hakan Gür and Jiansheng Pan. CRC Press, 2009. 712 p. ISBN: 978-0-8493-5019-1 (print), ISBN: 978-1-4200-0358-1  (eBook).
KREITH., F., BLACK, W. Z. Basic heat transfer. New York: Harper and Row, 1980.
LIENHARD IV, J. H., LIENHARD V, J. H. A Heat Transfer Textbook. 4th ed. Cambridge: Phlogiston Press, 2012. http://web.mit.edu/lienhard/www/ahtt.html
MODEST, M. F. Radiative heat transfer. 3rd ed. New York: Academic Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0-12-386944-9.

Doporučená literatura

Handbook of Thermal Process Modeling of Steels. Edited by Cemil Hakan Gür and Jiansheng Pan. CRC Press, 2009. 712 p. ISBN: 978-0-8493-5019-1 (print), ISBN: 978-1-4200-0358-1  (eBook).
VDI Heat Atlas, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg (2010)
Current articles in professional periodicals.