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Thermal processes

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 635-0963/02
Abbreviation TP
Course title Thermal processes
Credits 20
Coordinating department Department of Thermal Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Marek Velička, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

• The analogy between the transport of heat, mass and momentum. Heat conduction. Stationary heat conduction in solids simple and complex forms - analytical and numerical methods. Non-stationary heat conduction – analytical solution options for simple boundary conditions. Numerical methods for explicit, implicit, Crank-Nicolson method, finite element method.
• Heat transfer by convection. Analytical determination Nu-criteria for laminar flow. Use of similarity theory for dealing with forced convection, natural and mixed convection.
• Heat transfer by radiation. Radiation black and gray body. Mutually irradiated area - spoke algebra. Models of radiation cataract and real gas. Radiation in absorbing and scattering environment. Flame radiation.
• Methods of heating and cooling of metal materials, heating and heat treatment technology from the point of view of thermal-technical conditions during heating in industrial furnaces.
• Basic terms from termomechanics. State equation. Avogadra's law, mixtures of ideal gases. First thermodynamic law. Basic reversible processes of ideal gases. Real gases. Heat cycles, Carnot cycle, reversed cycle, cycle comparison. Second thermodynamic law, entropy. Irreversible processes in practice.
• Basic thermodynamic processes in the field of vapors. Humid air. The flow of gases and vapors through nozzles. Cycles of real thermal machines. Compressors and refrigeration equipment. Energy and Exergy.
• Theory of similarity and modelling. Similarity of phenomena. Mathematical modelling. Physical modelling. Numerical modelling. Finite volume method. Finite element method. Methods for determining boundary conditions.

E-learning

www.vsb.cz/e-vyuka/cs/subject/635-0963/01

Literature

1. BEJAN, A., KRAUS, A. D. Heat Transfer Handbook. John Wiley & Sons, 2003. 1480 p.
2. CENGEL, Y. A., TURNER, R. H. Fundamentals of Thermal-Fluid Sciences. New York : McGraw–Hill, 2004, ISBN 0-07-245426-1 .
3. VASEGHI, S., V.: Advanced digital signal processing and noise reduction. 3rd ed. - Chichester : Wiley, 2006 - xxvi, 453 s. ISBN 0-470-09494-X.

Advised literature

1. BALMER, Robert T. Modern engineering thermodynamics. Burlington: Elsevier/Academic Press, c2011. ISBN 978-0-12-374996-3.
2. LIENHARD IV, J. H., LIENHARD V, J. H. A Heat Transfer Textbook. 4th ed. Cambridge: Phlogiston Press, 2012.
3. MODEST, M. F. Radiative heat transfer. 3rd ed. New York: Academic Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0-12-386944-9.