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Thermal energy transport

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 635-2057/02
Abbreviation TTE
Course title Thermal energy transport
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Thermal Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Marek Velička, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Flow – state quantities, physical properties of fluids, statics and dynamics of fluids, ideal and real fluid.
2. Hydromechanics. Basic equations of hydrostatics and hydromechanics used in fluid flow (Euler, Navier – Stokes, Bernoulli and continuity equations).
3. Hydraulic losses. Friction losses, local losses and buoyancy losses. Fluid outflow through openings at low and high speeds.
4. Heat transfer by conduction. Temperature and thermal field, temperature gradient. 1st and 2nd Fourier's law, non-stationary and stationary heat conduction. Conditions for the uniqueness of heat conduction.
5. Heat transfer by convection. Natural and forced convection. Fourier – Kirchhoff equation, Heat transfer coefficient by convection.
6. Heat transfer by radiation. Physical nature of radiation and theory. Radiation properties. Emissivity. Black and gray body. Radiant flux, surface radiance. Basic laws of radiation. Radiation between bodies – variants. Directivity indices. Radiation between gas and body surface.
7. Classification of heat exchangers. Importance of heat exchangers, energy saving, fuel saving, degree of recuperation, increase in combustion temperature, increase in aggregate efficiency.
8. Thermal calculation of recuperators. Determination of thermal efficiency of co-current and counter-current for various ratios between the power capacities of media. Thermal power of the recuperator.
9. Heat transfer coefficient of metal and ceramic recuperators. Influence of individual heat transfer coefficients on the resulting heat transfer coefficient.
10. Hydraulic calculation of recuperators. Pressure losses due to friction, local, geometric.
11. Specific types of recuperators. Operating conditions. Plate, tube and other types of recuperators.
12. Regenerators: Thermal calculation. Amount of heat transferred. Heat transfer coefficient. Hydraulic calculation. Pressure losses. Types of regenerators.

E-learning

Study supports in the E-learning system.
www.vsb.cz/e-vyuka/cs/subject/635-2057/01

Literature

1. CENGEL, Y.A.,‎ GHAJAR, A.J. Heat and Mass transfer:Fundamentals and Applications. Columbus: McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. ISBN 978-00-733-9818-1 .
2. WANG, L. SUNDÉN, B., MANGLIK, R. M. Plate Heat Exchangers: Design, Applications and Performance. Southampton: WIT Press, 2007. ISBN 185312737X .
3. KUPPAN, T. Heat Exchanger Design Handbook. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2013. ISBN 9781439842126.

Advised literature

1. BEJAN, A., KRAUS, A. D. Heat Transfer Handbook. John Wiley & Sons, 2003. ISBN 978-0-471-39015-2 .
2. CENGEL, Y.A.,‎ GHAJAR, A.J. Fluid mechanics:Fundamentals and Applications. Columbus: McGraw-Hill Education, 2017. ISBN 978-12-596-9653-4 .
3. HEWITT, G. F. Heat Exchanger Design Handbook 2008. New York: Begell House, 2009. ISBN 1567002595 .