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Transfer of Heat Energy

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 635-3030/03
Abbreviation PTE
Course title Transfer of Heat Energy
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Thermal Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Marek Velička, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Basic methods of heat sharing: conduction, convection, radiation, composite heat transfer.
2. Stationary heat conduction in a plane wall. Temperature field and heat flow through a plane wall.
3. Stationary heat conduction in the cylindrical wall. Critical radius of the cylindrical wall. Critical radius of isolation.
4. Non-stationary heat conduction.
5. Heat sharing by convection, determining the coefficient of heat transfer by convection
6. Heat sharing by radiation – methods of determining directivity indices. Stretched thread method.
7. Classification of fuels, basic principles of fuel combustion, fuel valuation and interchangeability of fuels
8. Classification of heat exchangers. Importance of heat exchangers, energy saving, fuel saving, degree of recovery, increase in combustion temperature, increase in aggregate performance.
9. Thermal calculation of recuperators, determination of thermal efficiency of co-flow and counter-flow.
10. Hydraulic calculation of recuperators. Frictional pressure losses, local and geometric.
11. Specific types of recuperators. Operating conditions.
12. Regenerators: Thermal calculation. Amount of heat transferred. Heat transfer coefficient. Hydraulic calculation. Pressure losses. Types of regenerators.

Literature

[1] LIENHARD IV, J. H., LIENHARD V, J. H. A Heat Transfer Textbook. 4th ed. Cambridge: Phlogiston Press, 2012.
[2] WARNATZ, J., MAAS, U., DIBBLE, R. W. Combustion. 4th ed. Berlin: Springer, 2006. ISBN 3-540-25992-9 .
[3] SIENIUTYCZ, S., JEŻOWSKI, J. Energy Optimization in Process Systems. Oxford: Elsevier, 2009. ISBN 978-0-08-045141-1 .
[4] TALER, J., DUDA, P. Solving Direct and Inverse Heat Conduction Problems. Berlin: Springer, 2006. ISBN 978-3-540-33470-5 .
[5] BEJAN, A., KRAUS, A. D. Heat Transfer Handbook. John Wiley & Sons, 2003. ISBN 978-0-471-39015-2 .

Advised literature

[1] BEJAN, A., KRAUS, A. D. Heat Transfer Handbook. John Wiley & Sons, 2003. ISBN 978-0-471-39015-2 .
[2] ROGOFF, M.J.; SCREVE, F. Waste-to-Energy: Technologies and Project Implementation. 2. vydání. Oxford: Elsevier, 2011. ISBN 978-1-4377-7871-7 .
[3] MacKAY, D. J. C. Sustainable Energy - without the hot air. Cambridge: UIT, 2008. ISBN 978-0-9544529-3-3 .
[4] THEODORE, Louis. Heat transfer applications for the practicing engineer. Hoboken: Wiley, c2011. Wiley series of essential engineering calculations, 4. ISBN 978-0-470-64372-3 .


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