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Heat and Mass Transfer

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Course Unit Code361-0501/07
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KOL40prof. Ing. Pavel Kolat, DrSc.
KAD15doc. Ing. Zdeněk Kadlec, Ph.D.
HON106prof. Ing. Stanislav Honus, Ph.D.
Summary
It deals with the fundamentals of momentum transfer in the flow of viscous liquids, heat conduction, convection and radiation, including mass transfer and conductivity.
The separate part describes the basics of transmission phenomena modeling and numerical modeling of non-stationary heat and mass transfer. It builds on Thermomechanics and Fluid Mechanics.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
It deals with the fundamentals of momentum transfer in the flow of viscous liquids, heat conduction, convection and radiation, including mass transfer and conductivity.
The separate part describes the basics of transmission phenomena modeling and numerical modeling of non-stationary heat and mass transfer. It builds on Thermomechanics and Fluid Mechanics.
Course Contents
1. Basic laws and analogies of transmission phenomena.
2. Momentum transfer, Euler, Navier-Stokes and Bernouli equations for three-dimensional arrangement, Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids.
3. Energy transfer, shell balance. Fourier-Kirchhoff equation, selection of initial and boundary conditions.
4. Mass transfer, I. and II Fick's law of diffusion
5. Theory of similarity and modeling, similarity theorems. Basic methods of similarity theory, analysis of momentum, energy and mass transfer. Mathematical modeling of transfer phenomena, mathematical three-dimensional model, solving of calculations by Fluent model. Visibility of transmission phenomena.
6. Differential equations of heat conduction, non-stationary heat conduction - analytical solution, conditions of uniqueness. Numerical methods unsteady one-dimensional heat conduction.
7. Numerical multidimensional solution of non-stationary heat transfer, explicit and implicit method.
8. Theory of similarity in thermal convection, general forms of criteria equations. Natural and forced convection.
9. Heat transfer at boiling, types and modes of boiling. Heat transfer during condensation. Phase interface transmission phenomena.
10. Heat transfer by radiation between solid bodies separated by a perfectly flowing environment, basic terms, radiation of an absolutely black body, gray body, radiation of real bodies, closed system.
11. Heat transfer between bodies arbitrarily placed in space, open system, radiation coefficient.
12. Basic knowledge of thermal radiation of gases and flame, shielding walls, radiation temperature measurement.
13. Experimental problem - measurement of tube in tube. Convection heat transfer at supersonic speeds.
14. Heat exchangers, sorting, brief characteristics, construction. Basics of heat and hydraulic calculation of recuperative heat exchangers, cross-exchangers, transfer number NTU, efficiency of exchangers.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
INCROPERA, Frank P. Principles of heat and mass transfer. 7th ed., international student version. Singapore: Wiley, c2013. ISBN 978-0-470-64615-1.
KAVIANY, M. Essentials of heat transfer: principles, materials, and applications. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-1-107-01240-0.
SUNDÉN, Bengt a Mohammad FAGHRI, ed. Transport phenomena in fires. Southampton: WIT Press, c2008. ISBN 978-1-84564-160-3.
KOLAT, Pavel. Přenos tepla a hmoty. 3. vydání. Vysoká škola báňská – Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2004. ISBN 80-248-0003-9.
BLAHOŽ, Vladimír, KADLEC, Zdeněk. Základy sdílení tepla. 2. vyd. Ostrava: Sdružení požárního a bezpečnostního inženýrství, 2000. ISBN 80-902001-1-7.
SAZIMA, Miroslav, KMONÍČEK, Vladimír, SCHNELLER, Jiří. Teplo. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1989. ISBN 80-03-00043-2.
PŘÍHODA, Miroslav, RÉDR, Miroslav. Základy tepelné techniky. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1991. ISBN 80-03-00366-0.
JIROUŠ, František. Aplikovaný přenos tepla a hmoty. Praha: České vysoké učení technické v Praze, 2010. ISBN 978-80-01-04514-5.
INCROPERA, Frank P. Principles of heat and mass transfer. 7th ed., international student version. Singapore: Wiley, c2013. ISBN 978-0-470-64615-1.
Recommended Reading:
KAKAÇ, Sadik, YENER, Yaman, PRAMUANJAROENKIJ, Anchasa. Convective heat transfer. 3rd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, c2014. ISBN 978-1-4665-8344-3.
MODEST, M. F. Radiative heat transfer. 3rd ed. New York: Academic Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0-12-386944-9.
ŠESTÁK, Jiří, RIEGER, František. Přenos hybnosti, tepla a hmoty. 3. vyd. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 2005dotisk. ISBN 80-01-02933-6.
HEJZLAR, Radko. Sdílení tepla. Vyd. 4. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 2004. ISBN 80-01-02974-3.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit30 15
        ExaminationExamination70 21