HEAT TRANSFER II (ME 313)

3 credit, 3 periods/cycle

Theory

Convection: Different types of flow and convection, boundary layer concepts, dimensional 3
analysis of forced and natural convection

Forced convection, Laminar flow over a flat plate, momentum, energy and integral equations; 15
local and average heat transfer coefficients, forced convection turbulent flow over a flat plate,
forced convection inside tubes and ducts; forced convection across cylinders and spheres. Flow
across tube banks

Natural convection from horizontal and vertical plates and cylinders. 4

Heat transfer with change of phase: Condensation, types of condensation, condensation over flat 5
surfaces, inside and outside tubes.

Boiling, types of boiling, boiling curve, heat transfer in boiling. 3

Heat Exchanger: Basic types of heat exchanger, LMTD, exchanger efficiency, fouling and 6
scaling of exchanger surface, NTU method of heat exchanger design, Applications of Heat
Exchangers

Mass transfer: Fick's law of diffusion, Mass transfer coefficient, evaporation of moisture from 3
wetted surfaces to surrounding gases.

HEAT TRANSFER -II (ME 314)

0.75 credit, 3/2 periods/cycle

Sessional
1 Determination of heat transfer coefficient of fin flat, vertical and horizontal surfaces
2 Performance test of heat exchanger
3 Experiment on basic heat transfer
4 Experiment on heat exchanger from wall to fluid flow and measurement of temperature
profile.
5 Experiment on Boiling Heat Transfer