BVM ENGINEERING COLLEGE [AN AUTONOMOUS INSTITUTION]
2ME10: HEAT TRANSFER
CREDITS - 4 (LTP:3,0,1)
Course Objective:
To analyze heat transfer phenomena using fundamental laws of heat transfer.
Teaching and Assessment Scheme:
Teaching Scheme
Credits Assessment Scheme
(Hours per week)
Total
Theory Practical
L T P C Marks
ESE CE ESE CE
3 0 2 4 60 40 20 30 150
Course Contents:
Unit Teaching
Topics
No. Hours
1 Fundamentals: 03
General laws of heat transfer, modes of heat transfer, effect of temperature
on thermal conductivity of different solids, liquids and gases,
2 Conduction: 11
Fourier law, derivation of generalized heat conduction equation in Cartesian,
cylindrical and spherical coordinates and its reduction to specific cases, heat
conduction through plane, cylinder, spheres, and composite walls, electrical
analogy, critical radius of insulation for cylinder and sphere, overall heat
transfer coefficient. Transient heat conduction: Lumped heat capacity
analysis, time constant, types of fin, heat flow through rectangular fin,
infinitely long fin, fin insulated at the tip and fin losing heat at the tip,
efficiency and effectiveness of fin, Biot number, Estimation of error in
temperature measurement in a thermometer well
3 Convection: 09
Newton’s law of cooling, dimensional analysis applied to forced and free
convection, dimensionless numbers and their physical significance,
momentum and energy equations on flat plate for free convection and also its
integral form of equations, thermal and hydrodynamic boundary layer,
Blasius solution for laminar boundary layer, General solution of Von-Karman
integral momentum equation, empirical correlations for free and forced
convection
4 Radiation: 08
Absorptivity, Reflectivity and Transmissivity, black, white and grey bodies,
emissive power and emissivity, laws of radiation – Planck, Stefan-
Boltzmann, Wein’s displacement law, Kirchhoff’s law, intensity of radiation
and solid angle, Lambert’s cosine law Radiation heat exchange between black
bodies, shape factor, heat exchange between non-black bodies- infinite
BVM ENGINEERING COLLEGE [AN AUTONOMOUS INSTITUTION]
Unit Teaching
Topics
No. Hours
parallel planes and infinite long concentric cylinders, radiation shield, heat
exchange between two gray surfaces, electrical analogy
5 Heat Exchangers: 07
Classification, heat exchanger analysis, LMTD for parallel and counter flow
exchanger, condenser and evaporator, overall heat transfer coefficient,
fouling factor, correction factors for multi pass arrangement, effectiveness
and number of transfer unit for parallel and counter flow heat exchanger,
introduction of heat pipe and compact heat exchanger, TEMA standards.
6 Boiling and condensation: 04
Introduction, general aspects of boiling heat transfer, pool boiling and its
regimes, factors affecting nucleate boiling, boiling correlations, flow patterns
in flow boiling. General aspects of condensations, film wise and drop wise
condensations, Nusselt analysis.
Total 42
List of References:
1. R K Rajput, “Heat and Mass Transfer”, Revised Edition 3rd, S.Chand Publication, 2011.
2 Yunus Cengel, “Heat and Mass Transfer: Fundamentals and Application”, 5th Edition,
McGraw Hill, 2014.
3. P.K. Nag, “Heat & Mass Transfer”, Revised Edition 3rd, McGraw Hill, 2011.
4. A. F. Mills and V.Ganesan, “Heat Transfer”, 2nd Edition, Pearson Education, 2009.
5. J P Holman, “Heat Transfer”, 10th Edition, McGraw Hill, 2009.
6. Dutta, Binay K, “Heat Transfer: Principles and Applications”, 14th Edition, PHI Publication,
2015.
7. Incropera and Dewitt, “Fundamental of Heat and Mass Transfer”, 6th Edition, Wiley
Publication, 2011.
Course Outcomes (COs):
At the end of semester students will able to…
1. Outline basics of heat transfer.
2. Apply laws of conduction to heat transfer problems.
3. Apply laws of convection to heat transfer problems.
4. Use radiation laws to solve heat transfer problems.
5. Analyze heat exchanger.
6. Explain boiling and condensation.
