FYSS6460 Heat Transfer Processes (7 cr)

• Fundamental modes of heat transfer

• Rate equations for conduction, convection and radiation

• Thermal properties of matter

• The Heat Diffusion Equation, boundary and initial conditions

• Solving one- and two-dimensional, steady state and transient conduction problems

• Numerical techniques for solving conduction problems

• Convection mass transfer and external flow

• Thermal radiation processes and properties

• Radiation exchange between surfaces 

At the end of the course, students will be able to

• recall and compare fundamental modes of heat transfer and explain their physical origins

• infer the relevant heat transfer phenomena given a physical situation

• explain how the heat equation and Fourier’s law may be used to obtain temperature distribution and the corresponding fluxes in matter

• construct the heat equation by applying the conservation of energy principle to a differential control volume

• solve one- and two-dimensional conduction problems using exact solutions, approximate methods or numerical techniques

• explain how in mass transfer by convection, gross fluid motion combines with diffusion

• investigate convection mass transfer that occurs at the surface of a volatile solid or liquid due to motion of a gas over the surface to determine the convection coefficients

• recall the means by which thermal radiation is generated, the specific nature of the radiation and the manner in which it interacts with matter

• compute radiative exchange between two or more surfaces. 

Students enrolling for this course are expected to be able to

• recall the laws of thermodynamics

• apply the conservation of energy principle to a thermodynamics system

• recall how to solve ordinary differential equations as well as the Laplace equation

• use a numerical computing environment similar to MATLAB.