SCAD INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PALLADAM

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Course Plan, 2016

Taught Course: HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
Semester: V
Dept: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Faculty Member: N.HARIHARAN
Learning Objectives:

To learn the thermal analysis and sizing of heat exchangers and to understand the basic
To understand the concepts of heat transfer through extended surfaces.
To understand the mechanisms of heat transfer under steady and transient conditions. concepts of
mass transfer.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, the students can able to understand and apply different heat and
mass transfer principles of different applications.

Unit

Course Description

Duration
From To

Lecture
Hrs As
per Uni.
Norms

Lecture
Hours
Planned

Teaching
Methods

General Differential equation of Heat

Conduction

Cartesian and Polar Coordinates

One Dimensional Steady State Heat
Conduction
plane and Composite Systems
Conduction with Internal Heat
Generation
Extended Surfaces Unsteady Heat
Conduction
Lumped Analysis
Semi Infinite and Infinite Solids
Use of Heislers charts

9Hrs

Sub total
II

10 Hrs

Lecture,
Class
Exercises

10 Hrs

Free and Forced Convection

Hydrodynamic Boundary Layer
Thermal Boundary Layer
Free Convection during external flow
over Plates
Forced Convection during external flow
over Plates
Cylinders and Internal flow through
tubes
Cylinders and Internal flow through
tubes

Lecture,
Class
Exercises

9 Hrs
8 Hrs

CYLINDERS AND INTERNAL FLOW

THROUGH TUBES PROBLAM

Sub total

III

8 Hrs

Nusselts theory of condensation

Regimes of Pool boiling
Flow boiling.
Correlations in boiling
condensation
Heat Exchanger Types
Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient
Fouling Factors

9Hrs

Analysis LMTD method

Lecture,
Class
Exercises,
9 Hrs
9Hrs

NTU method

Introduction of radiation
Radiation
Black Body Radiation
Grey body radiation

IV

9Hrs

Shape Factor

9 Hrs

Lecture,
Class
Exercises

Electrical Analogy
Radiation Shields
Radiation through gases
Radiation through gases problem

Sub total

9 Hrs

Basic Concepts
Diffusion Mass Transfer
Ficks Law of Diffusion
Steady state Molecular Diffusion
Convective Mass Transfer
Momentum
Heat and Mass Transfer Analogy

Lecture,
Class
Exercises

Convective Mass Transfer Correlations.

convective mass transfer correlations
problem
Sub total

9 Hrs

9 Hrs
9 Hrs

Second Internal Test-10.09.2015 to 16.09.2015

Rev

Test and coaching class

19Hrs

Total No. of Hrs

45 Hrs
2

64 Hrs

Test and
Coaching

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Yunus A. Cengel, "Heat Transfer A Practical Approach", Tata McGraw Hill, 2010
REFERENCES:
1. Frank P. Incropera and David P. Dewitt, "Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer", John Wiley
& Sons, 1998.
2. Venkateshan. S.P., "Heat Transfer", Ane Books, New Delhi, 2004.
3. Ghoshdastidar, P.S, "Heat Transfer", Oxford, 2004,
4. Nag, P.K., "Heat Transfer", Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2002
5. Holman, J.P., "Heat and Mass Transfer", Tata McGraw Hill, 2000
6. Ozisik, M.N., "Heat Transfer", McGraw Hill Book Co., 1994.
7. Kothandaraman, C.P., "Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer", New Age International, New
Delhi, 1998.
8. Yadav, R., "Heat and Mass Transfer", Central Publishing House, 1995.
9. M.Thirumaleshwar : Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, "Heat and Mass Transfer", First
Edition, Dorling Kindersley, 2009

Date of Submission: 03.06.2015

PREPARED BY

HOD

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