In the end, students must be able to identify correctly what the main convection type is in an engineering problem. They must also be able to size a heat exchanger from standard methods applied in an industrial context.
Learning objectives
- Find out what kind of convective transfer are taking place in an engineering problem
- Estimate convective fluxes
- Size heat exchangers via classical methods like NUT or DTLM methodologies
Learning context
Course materials
Handouts (course and exercices)
Prerequisites
Heat transfer courses
Course content
I- Introduction to convective heat transfer
II- Forced convection in internal flow applications
III- Forced convection in external flow applications
IV- Natural convection overview
V- Heat transfer with phase changes
VI- Heat exchanger sizing methods