Md. Zahurul Haq, Ph.D., CEA, FBSME, FIEB Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Syllabus                           3.00 Credit Hours • Concept of thermal system design: Heat transfer requirements: Mechanical design: Design parameters:  Materials, cost and economics: Safety and reliability: Choice and availability; Optimization: Cyclic service. • Heat transfer from finned surface: Basic fin design, Types of fins: Fin Performance, Efficiency of fins, Equation of heat transfer from fins, Analysis of unsteady heat conduction. • Basic thermal design methods of heat exchangers: Types of heat exchangers; Parallel flow, counter flow, cross flow, shell-and-tube, mixed and unmixed, single and multiple pass, compact heat exchangers: Thermo-fluid characteristics: Sizing of heat exchangers; Fouling of heat exchangers: Performance of heat transfer equipment; The log mean temperature difference: Effective-NTU method; F correction factor. • Two-phase heat transfer equipment: Boiler, Evaporator, Condenser, Cooling tower. • Thermal systems with internal heat source: Modeling of thermal equipment. Underlined sections [1 cr. hr.] will be covered by Prof. Arif Hasan Mamun.

Course Notes [2024]: Course Outline • Heat transfer with internal heat generation • HRSG: Pinch-point Analysis • Heat transfer from extended surfaces, fins • Engineering economics • Transient heat conduction • Boilers and Evaporators • Condensers, Cooling towers • Cross-flow heat exchanger (CFHX) • Modeling of thermal equipment

References/Additional Materials • Course Notes 2021-22 • Heat & Mass Transfer by YA Cengel • Design & Optimization of Thermal Systems by Y Jaluria • Design of Thermal Systems by WF Stoecker • Thermal Energy Systems: Design and Analysis by SG Penoncello • Boilers, Evaporators, and Condensers by S Kakac • Data Tables • Chart & Equations