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. Mohammad Nasim Hasan.

Course Notes [2021-22]: Course Outline • Heat Exchangers: Applications & Classifications • Review of Heat Transfer & Fluid Flow • HX: Energy Balance and LMTD Method • HX: Effective NTU Method  • HRSG: Pinch-point Analysis • Cross-flow Heat Exchanger [CFHX]   • Double-pipe Heat Exchanger [DPHX] • Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger [STHX] • Plate and Frame Heat Exchanger [PFHX]  • Review of Heat Exchanger Design

References/Additional Materials • Heat Transfer by JP Holman • Heat Transfer: A Basic Approach by MN Ozisik • Design of Fluid Thermal System by WS Janna • Design of Thermal Systems by WF Stoecker • Thermal Energy Systems: Design and Analysis by SG Penoncello • Heat Exchangers: Selection, Rating and Thermal Design by S Kakac et al • Heat Transfer with Internal Heat Generation • Heat Transfer from Extended Surfaces • Data Tables • Chart & Equations  • Assignment-01, Assignment-02, Assignment-03 • Additional materials/notes are accessible through MS Teams.