RAJALAKSHMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Kuthambakkam, Chennai- 602107

LESSON PLAN

Faculty Name
Subject Name
Year
Degree & Branch

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ANIRUDH B
Heat and mass transfer
II
B.E. Mechanical Engineering

Code
Semester

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ME 2251
IV

Objective:
To make them understand the basic principles of heat transfer
To make the students exposed to the real world engineering problems related to heat transfer
To make them think intuitively and solve the real world engineering problems related to heat transfer

Text Book(s):
1. Sachdeva R C, Fundamentals of Engineering Heat and Mass Transfer New Age International, 1995.
2. Frank P. Incropera and David P. DeWitt, Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, John Wiley and
Sons, 1998.

Reference Book(s):
1. Yadav R Heat and Mass Transfer Central Publishing House
2. Ozisik M.N, Heat Transfer, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1994.
3. Nag P.K, Heat Transfer, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 2002
4. Holman J.P Heat and Mass Transfer Tata McGraw-Hill, 2000.
5. Kothandaraman C.P Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer New Age International, New Delhi,
1988.

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Date

Hours

Hours

required

taken

Unit

Topic(s)

UNIT I
CONDUCTION
Basic Concepts Mechanism of Heat
I
Transfer Conduction, Convection and
Radiation
Fourier Law of Conduction; General
Differential equation of Heat
I
Conduction in Cartesian
coordinates
Fourier Law of Conduction; General
Differential equation of Heat Conduction in
I
Cylindrical coordinates

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No.

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One Dimensional Steady State Heat

Conduction Conduction through Plane
Wall

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One Dimensional Steady State Heat

Conduction Conduction through
Cylindrical systems

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One Dimensional Steady State Heat

Conduction Conduction through
Spherical systems,

Tutorial 1 in Steady State Heat Conduction

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Composite Systems both plane wall and

cylindrical systems

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11

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Tutorial 2 in Composite Systems

Conduction with Internal Heat Generation

Extended Surfaces

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12

Unsteady Heat Conduction Lumped

Analysis Use of Heislers Chart.

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13

Tutorial 3 in fins and transient heat

conduction equation

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Tutorial 4 in transient heat conduction

using Heislers Chart

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14

UNIT II CONVECTION

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Date

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Hours

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Unit

15

II

16

II

17

II

18

II

19

II

20

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21

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22

II

23

II

24

II

25

II

26

II

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Topic(s)

No.

Basic Concepts: Convective Heat Transfer

Coefficients Boundary Layer Concept
and similarity between momentum and heat
transfer
Types of Convection Forced Convection
Dimensional Analysis

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External Flow Flow over Plates,

Cylinders
External Flow Flow over Cylinders and
Spheres
Tutorial 5 on External flow problems
Internal Flow Laminar and Turbulent
Flow Combined Laminar and Turbulent
Flow over Bank of tubes, and its
importance in heat exchanger design
Tutorial 6 on Internal flow and flow over
bank of tubes
Free convection Dimensional Analysis
Free convection: Flow over Vertical Plate,
Horizontal Plate,
Free convection: Inclined Plate, Cylinders
and Spheres.
Tutorial 7 on free convection

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UNIT III PHASE CHANGE HEAT TRANSFER AND HEAT EXCHANGERS

28

III

Nusselt theory of condensation

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29

III

30

III

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32
33

2
1
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III
III
III

34

III

35

III

36

III

37

III

38

III

Correlations in condensation
Boiling; Pool boiling, flow boiling,
correlations in boiling
Tutorial 8 in boiling and condensation
Types of Heat Exchangers
Analysis of heat exchanger LMTD method
Tutorial 9 in heat exchanger using LMTD
method
Analysis of heat exchanger using
Effectiveness NTU method
Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient with and
without Fouling Factors
Fouling Factors in heat exchangers
Tutorial 10 in heat exchanger using NTU
method
UNIT IV RADIATION

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Date

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Unit

39

IV

40

IV

41

IV

42

IV

43

IV

44
45

2
1

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IV

46

IV

47

IV

Book

Topic(s)

No.

Basic Concepts, Laws of Radiation

Stefan Boltzman Law, Kirchoffs Law
Black Body Radiation,

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Grey body radiation

Shape Factor Algebra

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Tutorial 11 in Black Body Radiation and

Grey body radiation
Tutorial 12 in shape factor algebra
Electrical Analogy, Radiation Shields
Tutorial 13 Radiation problems using
Electrical Analogy
Introduction to Gas Radiation.

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UNIT V MASS TRANSFER

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51

1
2

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V

52

53

54

55

Basic Concepts Diffusion Mass Transfer

Ficks Law of Diffusion Steady state
Molecular Diffusion
Tutorial 14 using Ficks Law
Convective Mass Transfer
Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer
Analogy
Different Convective Mass Transfer
Correlations
Convective Mass Transfer Correlations
continued
Tutorial 15 Using the Convective Mass
Transfer Correlations

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T Text Book / R Reference Book

Total number of hours: L = 48
Signature of the Staff In-Charge

T= 24

72 hours
H.O.D/Mechanical