SRM UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
LESSON PLAN

Course Code : CH1010 Course Title : Heat Transfer

Semester :4 Course Period : Jan – May

Required Text Books:

1. Donald Q. Kern, Process Heat Transfer, Tata McGraw Hill Book Co., New Delhi, 1997.
2. Warren L. Mccabe, Julian C. Smith and peter Harriott, Unit Operations of Chemical
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Engineering, 6 Edn., McGraw Hill International Edition, NewYork 2001.
3. Coulson J.M., Richardson J.F., Backhurst J.R. and Harker J.M., Coulson & Richardson’s
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Chemical Engineering, Vol. I, 6 Edn., Butter worth Heinemann, Oxford, 1999.
Objectives
To familiarize:
1. Heat conduction phenomena.
2. Convective heat transfer phenomena.
3. Various aspects of heat exchangers.
4. Radiation phenomena.
5. Evaporation Operation

Outcomes
Students who have successfully completed this course will have full understanding of the following
Concepts

Course outcome Program outcome

Students will be able to choose the appropriate To provide students with a high quality education at
control both the

volume, develop the appropriate modeling undergraduate and graduate levels which enables them
equation(s), and to adapt to a rapidly changing technical environment.

mathematically and/or numerically solve the

modeled  
equation such that the heat transfer may be
determined.

Detailed Session Plan

HEAT CONDUCTION
Introduction to various modes of heat transfer, Fourier’s law of heat conduction, effect of temperature
on thermal conductivity, steady-state conduction, compound resistances in series, heat flow through a
cylinder, critical radius of insulation in pipes.

 
 Teaching Method
S.No  Topics to be covered  Mins Ref

Introduction to various
1 modes of heat transfer 50 1 BB
Fourier’s law of heat
2 conduction 50 1,2 BB
Fourier’s law of heat
3 conduction 50 1,2 BB
Effect of temperature on
4 thermal conductivity 50 2 BB
5 steady-state conduction 50 3 BB
Compound resistances in
6 series 50 1 BB
Compound resistances in
7 series 50 1
Heat flow through a
8 cylinder 50 3 BB
Critical radius of insulation
9 in pipes 50 1 BB
10 Conduction problems 50 1,2,3 -
11 Problems 50 1,2,3 -
12 Problems 50 1, ,3 -
CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER
Heat flux, average temperature of fluid stream, overall heat transfer coefficient, LMTD, individual
heat transfer coefficients, relationship between individual and overall heat transfer coefficients.
Concept of heat transfer by convection, natural and forced convection, application of dimensional
analysis for convection, heat transfer to fluids without phase change: heat transfer coefficient calculation
for natural and forced convection, heat transfer to fluids with phase change: heat transfer from
condensing vapours, dropwise and film-type condensation, heat transfer coefficients calculation for film-
type condensation

Heat flux, average

13 temperature of fluid stream 50 1,2 BB
overall heat transfer
coefficient, LMTD,
individual heat transfer
14 coefficients 50 1,2 BB
relationship between
individual and overall heat
15 transfer coefficients 50 3 BB
Concept of heat transfer by
convection, natural and
16 forced convection 50 3 BB
Application of dimensional
17 analysis for convection 50 3 BB
heat transfer to fluids
without phase change: heat
transfer coefficient
calculation for natural and
18 forced convection 50 1,2 BB
19 from condensing vapours, 50 2,3 BB
Dropwise and film-type
20 condensation, 50 3 BB
21 Heat transfer coefficients 50 1,2 BB
 calculation for film-type
22 condensation
23 Additional Problems 50 1,2,3 -
24 Additional Problems 50 1,2,3 -
25 Additional Problems 50 1,2,3 -

HEAT-EXCHANGE EQUIPMENT
Typical heat exchange equipment, counter current and parallel-current flows, enthalpy balances in: heat
exchanges, total condensers. Double pipe exchanger, single-pass 1-1 exchanger, 1-2 parallel-counterflow
exchanger, 2-4 exchanger, heat- transfer coefficients in shell-and-tube exchanger, coefficients for crossflow,
correction of LMTD foe crossflow. Condensers: shell-and-tube condensers, kettle-type boilers, Calculation of
number of tubes in heat exchangers

Typical heat exchange equipment, counter

26 current and parallel-current flows 50 1,2 BB
enthalpy balances in: heat exchanges, total
27 condensers. 50 1,2 BB
enthalpy balances in Double pipe
28 exchanger, , 50 3 BB
29 single-pass 1-1 exchanger 50 3 BB
enthalpy balances in 1-2 parallel-
30 counterflow exchanger,
31 enthalpy balances in , 2-4 exchanger, 50 3 BB
heat- transfer coefficients in shell-and-tube
32 exchanger, 50 3 BB
coefficients for crossflow, correction of
33 LMTD for crossflow. 50 1,2 BB
34 Condensers: shell-and-tube condensers, 50 2,3 BB
35 kettle-type boilers, 50 3 BB
Calculation of number of tubes in heat
36 exchangers 50 1,2 BB
RADIATION
Concept of thermal radiation, emissive power, black body radiation, Kirchoff’s law, Stephen – Boltzman’s law,
energy exchange between; two large parallel planes, two parallel planes of different emissivity. Radiation
intercepted by a shield, spheres or cylinders with spherical or cylindrical enclosures, radiation energy to a
completely absorbing receiver.

Concept of thermal radiation, emissive

37 power 50 2,3 BB
38 black body radiation, Kirchoff’s law 50 2,3 BB
39 black body radiation-problems 50 2,3 BB
40 Stephen – Boltzman’s law, energy exchange 50 2,3 BB
41 between; two large parallel planes, 50 2,3 BB
Two parallel planes of different emissivity.
42 Radiation intercepted by a shield. 50 2,3 BB
Radiation intercepted by spheres or
cylinders with spherical or cylindrical
43 enclosures 50 2,3 BB
Radiation intercepted by spheres or
cylinders with spherical or cylindrical
44 enclosures 50 2,3 BB
 radiation energy to a completely absorbing
45 receiver 50 2,3 BB
46 Problems 50 1,3 -
47 Problems 50 1,3 -
48 Problems  50 1,2,3 -
EVAPORATION
Introduction, single- and multiple- effect operation, long tube vertical evaporators, agitated-film evaporators,
evaporator capacity, BPE and Duhring’s rule, evaporator economy, enthalpy balances for single effect
evaporator. Multiple effect evaporators, methods of feeding, capacity and economy of multiple effect
evaporators, multiple effect calculations.

Introduction, single- and multiple- effect

49 operation, 50 1,3 BB
50 long tube vertical evaporators 50 1,2 BB
agitated-film evaporators, evaporator
51 capacity 50 1,2 BB
52 BPE and Duhring’s rule 50 1,2 BB
53 evaporator economy 50 1,2 BB
enthalpy balances for single effect
54 evaporator 50 2,3 BB
55 Multiple effect evaporators 50 2,3 BB
methods of feeding, capacity and economy
56 of multiple effect evaporators 50 2,3 BB
57 multiple effect calculations 50 1,2 BB
58 Problems 50 2,3 -
59 Problems 50 2,3 --
60 Problems 50 2,3 -