The course introduces chemical engineering undergraduates to the fundamental principles of heat transfer through and intensive problem-solving approach. It also applies these principles to the design of thermal systems. Course objectives may be summarized as follows:
1. To establish the fundamental principles which govern the various mechanisms of heat transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation.
2. To develop the students’ problem-solving skills using one-dimensional and multidimensional heat conduction problems (both steady and unsteady state).
3. To use theoretical and empirical heat transfer coefficient relations in applications such as forced and free convection systems, as well as in condensation and boiling heat transfer problems.
4. To design heat exchangers using the fundamental principles of heat transfer. To use analytical, graphical, and numerical techniques to solve classical and novel heat transfer problems.
- Profesor: Carlos A Pinzon-De La Rosa