MEC 313

About Course:

Course Code: MEC 313

Course Name: HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Credit Hour: 3

P. MEC 203.

Introduction: Basic modes of heat transfer; thermal properties of materials.

Conduction Heat Transfer: General conduction equation for one dimensional steady state situation; steady state conduction in different geometry and composite structures for one dimensional situation; electrical analogy; transient heat conduction in one dimension; lumped parameter analysis.

Radiation Heat Transfer: Radiation fundamentals -- properties and laws; electromagnetic wave spectrum and thermal radiation; intensity of radiation.

Convection Heat Transfer: Mechanism of convective heat transfer; concept of thermal boundary layers; forced and free convection; dimensional analysis; natural convection around vertical plate and cylinder; combined heat transfer.

Mass Transfer: Introduction; co-efficient of mass transfer; Fick’s law of diffusion in gases, liquids and solids; analogy between heat and mass transfer.

Heat Exchangers: Types, overall heat transfer co-efficient; exchanger effectiveness, LMTD; fouling and scaling; heat exchanger applications.

Course Outcomes (COs):

1. Define the concept, procedure, and objective of heat & mass transfer

2. Analyze the heat transfer of thermal system using conduction

3. Analyze the heat transfer of thermal system using convection and radiation

Targeted Program Outcomes (POs): PO1, PO2