ME3512 - Heat and Mass Transfer
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
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Fouriers Law. Conduction heat transfer, steady state and transient applied to one, two and three dimensional systems. Ficks Law. Mass diffusion. Numerical solution techniques.Heat and mass convection, similarity with momentum transfer, scale analysis, natural convection, heat exchangers and heat and mass exchange devices.Radiation transfer including surface properties, boiling heat transfer, evaporation and condensation, multi-mode heat transfer
Learning Outcomes
- develop skills in analysing heat and mass exchange problems;
- give familiarity with numerical methods and simple software packages suitable for analysing heat and mass transfer processes;
- show relevance of heat transfer in physical processes and provide an in-depth technical knowledge in this area;
- skills in report writing, teamwork during laboratory sessions, measurement techniques and error analysis;
- to introduce students to the fundamentals of heat and mass transfer and to common heat and mass exchange devices.
| Prerequisites: | MA2000 and ME2512 |
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| Census Date 31-Aug-2005 | |
| Coordinator: | jc122353 |
| Lecturers: | jc122353, jc131245. |
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| Assessment: | (50% - 70%); (30% - 50%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.