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Convective Heat Transfer

About the course

Convection is a major mode of heat transfer when fluid is attached with the source. Processes of convection are fundamental and linked up with fluid mechanics laws and derivations of thermodynamics. Convective heat transfer has its wide horizon spreading from flow over a flat plate under constant heat flux or constant temperature boundary conditions to thermally developing or developed flow inside a duct. Moreover convection theories will widely vary depending on medium flow field which differentiates forced flow and natural gravity driven heat transfer modes. Convective heat transfer takes a major role in phase change heat transfer as well as mass transfer analogies in chemical processes. Present course targets fundamental understanding of all these facets with derivations and mathematical examples.


Intended audience

It is an elective course for Bachelor students in Mechanical/Chemical/Aerospace Engineering,
Middle level managers from related industry


Pre-requisites

Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics



Industries that will recognize this course

Intel, General Electric, General Motors, ABB, Nuclear Industries, etc.

3602 students have enrolled already!!

Course Instructor




Dr. Arup Kumar Das is Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at IIT Roorkee and actively involved in teaching and research in the direction of heat transfer for last ten years. His research interests are in the fundamental understanding of interfacial transport in macro and micro-scale confinements with applications in energy, environment, and bio-systems. He has authored and co-authored more than 35 peer-reviewed journal papers, which includes publications in Springer, Royal Society of Chemistry, American Chemical Society and Elsevier journals. He is also active in writing book chapter with reputed international publication house. For his contributions in engineering and sciences, he has been awarded by Indian National Science Academy (INSA), Indian National Academy of Engineers (INAE).


Course Plan

Week 1: Different Convective Modes, Balance of Total Energy, Derivation of Thermal Energy Equation, Thermal Boundary Layer, Forced Convection: Low Prandtl Number over a Flat Plate

Week 2: Forced Convection: High Prandtl Number over a Flat Plate, Forced Convection over a Flat Plate: Uniform Heat Flux, Natural Convection: Uniform Wall Temperature, Natural Convection: Uniform Heat Flux, Tutorials on Convection over flat plate

Week 3: Forced Convection in Ducts, Thermally Developed Slug Flow in a Duct, Thermally and Hydrodynamically Developed Flow: Uniform Heat Flux, Thermally and Hydrodynamically Developed Flow: Uniform Wall Temperature, Thermal Entrance Region

Week 4: Tutorials on Convection inside duct, Rayleigh Benard Convection, Heat Transfer with Phase Change, Mass Transfer, Tutorials on Phase change and mass transfer


Suggested reading

Burmister, L. C., Convective Heat Transfer, Wiley Interscience

Arpaci, V.S. and Larsen, P.S., Convection Heat Transfer, Prentice-Hall

Bejan, A., Convective Heat Transfer, Wiley & Sons

Kays, W.M. and Crawford, M.E., Convective Heat Transfer, Mcgraw-Hill


Certification Exam

The exam is optional for a fee. Exams will be on 23 April 2017.
Time: Shift 1: 9am-12 noon; Shift 2: 2pm-5pm
Any one shift can be chosen to write the exam for a course.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published.


Certificate

Final score will be calculated as : 25% assignment score + 75% final exam score
25% assignment score is calculated as 25% of average of
4 weeks course: Best 3 out of 4 assignments
E-Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam and score greater than or equal to 40% final score. Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup. It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Roorkee. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.