Heat and Mass Transfer HMT for Mechanical Engineering.

Heat and Mass Transfer (HMT) is one of the fundamental subjects in mechanical engineering that forms the basis of several advanced engineering applications. In this interactive and comprehensive course, you will dive into the core principles of heat transfer—Conduction, Convection, Radiation, and Heat Exchangers—through detailed explanations, derivations, numerical examples, and advanced applications. The course is tailored to align with academic requirements, ensuring that you grasp essential concepts and excel in your academic pursuits.

What’s Inside the Course?

The course covers a wide array of topics in Heat and Mass Transfer with an in-depth approach:

Conduction

• Thermal conductivity

• Heat conduction in gases

• Interpretation of Fourier's law

• Electrical analogy of heat transfer

• Critical radius of insulation

• Heat generation in a slab and cylinder

• Fins

• Unsteady/Transient conduction

Convection

• Forced convection heat transfer

• Reynold’s Number, Prandtl Number, Nusselt Number

• Incompressible flow over flat surfaces

• HBL (Hydraulic Boundary Layer), TBL (Thermal Boundary Layer)

• Forced convection in flow through pipes and ducts

• Free/Natural convection

Heat Exchangers

• Types of heat exchangers

• First law of thermodynamics

• Classification of heat exchangers

• LMTD (Log Mean Temperature Difference) for parallel and counterflow

• NTU (Number of Transfer Units)

• Fouling factor

Radiation

• Absorptivity, Reflectivity, Transmissivity

• Laws of thermal radiation

• Shape factor

• Radiation heat exchange