Combustion and heat transfer
BM BN
E Hu
6 points * 52 lecture hours, 26 tutorial and laboratory hours * Full-year subject * Gippsland * Prerequisites: GEG3733, GEG3743
First semester - heat transfer Review of steady conduction. Unsteady conduction heat transfer. Convection: introduction, forced convection, nature convection, boiling and condensation processes. Radiation: nature of radiation processes, solar radiation, radiation exchange between surfaces Heat exchange design: effectiveness of NTU method. Second semester Combustion: chemical reaction and mass balance in the combustion, energy balance, theoretical and actual flow temperature calculation. Availability and energy: concepts; availability balance for closed system, flow availability; second law efficiency. Other energy conversion technologies: solar energy application - basic angles between sun and earth, solar water heater, solar thermal refrigeration. Principle of fuel cell.
Assessment
Examinations: 60% * Assignment: 30% * Laboratory reports: 10%
Prescribed texts
Holman J P Heat transfer 5th edn, McGraw-Hill
Moran M J and Shapiro H N Fundamentals of engineering thermodynamics Wiley, 1993
Recommended texts
Bejan A Heat transfer Wiley, 1993
Grag H P Treatise on solar energy Wiley, 1982