MEL 242: Heat and Mass Transfer (3-1-0)

Course Coordinator: Dr. Prabal Talukdar

Room No: II 254
E-mail: prabal@mech.iitd.ac.in
Course webpage: http://web.iitd.ac.in/~prabal/courses.html

Lectures: Tue, Wed, Fri: 9-9.50 a.m.

(Room No: IV LT1)
Tut: 1-1.50 p.m.
(Room no: III LT2)

Syllabus (for total 42 lectures)

Introduction and basics of to heat transfer: Modes of heat transfer, Fouriers law, conductivity, diffusivity.
Heat conduction equation: 1D Heat conduction, General heat conduction equation, Boundary and initial conditions, Heat
generation.
Steady heat conduction: Heat conduction in plane wall, cylinder, sphere, network analysis, critical radius of insulation, heat
transfer from fins.
Transient heat conduction: Lumped system analysis, transient heat conduction in large plane walls, long cylinders and
spheres with spatial effect
Numerical Methods: solution of heat transfer equations using finite difference method
( 10 lectures)
Introduction to convection: Fundamentals, Velocity and thermal boundary layer, laminar, turbulent flows, conservation
equations for mass, momentum and energy, solution of boundary layer equations, Analogy between heat and momentum
transfer, Non-dimensional numbers
External heat transfer: Drag and heat transfer, parallel flow over flat plates, flow across cylinders and spheres
Internal heat transfer: Mean velocity and mean temperature, entrance region, constant heat flux and temperature condition
in pipe flow, HagenPoiseuille flow, Turbulent flow and heat transfer
Natural/free convection: Equation of motion of Grashof number, natural convection over surfaces and inside enclosures
( 14 lectures)
Boiling and condensation: Boiling heat transfer, pool boiling, flow boiling, condensation heat transfer, film condensation,
heat transfer correlations.
( 3 lectures)
Heat Exchangers: Types of heat exchangers, overall heat transfer coefficient, analysis of heat exchangers, the log mean
temperature method, -NTU method.
( 3 lectures)
Introduction to radiation: Fundamentals, radiative properties of opaque surfaces, Intensity, emissive power, radiosity,
Plancks law, Wiens displacement law, Black and Gray surfaces, Emissivity, absorptivity, Spectral and directional variations,
Stephan Boltzmann law, Kirchhoffs law
View factors: Definitions and relations, radiation heat transfer between two black surfaces, between diffuse gray surfaces,
network method above two surfaces, re-radiating surface, radiation shield, radiation effects on temperature measurements.
( 9 lectures)
Mass Transfer: Introduction, analogy between heat and mass transfer, mass diffusion, Ficks Law, boundary conditions,
steady mass diffusion through a wall, cylinder and sphere, water vapour migration in buildings, transient mass diffusion,
mass transfer in a moving medium, diffusion of vapor through a stationary gas: Stefan Flow
( 3 lectures)
Evaluation:
Tuts: 5%
Quiz
Quiz 1
Quiz 2
Quiz (2 nos): 15% (Closed note, book)
Tentative Date
August 20
November 5
Minor Test I: 20% (Open note, closed book)
Minor Test II: 25% (Open note, closed book)
Major Test: 35% (Open note, closed book)
Total: 100%
Attendance policy: If you miss more than 10 lecture classes, one grade will be lowered.
Textbook: Fundamental of Heat and Mass Transfer: F. P. Incropera and D. P. Dewitt
Heat Transfer: Yunus A. Cengel
Heat Transfer: J.P. Holmann