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ChE 312 Heat Transfer and its applications

Instructor: Raj Pala, 304, Northern Lab-II; Landline-6143


rpala@iitk.ac.in

Pre-requisite: ChE 211

Course contents: Introduction to modes of heat transfer; Rate law & Conservation Law;
Heat conduction: Fourier law, thermal conductivity in gases, liquids and solids and their
estimation; Radiation: thermal radiation, radiation properties, view factors, heat exchange
between surfaces; Generalized energy equation and simplifications, nondimensional
analysis; Conduction equation; steady-state conduction in stagnant fluids and solids, fins,
definition of heat transfer coefficients; Unsteady heat conduction in stagnant fluids and
solids. Heisler charts, numerical solution and Matlab, etc.; Convective heat transfer
(laminar): heat transfer in ducts, flat plate, falling film, natural convection, correlations;
Convective heat transfer (turbulent): heat transfer in ducts, flat plate and correlations,
momentum-heat transfer analogies; Boiling: pool and convective boiling, correlations;
Condensation: film-wise and drop-wise condensation, correlations; Heat exchanger
design: Shell-and-tube, compact exchangers, reboiler, and condenser; Evaporators: type
of equipment, single and multiple effect evaporators.

Course objectives & outcomes:

To prepare the student in both the fundamentals and applied aspect of heat transfer
including the design of heat transfer equipments. Heat transfer has not only been
important in traditional chemical process engineering but is becoming increasingly
important in modeling climate change, global warming, solar energy conversion,
materials processing, biological systems and in analyzing issues like why do some
Lithium-ion-batteries burst into flames!

Text Book:

“Heat and Mass Transfer: by F. P. Incropera, D. P. Dewitt, T. L. Bergman and A. S.


Lavine (7th Edition, International Student Version, Wiley); It is recommended that this
book be purchased as we will aim to cover as much as is possible from this book and
home work problems will be assigned from this book. Few copies of the text will be
placed in the reserve section of the library. I will cover some material from other sources
and in such instance, I will provide additional references or distribute handouts by email.

Reference books: (Will be made available in the reference section)

1) “Process heat transfer” by D. Q. Kern. We will use this book to elaborate topics
that are closer to engineering practice and process equipment design.
2) “Unit operations of chemical engineering” by McCabe, Smith and Herriot (7th
Edition). This is a standard book that brings out the “unit operations” approach to
heat transfer and other transport processes relevant to ChE
3) “Heat and Mass Transfer: A Transport Phenomena Approach” by K. S.
Gandhi (New Age Publishers); This book offers a clear and accessible
presentation of transport of scalar quantities and addresses applications in the area
of energy, materials and semiconductor processing. This book emphasizes
“transport phenomena” approach as opposed to “unit operations” approach to heat
transfer.
4) Some sections from the course notes (by Prof. V. Kumaran, IISc) available for
“Fundamentals of Transport Phenomena-1” at:
http://chemeng.iisc.ac.in/kumaran/courses.html
These notes are also supported by very methodical NPTEL video lectures (also by
Prof. V. Kumaran, IISc) available at (also available from the youtube):
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/index.php?subjectId=103108098
These notes/video lectures offer a clear mathematical analysis of transport of
scalar quantities. This source also emphasizes “transport phenomena” approach as
opposed to “unit operations” approach to heat transfer.

Homework: There will be home-work assigned but they will not be graded. Solutions
will be sent via email.

Grading: There will be four announced quizzes, a mid-sem and an end-sem exam. Three
best scores from the quizzes will be utilized for allocating 30% of the marks; Quizzes
will be held outside of class lecture hours. Mid-sem and end-sem exam will contribute to
20% and 40% respectively. Class-participation (which is not just attendance, but will also
involve answering & asking questions, class notes) will amount to 10% and will also be
utilized, especially, in deciding border-line grades. There will be an end-term project
which will amount to 10% of the grade. While I do not try to stick to a particular pattern
in grade allocation, I have often observed that in the classes I teach, about 10% students
get A, 60% get B or C, 20% get D & 10% get F grade. This is just to give an indication
that it is best that you do not assume that there will not be “F” grades in ChE 312. In
addition, I see a clear correlation between good (bad) grades & good (bad) attendance
record.

Attendance: First, please do not obsess about attendance. You attend classes not to get
"attendance" but to participate in class discussion. Attendance is just one component
towards class participation which involves asking and answering questions. In addition, I
estimate class-participation in two other ways: towards the end-of-the semester, I would
request you to submit the class-notes, which gives me an idea on how much attention you
have paid in class. Then, even though I do not correct the home-work, I go over them and
mark them in my own ways to estimate the effort that has gone into the homework.

Hence, class-participation involves 5 aspects:1) Asking questions 2) Answering questions


3) Class-notes 4) Home-work 5) Class-attendance. A student who does well in the above
points 1 to 4, even if he/she does not have complete attendance, might get full points for
class participation.
I request you to be on time to the classes for two reasons:

1) The first reason involves pedagogy. I try to spend first few minutes of every class
trying to go over briefly what was covered in the last class. I may add some additional
points to what was covered already and I hope you will raise questions you may have
from the earlier class. When I do all this, I want all of the students to be present.

2) It is indicative of professional responsibility. When you get out of school, you may be
judged harshly and it is important that you are organized/disciplined. Being on time is a
simple expectation regarding professional behavior.

Rules of engagement: I put a lot of effort into teaching as I feel it is an enriching


experience to both students and the instructor. All courses are part of a professional
degree and I expect professional behavior in the class. I strongly discourage you using
cell-phone in the class.

Channels for communication: Feel-free to get in touch with me in person or via the
landline or via email. Office-hours can be arranged based on the individual needs of the
students. In addition to announcements in the class, many announcements will be
communicated via email and hence, it is important you have space in your inbox and
check your emails regularly.

I am excited to teach this course and I hope you will be excited learning its contents!

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