Heat TransferLaajuus (3 ECTS)

Objective

1. The student understands the basic mechanism of heat transfer
2. The student learns to solve practical heat transfer problems, heat losses and their costs
3. The student learns to do measuring of components in power plants and in energy production and use

Content

1. Steady and unsteady heat conduction
2. Convective heat transfer
3. Radiation heat transfer
4. Heat exchangers

Qualifications

Fluid mechanics

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1. The student understands the importance of thermal resistance and is able to determine the thermal resistance of a network of a practical heat transfer problem.
2. The student is able to choose a suitable heat transfer correlation and calculate the convective heat transfer coefficient and the total heat transfer coefficient of the structure.
3. The student is able to design the heat exchanger by logarithmic mean temperature difference method.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

1. The student understands the importance of thermal resistance and is able to determine the thermal resistance of a network of a practical heat transfer problem.
2. The student is able to choose a suitable heat transfer correlation and calculate the convective heat transfer coefficient and the total heat transfer coefficient of the structure.
3. The student is able to design the heat exchanger by logarithmic mean temperature difference method.
4. The student is able to solve the transient one dimensional conduction problem in rectangular, cylindrical, and spherical geometries and in large mediums either with one term approksimation of a series or by numerical method.
5. The student can define the view factor and understands its importance in radiation heat transfer calculations.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

1. The student understands the importance of thermal resistance and is able to determine the thermal resistance of a network of a practical heat transfer problem.
2. The student is able to choose a suitable heat transfer correlation and calculate the convective heat transfer coefficient and the total heat transfer coefficient of the structure.
3. The student is able to design the heat exchanger by logarithmic mean temperature difference method and effectiveness NTU method.
4. The student is able to solve the transient one dimensional conduction problem in rectangular, cylindrical, and spherical geometries and in large mediums either with one term approksimation of a series and by numerical method.
5. The student can define the view factor and understands its importance in radiation heat transfer calculations.
6. The student can calculate the net rate of radiation heat transfer between the gas and a real surface in furnaces of steam generators.