Eu Thermalhydraulics 3. - 4PUNTHE3

Goal(s)

• Radiative heat transfers : 8h CM + 8h TD
  This course introduces the fundamentals of thermal radiation heat transfer. The following topics are covered: basic concepts and quantities related to radiation transfer, principles governing the radiation exchange between surfaces and a brief introduction to the resolution methods for radiation transport. This course in taught in English.

• Single phase thermal hydraulics : 12h CM + 6h TD
  This course introduces the fundamentals of convective heat transfer.
  The following topics are covered: equations for heat transfer by a fluid in laminar flow, associated quantities and the main dimensionless numbers.

• Heat exchangers : 6h CM + 4h TD
  Introduction to the different heat exchanger technologies.
  Heat transfer in a heat exchanger.
  Heat exchanger design: global heat transfer coefficient and its determination.

Content(s)

• Radiative heat transfers : 8h CM + 8h TD
  Chapter 1 - Radiation Transfer: Processes and Properties
  Fundamental Concepts: Spectral Intensity, Emissive Power, Irradiation Power and Radiosity. Blackbody Radiation, Planck distribution and Stefan-Boltzmann law. Surface Absorption, Reflection and Transmission. Opaque versus transparent media. Kirchhoff’s Law. The Gray Surface.

Chapter 2 – Radiation Exchange Between Surfaces
View Factor integral. View Factor Relations. View factors properties. Blackbody Radiation Exchange. Radiation exchange between diffuse, gray and opaque surfaces in an enclosure (N-Surfaces)

Chapter 3 - Resolution Methods for Radiation Transport
Transfer in Participating Media. Absorbing, Emitting, Non-scattering Medium. Absorbing, Emitting and Scattering Medium. Radiative Transfer Equation. Solution of the Transfer Equation. Two-Flux Model.

• Single phase thermal hydraulics : 12h CM + 6h TD
  Global thermal energy balance and local temperature and velocity field equations.
  Heat transfer close to a wall.
  Heat transfer in laminar flow.
  Thermal boundary layers.
  Notions of natural convection.

• Heat exchangers : 6h CM + 4h TD
  Plate heat exchangers, tubular heat exchangers, other technologies.
  Heat exchanger parameters (temperature, flow rate, heat transfer) and heat transfer between the two fluids, overall heat transfer coefficient.
  Exchanger design: methods for determining the overall coefficient.

• Radiative heat transfers
  • Fundamental of heat transfer: conduction and convection
  • Linear algebra
  • Vector analysis
  • Advanced calculus, including: Gauss’s and Stokes’s theorems, Partial differential equations (PDEs), Multivariable integration and differentiation and Complex variables.

• Single phase thermal hydraulics

• Heat exchangers