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Subject Code
ME4413
Subject Title
Credit Value
Level
Pre-requisite/
Co-requisite/
Exclusion
Pre-requisite:
Objectives
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3.
Intended Learning
Outcomes
To teach students the three modes of heat transfer and the evaluation techniques
of heat conduction, convection and radiation.
To teach student the principle of numerical methods in heat transfer.
To teach students the fundamentals in mass transfer, concentration and law of
diffusion.
Subject Synopsis/
Indicative Syllabus
Heat Exchanger - Heat exchanger types. The overall heat transfer coefficient. Heat
exchanger analysis: Use of the Log Mean Temperature Difference, parallel and
counterflow heat exchangers. Heat exchanger analysis: The Effectiveness-NTU
Method.
Radiation - Black body and grey body. Absorptivity and emissivity. View factors.
Irradiation and radiosity. Radiation exchange in a grey enclosure.
Mass Transfer - Basic equations in mass transfer. Analogy between heat and mass
transfer. Mass diffusion. Boundary conditions. Steady mass diffusion through a wall.
Water vapour migration in buildings. Cooling Towers.
Teaching/Learning
Methodology
Lectures are used to deliver the fundamental knowledge in relation to heat transfer and
mass transfer.
Tutorials will be conducted in small groups to facilitate discussions.
Teaching/Learning Methodology
Assessment
Methods in
Alignment with
Intended Learning
Outcomes
Outcomes
a
Lecture
Tutorial
Specific assessment
methods/tasks
%
weighting
1. Assignment
15 %
2. Test
15 %
3. Examination
70 %
Total
100 %
Student Study
Effort Expected
Class contact:
Lecture
34 Hrs.
Tutorial
8 Hrs.
Performing assignment
40 Hrs.
Private study
24 Hrs.
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2.
3.
March 2012
106 Hrs.