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Heat Transfer Introduction
Heat transfer (or heat) is thermal energy in transit due to a spatial
temperature difference
Three types of heat transfer processes
Convection
Conduction
Radiation
Steam
Fire Heaters
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Analogies between Fluids and Heat Transfer Mechanisms
- Conduction is analogous to the classical fluids illustration of a layer by layer
movement between a static plate and a moving plate
- We can therefore think of conduction analogous to a frying pan where heat gets
conducted from the heat source to the pan, to ultimately the food (i.e. layer by
layer)
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Analogies between Fluids and Heat Transfer Mechanisms
Convection is more analogous to the classical fluids example of fluid being driven
by a pressure gradient (where P1 > P2)
P1 P2
Radiation
Types of Convection
Forced
Free/Natural
Examples
Hot plate to bring water to a boil
Thermodynamic properties
q=qconv+qrad=hA(Ts-T)+(TS4-TSur4)
Boundary Conditions
Most Common Boundary Conditions:
where k is constant
Constant Surface Flux
S
Adiabatic = no heat flux
Based on BC 2
Based on BC 2
Hence,
Therefore,
Heat Transfer among Varying Shapes
- Heat Exchangers
- Distillation Columns
- Maintaining Desired Reactor Temperatures
- Designing novelty Insulating Materials