Isidoro Martínez' lectures on

Heat and Mass Transfer Madrid, September 2015

Picture: Numerical simulation of the temperature field during machining.

CONTENT

Fundamentals of heat and mass transfer What it is, what for, and how it is done. Nomenclature. Thermal conductivity. References.

Heat conduction Analytical solutions (steady, unsteady, separation of variables...). Numerical solutions.

Mass diffusion Forces and fluxes, balance equations, diffusion rate (Fick's law), analytical solutions. Evaporation rate.

Heat convection. Boundary layer flow Types of heat convection. A brief on Fluid Mechanics. Boundary layer flow. Reynolds analogy.

Forced and natural convection Curved boundary layers and flow detachment. External flow. Pipe flow. Natural convection.

Convection with phase change Boiling (pool and flow). Condensation (forced and natural). Heat pipes (loops). Evaporative cooling.

Heat exchangers Plate heat exchangers. Shell-and-tube heat exchangers. Overall heat-transfer coefficient. Fouling.

Thermal radiation Blackbody radiation. Real bodies: interface and bulk. Spectral and directional modelling. View factors.