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    This document outlines a course on the design of heat transfer equipment. The 3 credit course focuses on understanding heat exchangers and applying methods like LMTD and effectiveness-NTU to design heat exchangers like shell and tube, hairpin, and plate exchangers. It also covers designing boilers, condensers, and cooling towers using principles of boiling, condensation, and psychrometry. The syllabus details topics like governing equations, mathematical treatment, LMTD and effectiveness methods, different heat exchanger types, principles of boiling and condensation, and cooling tower fundamentals.

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    This document outlines a course on the design of heat transfer equipment. The 3 credit course focuses on understanding heat exchangers and applying methods like LMTD and effectiveness-NTU to design heat exchangers like shell and tube, hairpin, and plate exchangers. It also covers designing boilers, condensers, and cooling towers using principles of boiling, condensation, and psychrometry. The syllabus details topics like governing equations, mathematical treatment, LMTD and effectiveness methods, different heat exchanger types, principles of boiling and condensation, and cooling tower fundamentals.

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    This document outlines a course on the design of heat transfer equipment. The 3 credit course focuses on understanding heat exchangers and applying methods like LMTD and effectiveness-NTU to design heat exchangers like shell and tube, hairpin, and plate exchangers. It also covers designing boilers, condensers, and cooling towers using principles of boiling, condensation, and psychrometry. The syllabus details topics like governing equations, mathematical treatment, LMTD and effectiveness methods, different heat exchanger types, principles of boiling and condensation, and cooling tower fundamentals.

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    Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Course Credits
    Code: DESIGN OF HEAT TRANSFER EQUIPMENT 3-0-0: 3
    ME5166

    Prerequisites: NIL

    Course Outcomes:
    At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

    CO1 Understand the physics and the mathematical treatment of typical heat exchangers.
    CO2 Apply LMTD and Effectiveness - NTU methods in the design of heat exchangers
    CO3 Design the shell and tube heat exchanger.
    Apply the principles of boiling and condensation in the design of boilers and
    CO4
    condensers
    CO5 Design cooling towers from the principles of psychrometry

    Course Articulation Matrix:

    PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6


    CO1 3 3 1 2
    CO2 3 2 2 2 2 3
    CO3 3 2 2 3 2 2
    CO4 3 2 3 3 2 3
    CO5 3 2 2 3 2

    Syllabus:
    Introduction to Heat Exchangers: Definition, Applications, Various methods of classification
    of heat exchangers with examples.
    Governing Equation for heat exchangers: Derivation from steady-state steady-flow
    considerations.
    Mathematical treatment of Heat Exchangers: Concept of Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient,
    Derivation of the concerned equations, Fouling, Fouling Factor, Factors contributing to fouling
    of a heat exchanger, Ill-Effects of fouling, Numerical Problems.
    Concept of Logarithmic Mean Temperature Difference: Expression for single-pass parallel-
    flow and single-pass counter flow heat exchangers – Derivation from first principles, Special
    Cases, LMTD for a single-pass cross-flow heat exchanger – Nusselt’s approach, Chart
    solutions of Bowman et al. pertaining to LMTD analysis for various kinds of heat exchangers,
    Numerical Problems, Arithmetic Mean Temperature Difference [AMTD], Relation between
    AMTD and LMTD, Logical Contrast between AMTD and LMTD, LMTD of a single-pass heat
    exchanger with linearly varying overall heat transfer coefficient [U] along the length of the heat
    exchanger.
    Concept of Effectiveness: Effectiveness-Number of Transfer Units Approach, Effectiveness
    of single-pass parallel-flow and counter-flow heat exchangers, Physical significance of NTU,
    Heat capacity ratio, Different special cases of the above approach, Chart solutions of Kays and
    London pertaining to Effectiveness-NTU approach, Numerical Problems.
    Hair-Pin Heat Exchangers: Introduction to Counter-flow Double-pipe or Hair-Pin heat

    Scheme and Syllabi w.e.f. 2021-22


    Department of Mechanical Engineering

    exchangers, Industrial versions of the same, Film coefficients in tubes and annuli, Pressure
    drop, Augmentation of performance of hair-pin heat exchangers, Series and Series-Parallel
    arrangements of hair-pin heat exchangers, Comprehensive Design Algorithm for hair-pin heat
    exchangers, Industrial standards, Numerical Problems.
    Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers: Single-Pass, One shell-Two tube [1S-2T] and other heat
    exchangers, Industrial versions of the same, Classification and Nomenclature, Baffle
    arrangement, Types of Baffles, Tube arrangement, Types of tube pitch lay-outs, Shell and Tube
    side film coefficients, Pressure drop calculations, Numerical Problems.
    Plate heat exchangers: Introduction, Mechanical Features - Plate pack and the frame, Plate
    types, Advantages and performance limits, Passes and flow arrangements, Heat transfer and
    pressure drop calculations, Numerical problems
    Principles of Boilers and Condensers: Boiling, Fundamentals and Types of boiling – Pool
    boiling curve, Various empirical relations pertaining to boiling, Numerical problems on the
    above, Condensation – Classification and Contrast, Types of condensers, Nusselt’s theory on
    laminar filmwise condensation, Empirical Refinements, Several empirical formulae, Numerical
    problems.
    Cooling Towers: Cooling towers – basic principle of evaporative cooling, Psychrometry,
    fundamentals, Psychrometric chart, Psychrometric Processes, Classification of cooling towers,
    Numerical problems.
    Learning Resources:
    Text Books:
    1. Compact Heat Exchangers, Kays, W. M. and London, A. L., McGraw – Hill, New York, 2nd
    Edition, 1998.
    2. Fundamentals of Heat Exchanger Design, Shah, R. K. and Sekulic, D. P., John Wiley and
    Sons, New Jersey, 2003.
    Reference Books:
    1. Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, Incropera, F. P. and Dewitt, D. P., 7th Edition, John
    Wiley and Sons, New York, 2013.
    Online Resources:
    1. Heat Exchangers: Fundamentals And Design Analysis by Prof. Indranil Ghosh, IIT Kharagpur,
    NPTEL Course (Link: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/112/105/112105248/)

    Scheme and Syllabi w.e.f. 2021-22

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