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HEAT TRANSFER
Introduction
Thermodynamics vs Heat transfer
Essential conditions for heat transfer
Heat transfer mechanism
Thermal conductivity
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BASIC
CONCEPTS IN
HEAT
TRANSFER
CONDUCTION
CONVECTION
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Introduction
Electromagnetic radiation
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Thermal radiation
Blackbody radiations
Various laws
Radiation intensity
The shape factor
Heat exchange between non-black bodies
Radiation shields
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RADIATION
HEAT
EXCHANGERS
Introduction
Classification of boiling
Pool boiling
Flow boiling
BOILING
& Condensation heat transfer
CONDUCTION
Film condensation
Drop-wise condensation
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Heat transfer deals with systems that lack thermal equilibrium, and
thus it is a non-equilibrium phenomenon. For heat exchange,
temperature gradient must exist.
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Conduction
Convection,
Radiation.
CONDUCTION
Conduction is the transfer of energy from the more energetic particles of
a substance to the adjacent less energetic ones as a result of
interactions between the particles.
Conduction can take place in solids, liquids, or gases.
Its thickness
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Where
The negative sign ensures that heat transfer in the positive x direction is
a positive quantity
/
2.
HEAT FLUX
Heat conducted per unit time and per unit area is defined as heat flux.
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THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
Thermal conductivity of a material can be defined as the rate of heat
transfer through a unit thickness of the material per unit area per unit
temperature difference.
and
values
of
Styrofoam
are
poor
thermal
conductivity.
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the energy transported via the free flow of electrons in the solid .
The thermal conductivity of a solid is obtained by adding the lattice
and electronic components.
Unlike metals, which are good electrical and heat conductors, crystalline
solids such as diamond and semiconductors such as silicon are good
heat conductors but poor electrical conductors. As a result, such
materials find wide spread use in the electronics industry.
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HEAT TRANSF
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CONVECT
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Convection
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adjace
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The presence of bulk motion of the fluid enhances the heat transfer
between the solid surface and the fluid, but it also complicates the
determination of heat transfer rates.
Convection is called forced convection if the fluid is forced to flow
Heat transfer processes that involve change of phase of a fluid are also
considered to be convection because of the fluid motion induced
during the process, such as the rise of the vapor bubbles during
boiling or the fall of the liquid droplets during condensation.
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RADIATION
Radiation is the energy emitted by matter in the form of electromagnetic
waves (or photons) as a result of the changes in the electronic
configurations of the atoms or molecules.
Unlike conduction and convection, the transfer of energy by radiation
does not require the presence of an intervening medium.
In fact, energy transfer by radiation is fastest (at the speed of light) and
it suffers no attenuation in a vacuum. This is how the energy of the sun
reaches the earth.
Thermal radiations are emitted by bodies because of their temperature.
It differs from other forms of electromagnetic radiation such as x-rays,
gamma rays, microwaves, radio waves, and television waves that are not
related to temperature.
All bodies at a temperature above absolute zero emit thermal radiation.
However,
radiation
is
usually
considered
to
be
surface
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The radiation emitted by all real surfaces is less than the radiation
emitted by a blackbody at the same temperature, and is expressed
as
Where
is the emissivity of the surface.
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