CML 383: ADVANCED HEAT TRANSFER
Course No.: CML383
Course Title: ADVANCED HEAT TRANSFER
Course Type: Elective
Course Credits: 03
Course description:
The concepts learned in heat transfer as well as fluid flow and thermodynamics course in
the previous semesters will be applied to the process design of various heat transfer
equipment. The mechanical and economic design is outside the purview of this course. The
design will include calculating the heat transfer area required to achieve a certain heat duty
as well as pressure drops across the equipment. The various equipment covered will be
heat exchangers (double pipe, shell and tube, and plate type), evaporators and agitated
vessels. Pinch analysis or Heat Exchanger Networks will also be covered during the course
along with NTU method for exchanger sizing.
Scope and Objective: The concepts learned in heat transfer course in the previous
semester will be applied to design of various heat transfer equipment. The design will
include the process design; however mechanical and economic design is out of the purview
of the course.
Outcomes:
At the end of the course, the students should have
1. Design a given heat transfer equipment including pressure drop calculations for a
given fluid, flow rate, and heat duty.
2. To appreciate the construction features of various heat transfer equipment and choose
among them, the best suited for a specific job
3. Construct a heat exchanger network for a given set of hot and cold streams for optimal
energy usage
4. Determine whether a given heat exchanger can perform the desired duty using NTU
method
Expanded Course description:
1. Classification of heat exchangers, recuperative, regenerative and direct contact type,
double pipe heat exchangers, co-current counter, current flow arrangement, overall
heat transfer coefficient.
2. Fixed tube sheet, floated head and U–tube shell and tube heat exchangers, their design
procedures, number of passes in heat exchangers, fouling of heat exchangers, baffles
in heat exchangers, selection of heating and cooling media for heat exchangers,
Troubleshooting of shell and tube heat exchangers, thermal stresses and vibrations in
shell and tube heat exchangers.
3. Plate heat exchangers, design procedure, advantages over shell and tube heat
exchangers, spiral plate heat exchangers, helical coil heat exchangers.
4. Heat Regenerators, fixed and fluidized bed, Evaporators types and their operational
characteristics. Single stage and multistage evaporation system, Steam economy,
boiling point rise of the solution and its effect on evaporation system, rising film, and
falling film evaporators.
5. The effectiveness of heat exchanges, NTU method. Heat Transfer in jacketed vessels,
boilers, furnaces and reactors, reboilers, heat transfer in agitated vessels with and
without coils
6. Pinch Technology, Composite enthalpy curves, Heat Integration, and Network Design,
Pinch Temperature Determination, Design above and below the pinch.
Textbooks:
1. Sinnott, R., Towler, G., Chemical Engineering Design, Volume 6, Fifth Edition,
Elsevier, New Delhi.
2. Dutta, Binay K, Heat Transfer: Principles and Applications, PHI Learning Private
Limited, 2001.
Relationship and Level of Contribution of the Course Outcomes to Program
Outcomes:
CO PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12
a 3 3 3
b 2
c 3 3 3
d 3 3 3
1: Low contribution 2: Medium contribution 3: High contribution
Evaluation Policy
Component Duration Weightage
Session 1
1 hour 15
Exam
Session 2
1 hour 15
Exam
Attendance 5
Presentation Variable 5
Assignment 5
End
Semester 3 hours 55
Exam
Class Schedule
Three 55 minutes session per week.
Chamber Consultation Hours
To be announced in the class.
Notices
Notice will be displayed on Chemical Engineering Notice Board.
