Process Heat Transfer detailed Syllabus for Petrochem Engineering (Petrochem), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information do visit full semester subjects post given below.
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For all other VTU Petrochem 4th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, do visit VTU Petrochem 4th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme Subjects. The detailed Syllabus for process heat transfer is as follows.
Course Learning Objectives:
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Module-1
INTRODUCTION: Various modes of heat transfer Viz. Conduction, Convection and Radiation. CONDUCTION: Fourier’s law, Steady state unidirectional heat flow through single and multiphase layers slabs, cylinders and spheres for constant and variable thermal conductivity. INSULATION: Properties of insulation materials, Types of insulation, Critical and Optimum thickness.
Module-2
EXTENDED SURFACES: Fins – Types of fins, Derivation of fin efficiency for longitudinal fins, Fin effectiveness, Elementary treatment of unsteady state heat conduction. CONVECTION: Individual and overall heat transfer coefficient, LMTD, LMTD correction factor, Dimensionless numbers, Dimensional analysis, Empirical correlation for forced and natural convection.
Module-3
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Module-4
DESIGN OF HEAT TRANSFER EQUIPMENT: Elementary design of double pipe heat exchanger, shell and tube heat exchangers and condensers. Numerical Problems.
Module-5
EVAPORATORS: Types of evaporators, performance of tubular evaporator – Evaporator capacity, Evaporator economy, Multiple effect evaporator – Methods of feeding, effect of liquid head and boiling point elevation. RADIATION: Properties and definitions, Absorptivity, Reflectivity, Emissive power and intensity of radiation, Black body radiation, Gray body radiation, Stefen – Boltzmann law, Wein’s displacement law, Kirchhoff s law.
Course Outcomes:
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Question Paper Pattern:
- The question paper will have ten questions.
- Each full Question consisting of 20 marks
- There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Text Books:
- Kern D.Q., Process Heat Transfer, McGraw Hill., New York, 1965
- McCabe W.L., et.al., Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, 5thedn., McGraw Hill, New York, 2000
- Coulson J.M. and Richardson J.F., Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, Vol-I, 5thedn., Chemical Engg,Pergamon & ELBS, McGraw Hill, New York, 2000
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