Process Heat Transfer Petro 4th Sem Syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme

Process Heat Transfer detail syllabus for Petroleum Engineering (Petro), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17CH45), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.

For all other petro 4th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit Petro 4th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. The detail syllabus for process heat transfer is as follows.

Course Objectives:

• The students will Study various modes of Heat transfer and their fundamental relations.
• Study conduction heat transfer and develop mathematical relations for various solid geometries.
• Understand properties of insulation and critical thickness of insulation.
• Understand different types of heat transfer coefficients and their estimations in various types of flows in different geometries.
• Study the Boiling phenomenon and to generate pool boiling curve.
• Understand the working of Heat exchangers and to learn design of double pipe, shell and tube heat exchangers and design of evaporators and conduct experiments and to submit the report.
• Understand the phenomenon of radiation, radiation shields and estimation of emissivity.

Module 1
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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

ANALOGY: Analogy between momentum and heat transfer- Reynolds, Colburn and Prandtl analogies.
HEAT TRANSFER WITH PHASE CHANGE: Boiling phenomena, Nucleate and Film boiling, Condensation – Film and Drop wise condensation, Nusselts equations.
HEAT TRANSFER EQUIPMENT: Double pipe heat exchangers, Shell and tube heat exchangers – Types of shell and tube heat exchangers, Construction details, Condenser, types of condensers.

Module 4
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Module 4

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, Vapor recompression evaporation.
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, Ki rchhoff’s law, View factors, Radiation between surfaces, Radiation involving gases and vapors, Radiation shields.

Course Outcomes:

The students will be able to do the following

1. Write all fundamental heat transfer relations.
2. Derive equations for the calculation of heat flux and estimation of intermediate temperatures in multilayer systems.
3. Calculate critical thickness of insulation requires for different geometry of solids.
4. Write different dimensionless numbers and explain their significance.
5. Estimate LMTD and heat transfer coefficients for different types of flows.
6. Design Shell and tube and Double pipe heat exchanger, condensers and Evaporator.
7. Explain radiation in different type of solids and estimate emissivity.

Note: Use of steam tables permitted in examination and internal assessment test.

Graduate Attributes (as per NBA):

1. Problem analysis.
2. Design/development of solutions.

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:

1. Kern D.Q., Process Heat Transfer , McGraw Hill., New York, 1965
2. McCabe W.L., et.al., Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering , 5th edn., McGraw Hill, New York, 2000
3. Coulson J.M. and Richardson J.F., Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering , Vol-I, 5th edn., Chemical Engg, Perganon & ELBS, McGraw Hill, New York, 2000

Reference Books:

1. Rao Y.V.C., Heat Transfer, 1 st edn., Universities Press (India) Ltd., New Delhi, 2001.
2. Dutta, Binay K., Heat Transfer: Principles and App lications, PHI Learning. 2000

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