Course Objectives:
- Provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to design and analyze different heat exchangers.
- To teach and apply the calculation steps in the design of heat exchangers in detail.
- Develop a thermodynamic model of heat exchangers and formulate and apply energy and exergy analysis methods.
Course Content:
Classification of heat exchangers, basic design methods of heat exchangers (LMTD and epsilon-NTU), forced convection correlations for single-phase heat exchangers, heat exchanger pressure drop and pumping power, fouling of heat exchangers, calculation steps of designing heat exchangers, thermodynamic modeling and analysis of heat exchangers, design and simulation of heat exchangers, students will be asked to complete a design project of the heat exchanger.