Heat Transfer

The main objective of the course is to provide the student with the knowledge of the mechanisms and laws of heat transfer, to be able to analyze the different situations in which an exchange of thermal energy takes place, as well as to calculate and design the heat exchange equipment used in the Chemical Industry.

1. General aspects. Heat transfer mechanisms and rate equations. Equipment for heat transfer.
2. Introduction to radiation: processes and properties. Fundamental concepts.
3. Introduction to conduction. One-dimensional, steady-state conduction. Two-dimensional, steady-state conduction. Transient conduction. Numerical methods.
4. Introduction to convection. Convection coefficients. External and internal flow. Free convection.
5. Heat exchangers. Overall heat transfer coefficient. Analysis and design of heat exchangers. Insulators. Evaporators. Aspects related to safety.

Textbook of reference:
- INCROPERA, F. P., DEWITT, D. P., BERGMAN, T. L., LAVINE, A.S. 2007. Introduction to Heat Transfer. 5ª ed. NJ: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 978-0-471-45727/0-471-45727-2 (english).
CATALOGUE NUMBER: A114 9, A114 9 A, A114 9 B, 114 51
- INCROPERA, F.P., DEWITT, D.P. 1999. Fundamentos de Transferencia de Calor. 4ª Ed. Mexico: Prentice Hall Hispanoamericana. ISBN: 970-17-0170-4 (spanish).
CATALOGUE NUMBER: 80 40, A114 17, A114 17A, FIS 495, FIS 285

Supplementary textbooks:
- SINNOT, R., TOWLER. G. 2009. Chemical Engineering Design. Coulson & Richardson’s Chemical Engineering Volume 6. 5ª Ed. Boston: Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN: 978-0-7506-8551-1 (for heat exchanger design).
CATALOGUE NUMBER: 140 16, 140 16A, A140 11, A140 11B. ISBN: 9780081026007 (Electronic resource)
- ÇENGEL, Y.A. 2007. Transferencia de calor y masa: un enfoque práctico. 3ª ed. Madrid: McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 9789701061732.
CATALOGUE NUMBER: A114 12 1 & 2, A114 12A 1 & 2, A114 12B 1 & 2, A114 12C 1 & 2, 3 A05 135 1 & 2
(Electronic resource) Transferencia de calor y masa: fundamentos y aplicaciones. México : McGraw-Hill, 2020
- HOLMAN, J.P. 1998. Transferencia de calor. 1ª Ed. (español). Madrid: McGraw-Hill/Interamericana de España. ISBN: 84-481-2040-X.
CATALOGUE NUMBER: A114 5, A114 5A, A114 5B, A114 5C, FIS 477 1
- MILLS, A. F. 1999. Heat transfer. 2nd ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall. ISBN: 0-13-947624-5.
CATALOGUE NUMBER: 114 46, A114 1 A, A114 1 B

Specific skills:
• (CI.1.2) Knowledge of heat transfer. Basic principles and its application to the resolution of problems in engineering.
General skills:
• (CG.3) Knowledge in basic and technological subjects, that will capacitate the students for the learning of new methods and theories, and will provide them with versatility to adapt to new environments.
• (CG.6) Capacity for the utilisation of compulsory specifications, regulations and norms.
Transferable skills:
• (CT.1) Capacity of analysis and synthesis.
• (CT.4) Ability to use and develop computer software applications.
• (CT.6) Resolution of problems.
• (CT.13) Capacity to apply knowledge in practice.
In connection with competences CI.1.2, CG.3 e CG.6, aspects on safety and risk assessment will be studied, from the perspective of the course.

The basic methodology will consist of lectures on the theory, with audiovisual support for the explanations, together with the resolution of related problems. The latter will be solved either individually or in teams. A selection of these problems will be assigned to the students as tasks to be evaluated, with the resolved problems to be submitted by agreed deadlines. Also, it is planned that the students carry out, either individually or in group, a work related to a practical case of heat transfer. In the group tutorials, the students will present and discuss the results obtained in the practical case.
Where needed, the spreadsheet used for the resolution of problems will be Excel.
In the Computer Laboratory sessions (2 h) the fundamentals of using Aspen HYSYS chemical process simulator for heat transfer equipment will be given, as support to the theory and seminars sessions.
A technical visit to a company related with the theoretical contents of the discipline will be carried out, if possible. The objective of this visit is to connect the theory with the industrial reality.

- Competences associated to the activities carried out:
Expositive lectures: CI.1.2; CG.3; CG.6; CT.6.
Seminars: CI.1.2; CT.1; CT.4; CT.6; CT.13
AspenHYSYS simulation Computer Laboratory: CT.4; CT.13
Technical visit: CT.1; CT.13
Group tutorial: CI.1.2; CG.3; CG.6; CT.1; CT.4; CT.6; CT.13

A continuous monitoring of learning will be carried out, by means of the development of different activities, projects and/or resolution of problems (activities 1 and 2). This continuous monitoring will be complemented with the work carried out during the tutorial sessions, also evaluated, and with a final exam, comprising theoretical questions and resolution of problems, which represents 65% of final grade. A 35% grade in each part of the exam will be necessary to pass the discipline. The contribution of each activity to the final grade is explained in Table annexed.

Participation in the group tutorial sessions, the Aspen HYSYS Computer Laboratory, the exam and the technical visit (if carried out) is MANDATORY to pass the discipline (and due to their typology, they CANNOT be recovered for the second opportunity).

The qualifications of the projects, activities, questionnaire of the technical visit and tutorials will be communicated to the student before the exam.

Lack of assistance/participation in any of the mandatory activities (group tutorial sessions, the Aspen HYSYS Computer Laboratory, the exam and the technical visit) will automatically produce a grade of “Not Presented” in the evaluation of the discipline. The evaluation system will be the same for the two opportunities (May and July). Marks will not be kept for other academic years.


- Evaluation of competences by activity:
Activity 1:
Delivered problem; CI.1.2; CG.3; CG.6; CT.1; CT.4; CT.6
Visit to industrial facilities; CT.1; CT.13
Simulation with Aspen HYSYS; CI.1.2; CG.3; CG.6; CT.4; CT.6
Activity 2: Mini-tests; CI.1.2; CG.3; CT.1
Activity 3: Group tutorial; CI.1.2; CG.3; CG.6; CT.1; CT.4; CT.6; CT.13
Exam: CI.1.2; CG.6; CT.1; CT.6; CT.13

- Evaluation system:
Activity; % grade; Minimum grade (if applicable, minimum % on the activity evaluated); Requisite)
Activities 1 & 2: Delivered exercises; Visit to industrial facilities (Compulsory); Simulation with Aspen HYSYS (Compulsory); Mini-Tests; %calif: 20%.
Activity 3: Group tutorials; %calif: 15%; Compulsory
Exam: %calif: 65% (min. 35% each part)

In case the technical visit cannot be carried out, it will not be evaluated nor compulsory.

In case of fraudulent procedures during the evaluation activities, the University rules for evaluation of academic performance of students will be applied.

A total of 150 hours (6 ECTS credits) of work by the student, including class time, are estimated. Out of this total, 51 hours will be in the classroom in the form of expositive, interactive and tutorial lectures.

It is advisable to have previously taken courses of Mathematics and Applied Thermodynamics, as well as to have a good basis of mass and energy balances.

The Learning Management System Moodle (in the web platform of the USC) will be used as repository of documentation for the discipline.
It is recommended the adquisition of computers with the MS Windows operative system, since other systems do not support the chemical process simulator software Aspen HYSYS.



Teaching is conducted in Spanish, although any sources of information will also be handled in English in Transmisión de Calor and in English in Heat Transfer.