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Module

ENG2023 : Thermal Engineering

  • Offered for Year: 2023/24
  • Module Leader(s): Professor Nilanjan Chakraborty
  • Lecturer: Dr Immanuvel Paul
  • Owning School: Engineering
  • Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters

Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.

Semester 2 Credit Value: 10
ECTS Credits: 5.0
European Credit Transfer System

Aims

The aim is to provide an extension of core knowledge and skills in this field of engineering science, with applications of heat transfer and second-law of thermodynamics and exergy analysis for students.

Outline Of Syllabus

Heat transfer
•       Basic principles of heat transfer and zeroth law of thermodynamics
•       Conduction heat transfer: derivation of general heat conduction equation in Cartesian and cylindrical
coordinates and their applications to steady 1D problems with and without volumetric heat generation,
resistance analogy, concept of critical radius for insulation, discussion of transient 1D problems and
lumped parameter analysis, conduction from extended surfaces
•       Radiation in non-participating medium: basic radiation concepts and discussion on electromagnetic waves;
radiation intensity, radiation power, Planck’s distribution, Stefan-Boltzmann law, Wein’s law, concept
of black body, concepts of emissivity, absorptivity and transmissivity, concepts of view factor,
radiation exchange between surfaces
•       Convective heat transfer: concept of thermal boundary layer, concepts of forced convection for external
flows, forced convection in ducts, natural convection, heat transfer correlations and nondimensional
numbers, dimensional analysis of convective transfer problems involving Buckingham’s pi theorem.
•       Heat exchanger analysis: Introduction to different types of heat exchangers, concepts of overall heat
transfer coefficient, log-mean temperature difference (LMTD) analysis, effectiveness of heat exchangers,
e-NTU analysis
Thermodynamics
•       Second law of thermodynamics, Kelvin-Planck and Clausius statements
•       Carnot cycle, concept and origin of irreversible processes, Clausius inequality
•       Concept of entropy, TdS relationships,
•       Second-law analysis of cyclic processes: process and cycle representation on T-s and h-s charts: simple
steam and gas turbine cycles (Rankine and Brayton), refrigeration cycles, air-standard cycles. •
Turbines, compressors and isentropic efficiency
•       Concepts of lost work and availability

Teaching Methods

Teaching Activities
Category Activity Number Length Student Hours Comment
Guided Independent StudyAssessment preparation and completion240:3012:00Recommended revision for exams, assuming prior regular independent study throughout the teaching
Guided Independent StudyAssessment preparation and completion22:004:00Online (NUMBAS) examination
Structured Guided LearningLecture materials181:0018:00Asynchronous teaching: pre-recorded lectures
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesLecture221:0022:00Structured presentation of syllabus: skills demonstration, formative feedback, etc PiP or OnlineSync
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesSmall group teaching111:0011:00Tutorials. PiP or online synchronous
Guided Independent StudyIndependent study133:0033:00Includes background reading and reading lecture notes for a full understanding of the material.
Total100:00
Teaching Rationale And Relationship

- Lectures convey the underlying engineering sciences and the approaches required to apply these to the
discipline-specific problems identified.
- Tutorials support the students' self-study in reading around the lecture material and learning to solve the
practical engineering problems posed by the Tutorial Questions.
- Use of software in the assignment allows the students to investigate more complex (and thus realistic)
problems than would be practical by hand calculation.

Assessment Methods

The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners

Exams
Description Length Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Digital Examination1202M50Open book, open notes examination using NUMBAS
Digital Examination1202A50Open book, open notes examination using NUMBAS
Assessment Rationale And Relationship

The end of year examination provides an appropriate way to assess both theoretical understanding and practical problem solving skills under time-constraint as required in industry.
The projects use software to allow more realistic and complex problems to be analysed.

Reading Lists

Timetable