Heat transfer

Prof. Dr.-Ing. T. Wetzel

Prof. Dr. Thomas Wetzel

Dr.-Ing. B. Dietrich

Dr. Dietrich

Course	002
Title	heat transfer
Prerequisites	---
Content	Introduction heat transfer mechanisms, balance equations Heat exchanger calculation and design concepts, log mean temperature, epsilon-NTE-method Thermal radiation brief introduction, black body, Kirchhoff's law, view factors Thermal conduction in static materials Fourier's law, heat transfer equation, steady-state, transient Forced and free convection dimensionless numbers (Re, Pr, Nu, Gr), Nusselt correlations for different cases (laminar and turbulent flow in tubes and channels, over plates, cylinders and spheres, free convection), heat transfer in tube bundles, packed beds and fluidized beds Heat transfer in porous media brief introduction, typical correlations for engineering practice Numerical methods for heat transfer problems finite differences and finite volumes examples
Lecturer	Prof. Thomas Wetzel, Dr. Dietrich, TVT, KIT
Schedule	2019; 2 days
Location	framatome Erlangen

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Wetzel

head of Heat and Mass Transfer at the Institute of Thermal Process Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
head of Karlsruhe Liquid Metal Laboratory at the Institute of Nuclear and Energy Technologies, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
field of experience: heat and mass transfer in silicon crystal growth, automotive compact heat exchangers and air conditioning, thermal process engineering, Li-battery systems, flow boiling, heat transfer in liquid metals
e-mail: thomas wetzel∂kit edu

Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Dietrich

group leader at the Institute of Thermal Process Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
field of experience: heat transfer in porous systems (sponges)
e-mail: benjamin dietrich∂kit edu