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LESSON PLAN LP- ME2251
Sub Code &Name :ME2251-HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER LP Rev. No: 01
Branch: Mechanical Engineering Date: 04.12.10
Year: II Semester: IV Page 1 of 6

UNIT 1. CONDUCTION 11(L)+3(T)

Basic Concepts – Mechanism of Heat Transfer – Conduction, Convection and Radiation –
General Differential equation of Heat Conduction – Fourier Law of Conduction – Cartesian
and Cylindrical Coordinates – One Dimensional Steady State Heat Conduction – Conduction
through Plane Wall, Cylinders and Spherical systems – Composite Systems – Conduction
with Internal Heat Generation – Extended Surfaces – Unsteady Heat Conduction – Lumped
Analysis – Use of Heislers Chart.

Session Teaching
Topics to be covered Time Ref
No Aids
Basic Concepts – Mechanism of Heat Transfer –
1 50 min 1-7 BB
Conduction, Convection and Radiation
Fourier Law of Conduction; General Differential
2 equation of Heat Conduction in 50 min 1,4-7 BB
Cartesian coordinates
Fourier Law of Conduction; General Differential
3 equation of Heat Conduction in Cylindrical 50 min 1,4-7 BB
coordinates
One Dimensional Steady State Heat Conduction –
4 50 min 1,4-7 BB
Conduction through Plane Wall,
One Dimensional Steady State Heat Conduction –
5 50 min 1,4-7 BB
Conduction through Cylindrical systems,
One Dimensional Steady State Heat Conduction –
6 50 min 1,4-7 BB
Conduction through Spherical systems,
7 Tutorial in Steady State Heat Conduction 50 min 1,4-7 BB
Composite Systems both plane wall and cylindrical
8 50 min 1,4-7 BB
systems
9 Tutorial in Composite Systems 50 min 1,4-7 BB

10 Conduction with Internal Heat Generation 50 min 1,4-7 BB

Solution to Conduction equation with Internal Heat
11 50 min 1,4-7 BB
Generation
12 Extended Surfaces – Rectangular & triangular fins 50 min 1,4-7 BB
Unsteady Heat Conduction – Lumped Analysis – Use
13 50 min 1,4-7 BB
of Heislers Chart.
14 Tutorial in fins and transient heat conduction equation 50 min 1,4-7 BB
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Sub Code &Name :ME2251-HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER LP Rev. No: 01
Branch: Mechanical Engineering Date: 04.12.10
Year: II Semester: IV Page 2 of 6

UNIT 2. CONVECTION 10(L)+3(T)

Basic Concepts – Heat Transfer Coefficients – Boundary Layer Concept – Types of
Convection – Forced Convection – Dimensional Analysis – External Flow – Flow over
Plates, Cylinders and Spheres – Internal Flow – Laminar and Turbulent Flow – Combined
Laminar and Turbulent – Flow over Bank of tubes – Free Convection – Dimensional
Analysis – Flow over Vertical Plate, Horizontal Plate, Inclined Plate, Cylinders and
Spheres.

Sessio
Teaching
n Topics to be covered Time Ref
Aids
No
Basic Concepts: Convective Heat Transfer
15 Coefficients – Boundary Layer Concept and 50 min 1,4-7 BB
similarity between momentum and heat transfer
Types of Convection – Forced Convection –
16 50 min 1,4-7 BB
Dimensional Analysis
17 External Flow – Flow over Plates, Cylinders 50 min 1,4-7 BB

18 External Flow – Flow over Cylinders and Spheres 50 min 1,4-7 BB

19 Tutorial on External flow problems 50 min 1,4-7 BB

Internal Flow – Laminar and Turbulent Flow –
20 50 min 1,4-7 BB
Combined Laminar and Turbulent
Flow over Bank of tubes, and its importance in heat
21 50 min 1,4-7 BB
exchanger design
Tutorial on Internal flow and flow over bank of
22 50 min 1,4-7 BB
tubes
23 Free convection – Dimensional Analysis 50 min 1,4-7 BB
Free convection: Flow over Vertical Plate,
24 50 min 1,4-7 BB
Horizontal Plate, Inclined Plate.
25 Free convection: Cylinders and Spheres. 50 min 1,4-7 BB

26 Free convection problems-Cylinders and Spheres. 50 min 1,4-7 BB

27 Tutorial on free convection 50 min 1,4-7 BB

CAT 1 75 min
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Sub Code &Name :ME2251-HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER LP Rev. No: 01
Branch: Mechanical Engineering Date: 04.12.10
Year: II Semester: IV Page 3 of 6

UNIT 3. PHASE CHANGE HEAT TRANSFER AND HEAT EXCHANGERS

9(L)+3(T)
Nusselt theory of condensation-pool boiling, flow boiling, correlations in boiling and
condensation. Types of Heat Exchangers – Heat Exchanger Analysis – LMTD Method and
NTU – Effectiveness – Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient – Fouling Factors.

Sessio
Teaching
n Topics to be covered Time Ref
Aids
No
28 Nusselt theory of condensation 50 min 1,4-7 Black Board

29 Correlations in condensation 50 min 1,4-7 BB

Boiling; Pool boiling, flow boiling, correlations in
30 50 min 1,4-7 BB
boiling
31 Tutorial in boiling and condensation 50 min 1,4-7 BB

32 Types of Heat Exchangers 50 min 1,4-7 BB

33 Analysis of heat exchanger LMTD method 50 min 1,4-7 BB

34 Tutorial in heat exchanger using LMTD method 50 min 1,4-7 BB

Analysis of heat exchanger using Effectiveness –
35 50 min 1,4-7 BB
NTU method
Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient with and without
36 50 min 1,4-7 BB
Fouling Factors
37 Fouling Factors in heat exchangers-Problems 50 min 1,4-7 BB

38 Problems on Parallel flow heat exchanger 50 min 1,4-7 BB

39 Tutorial in heat exchanger 50 min 1,4-7 BB

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LESSON PLAN LP- ME2251

Sub Code &Name :ME2251-HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER LP Rev. No: 01
Branch: Mechanical Engineering Date: 04.12.10
Year: II Semester: IV Page 4 of 6

UNIT 4. RADIATION 8(L)+3(T)

Basic Concepts, Laws of Radiation – Stefan Boltzman Law, Kirchoff’s Law –Black Body
Radiation –Grey body radiation – Shape Factor Algebra – Electrical Analogy – Radiation
Shields –Introduction to Gas Radiation.

Session Teaching
Topics to be covered Time Ref
No Aids
Basic Concepts, Laws of Radiation – Stefan
40 50 min 1, 4-7 BB
Boltzman Law, Kirchoff’s Law
41 Black Body Radiation 50 min 1, 4-7 BB

42 Grey body radiation 50 min 1, 4-7 BB

43 Shape Factor Algebra 50 min 1, 4-7 BB

Tutorial in Black Body Radiation and Grey
44 50 min 1, 4-7 BB
body radiation
45 Tutorial in shape factor algebra 50 min 1, 4-7 BB

46 Electrical Analogy, Radiation Shields 50 min 1, 4-7 BB

Tutorial Radiation problems using Electrical
47 50 min 1, 4-7 BB
Analogy
48 Introduction to Gas Radiation. 50 min 1, 4-7 BB

49 Problems on Gas Radiation 50 min 1, 4-7 BB

50 Tutorial in Gas Radiation 1,4-7 BB

CAT 2 75 min
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Sub Code &Name :ME2251-HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER LP Rev. No: 01
Branch: Mechanical Engineering Date: 04.12.10
Year: II Semester: IV Page 5 of 6

UNIT 5. MASS TRANSFER 7(L)+3(T)

Basic Concepts – Diffusion Mass Transfer – Fick’s Law of Diffusion – Steady state
Molecular Diffusion – Convective Mass Transfer – Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer
Analogy – Convective Mass Transfer Correlations.
Session Teaching
Topics to be covered Time Ref
No Aids
51 Basic Concepts – Diffusion Mass Transfer 50min 1,4-7 BB
Fick’s Law of Diffusion – Steady state Molecular
52 50min 1,4-7 BB
Diffusion
53 Convective Mass Transfer 50min 1,4-7 BB

54 Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer Analogy 50min 1,4-7 BB

55 Different Convective Mass Transfer Correlations 50min 1,4-7 BB

56 Convective Mass Transfer Correlations continued 50min 1,4-7 BB

57 Tutorial using Fick’s Law 50 min 1,4-7 BB

Tutorial Using the Convective Mass Transfer
58 50 min 1,4-7 BB
Correlations
Tutorial Using the Convective Mass Transfer
59 50 min 1,4-7 BB
Correlations
60 Revision 50 min 1,4-7 BB

CAT 3 60 min
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Sub Code &Name :ME2251-HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER LP Rev. No: 01
Branch: Mechanical Engineering Date: 04.12.10
Year: II Semester: IV Page 6 of 6

Course Delivery Plan:

Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Units I Unit II Unit
Week 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Units III Unit IV Unit V Unit

TEXT BOOKS
1. Sachdeva R C, “Fundamentals of Engineering Heat and Mass Transfer” New Age
International, 1995.
2. Frank P. Incropera and David P. DeWitt, “Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer”,
John Wiley and Sons, 1998.
REFERENCE BOOKS

3. Yadav R “Heat and Mass Transfer” Central Publishing House, 1995.

4. Ozisik M.N, “Heat Transfer”, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1994.
5. Nag P.K, “ Heat Transfer”, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 2002
6. Holman J.P “Heat and Mass Transfer” Tata McGraw-Hill, 2000.
7. Kothandaraman C.P “Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer” New Age
International, New Delhi, 1998

Prepared by Approved by

Signature

Name J.Venkatesan Prof. N.Nallusamy

Designation Associate Professor/Mechanical HOD/Mechanical
Date 04-12-2010 04-12-2010